cent, letting their guards down, and if it was, then it’s our job as coaches to keep them level. I think we got exposed on not boxing out, and we want our players to constantly create good habits just so they can get bet- ter as individuals, and put ourselves in a position to win a gold medal.” Three players contributed 11
points apiece, including Mabrey, Mompremier, who added eight rebounds, and Shepard, who tied the USA Women’s U18 record for free- throw attempts with 11, a mark that was set by Turner against Canada on Aug. 8. Additionally, Collier dished out a game-high seven assists. The start of the game saw the
USA open with an 18-2 run that included eight points from Mabrey and six from Wilson. Mompremier scored twice on her own before Argentina tal- lied its last two points of the quarter from the free throw line. The USA closed the first period with eight straight points, and the scoreboard read 30-8 at the first break. Wilson again started her team off
strong in the second quarter and tallied 10 points during a 14-1 U.S. spurt that pushed the lead to 44-9 at 5:49. Argentina made a 3-pointer and scored twice more from the field, while the USA got three 3-pointers and 12 points overall to make it 56-16 at the half. At the midway point, Wilson had
made all seven of her shot attempts and was 2-of-2 from the free throw line in just 12 minutes played. Argentina, thanks in part to five
3-pointers, outscored the USA 23-20 in the third quarter. The game, however, already had been put well out of Argentina’s reach, and the score was 76-39 headed into the final 10
minutes.The USA again buckled down on defense and gave up just 12 points in the fourth quarter, and its offense saw five players combine for 21 points to bring the game to its 97-51 final.
USA 104, Canada 74 With a commanding 104-74 win
over Canada that saw the USA paced by 25 points and 11 rebounds from tourna- ment MVP Wilson, the USA captured the 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship gold medal.
USA Basketball News “Canada played extremely well,”
said Staley. “Overall, over a 40-minute period, I thought we kept fresh legs in there and made them play a little bit quicker than they wanted to play. I thought our players just really, on both sides of the ball, executed the game plan.”
Four additional players reached
double digits in a game that saw the USA take control in the first quarter. Collier contributed 18 points and six rebounds; Mompremier finished with 16 points and eight rebounds; Shepard added 14 points and seven rebounds; and Turner added 12 points. Additionally, Moore dished out
seven assists, and Wilson with 11 attempted free throws tied the USA U18 single-game record – a mark that was set by Turner on Aug. 8 and also matched by Shepard on Aug. 9. “This game was special because it
was the gold medal game,” Wilson said. “We took care of business and executed everything. Great things started to hap- pen, and things fell into place. It was a great game.” Canada scored first in the game, and
the teams traded baskets through the first five minutes. The scoreboard read 10-8 in the USA’s favor when Canada made a 3-pointer at 5:24, but then the red, white and blue launched its first run of the game, ignited by two made free throws
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Above Left: Brianna Turner finished as the USA’s third leading scorer (13.6) and was tied for third in rebounding (5.4). Above Right: Jessica Shepard came off the bench and shot 66.7 percent from the floor while scoring 12.6 points a game.
USA 104, Canada 74 August 10, 2014
CAN
Buttenham 20 5-10 0- 0 2 02 11 Provo Colley
28 4-13 6-10 3 22 16
Carleton 25 2- 9 1- 2 3 23 7 Fradgley 18 0- 2 1- 2 3 13 1 Johnson
7 0- 2 2- 2 0 11 2
Atkinson 12 2- 5 2- 2 2 01 6 Chandler 9 2- 2 2- 2 1 11 8 Gilles Harper
5 0- 1 1- 2 1 01 1 10 1- 3 0- 0 1 03 3
Creighton 22 3- 3 0- 2 0 03 7 Kessler Totals
18 0- 3 0- 0 2 02 0 200 23-60 19-29 22 12 25 74
USA
Caldwell 14 1- 2 0- 0 2 22 2 Atkins Turner Collier Wilson Kea
Walker
23 5-11 2- 4 4 01 12 26 7-13 2- 2 6 31 18 21 9-13 7-11 11 03 25 16 2- 4 0- 0 1 60 4 15 2- 6 0- 0 0 13 4
Mabrey 14 1- 4 0- 0 1 32 2 Moore
19 2- 3 3- 3 1 73 7
Mompremier 15 6- 7 4- 9 8 04 16 Shepard 17 5- 7 4- 6 7 30 14 McCowan 4 0- 0 0- 0 2 01 0 Totals
Canada USA
200 40-71 22-35 54 28 22 104 12 20 15 27 -- 74
26 24 29 25 -- 104
3-PT FGs-Canada (9-24): Carleton 2-8, Colley 2-5, Chandler 2-2, Buttenham 1-4, Harper 1-2, Creighton 1-1, Provo 0-1, Johnson 0-1; USA (2-10): Collier 2-3, Walker 0-4, Caldwell 0-1, Mabrey 0-1, Moore 0-1; TO-Canada 16, USA 19; BLKS-Canada 1, USA 6; STLS-Canada 5, USA 12.
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MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 16 0- 1 0- 0 3 32 0
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 26 4- 7 4- 5 1 53 12
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