Left: Jahlil Okafor posted a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds. Right: Kelly Oubre drained two 3-pointers on his way to 14 points in the USA win.
from Winslow before five points from Theo Pinson (Wesleyan Christian Academy/Greensboro, N.C.) helped cut the World Team’s lead to five points, 18-13, at the first quarter break. “It was a very competitive game,”
said Okafor. “All of my teammates, we were all in the locker room extremely happy. We realize that [USA] lost the last two years here in this game, so it’s a great feeling for us to be a part of this, to be able to put USA back on top.” The international squad put five
room gave it their all so we’re all happy with it.” The World Team scored back-to-
back 3-pointers from Canadian guard Jamal Murray to compile a 16-8 lead at 2:44. The USA responded with a basket
USA 84, World 73 April 12, 2014
WORLD MIN FG FT R A PF PTS Inglis Lyles
15 2- 4 0- 0 4 22 4 25 3-11 3- 5 11 04 9
Towns Jr. 17 2- 5 2- 2 8 04 6 Mudiay 29 8-18 3- 7 2 32 20 Murray Francis Jokic
32 4- 8 0- 0 5 51 10 17 2- 5 1- 2 3 21 5 16 1- 3 3- 5 7 02 5
Mykhailiuk 13 1=- 4 0- 0 0 00 2 Capela Birsen Gao
Totals USA
Oubre
14 1- 3 3- 4 3 14 5 19 3- 7 0- 0 0 12 7 3 0- 1 0- 0 0 02 0 200 27-69 15-25 43 14 24 73
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 24 5-11 2- 2 5 34 14
Alexander 21 2- 7 2- 2 2 02 6 Okafor
Johnson 25 1- 6 5- 7 3 04 7 Jones
Winslow 22 7-15 1- 2 6 12 16 Pinson Travis Turner
Berry III World
200 32-78 16-23 36 16 21 84 18 20 24 11 -- 73
27 6-11 2- 3 10 04 14 32 6-12 1- 2 0 60 13 15 1- 5 1- 1 4 41 3
13 2- 5 2- 2 2 12 6 8 1- 3 0- 0 3 01 2 8 0- 1 0- 0 0 11 0
Blackmon Jr. 5 1- 2 0- 2 1 00 3 Totals
United States 13 31 17 23 -- 84
3PT FGs-World (4-20): Murray 2-3, Mudiay 1-5, Birsen 1-3, Mykhailiuk 0-3, Francis 0-2, Jokic 0-2, Inglis 0-1, Gao 0-1; USA (4-16): Oubre 2-7, Winslow 1-2, Blackmon 1-2, Jones 0-2, Pinson 0-2, Johnson 0-1; TO-World 21, USA 16; BLKS-World 7, USA 3; STLS-World 11, USA 11.
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points on the board to start the second period to grab its largest lead of the game, 22-13, at 9:12. Oubre hit the USA’s first 3-pointer
at 7:35, which kicked off four more U.S. points that cut the lead to 24-22. While the World Team put up two points from the line, the USA raced to seven points of its own to go up 29-26 with 5:39 left before halftime. The World Team pulled within three
points, 41-38, but Winslow nailed a shot from just past half court at the buzzer, and the USA went to the locker room leading 44-38. “I think their half-court shot was a
little bit impactful,” said World Team head coach Roy Rana. “Honestly, it was kind of a sloppy game. We found a little bit of rhythm in the third, and we lost it late in the game, but that’s to be expected with such a short prep time and kids coming from all over the world and different challenges. We had our chances, there’s no question. We have to feel good about the fact that we were competitive, but in the end they had better possessions down the stretch.” The USA struck first in the third
quarter and built a 54-43 lead after Cliff Alexander (Curie Metropolitan H.S./ Chicago, Ill.) had a huge block on the defensive end that led to a fast break score from Oubre. Outscoring the red, white and blue
18-7 in the third quarter’s final 6:40, a 3-pointer from World Team forward James Metecan Birsen tied the game at 61-61 with 10 minutes left to play. After the World Team hit one of two free throws to lead 62-61, the USA
reeled off nine straight points, including four from Reid Travis (DeLaSalle H.S./Minneapolis, Minn.), to force a World Team timeout at 6:23 with the USA up 70-62. The internationals pulled within four
points, 71-67, at 3:45, but Jones scored a driving layup followed by a putback from Okafor to put the USA up 75-67 at 2:50.
With less than two minutes to play
and the USA up 77-70, the World Team’s hopes were still alive coming out of a timeout at 1:43. Instead, Tyus Jones stole the inbounds pass and scored a layup to put the USA up 79-70 at 1:40. From there, the World Team man-
aged just three points from the free throw line, as the USA scored five to secure the 84-73 win. The Republic of Congo’s Emmanuel Mudiay led all scorers with 20 points. Murray contributed 10 points and five assists, and Canada’s Trey Lyles finished with nine points and 11 rebounds. “We came up short, they had a good
game plan,” Mudiay said. “They executed towards the end. A couple minor mistakes, I honestly feel like the game was my fault, but they came out stronger than we did in the second half.”
Overall, the USA was outrebounded
by the World Team 43-36 but benefitted from 30 points off the bench to the World Team’s 24. The USA also outscored the World squad 32-24 in the paint and forced 21 turnovers.
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