USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM 2021 RESULTS
Behind the leadership of head coach Cori Close, the USA won its second-straight U19 gold medal at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup in De- brecen, Hungary. Tournament MVP was Caitlin Clark, who averaged team-highs of 15.2 ppg and 5.2 apg. over the seven games. In its opening game on Aug. 7, the USA saw all 12 players score in a 96-37 wire-to-wire win over Italy. The Americans were led by Sonia Citron, who chipped in 15 points and seven rebounds, and Jewel Spear, who scored 14 points. A 17-0 run in the second quarter helped spur the USA to a 99-59 win over Australia on Aug. 8. Clark had a near triple-double with 24 points, nine rebounds and a team-high seven assists and Lau- ren Betts tallied a double-double with 17 points and a team-high 12 rebounds. The U.S. wrapped up preliminary play with a decisive 97-36 win over Egypt on Aug. 10. Azzi Fudd led the Americans from the tip, scoring the first eight points of the game and finishing with 18 points, five assists and three steals. Nine of the USA’s 11 players recorded double-digit scoring efforts in the round of 16 contest on Aug. 11, as Payton Verhulst paced the USA with a team-high 18 points in a lopsided 129-45 win over Taiwan. In the Aug. 13 quarterfinals match-up with Spain, the USA got out to a 15-point lead at halftime and never looked back, securing a 98-64 win to advance to the semifinals. Clark finished with 17 points and Betts contributed 16 points. An 8-0 run at both the end of the first and second quarters helped the USA to a 20-point advantage heading into the locker room in its semi- final game against host Hungary on Aug. 14. The Americans cruised in the second half en route to a 75-42 win. Citron led the USA with 17 points, while Clark and Diamond Johnson each had 14 points. The USA captured its gold medal off a strong defensive effort that helped propel the Americans to a 70-52 gold medal victory over Australia on Aug. 15. Johnson led the U.S. with 15 points while Te-Hina Paopao added 10 points.
2021 USA WOMEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
2021 USA RESULTS (7-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Italy
W, 96-37 W, 99-59 W, 97-36 W, 129-45 W, 98-64 W, 75-41 W, 70-52
Australia
Lauren Betts Sonia Citron Caitlin Clark Amari DeBerry Sania Feagin
C G G C G G G G F G
6-7 6-1 6-0 6-5 6-4 5-11 5-5 5-9 5-10
180 160 155 195 170 165 145 145
17 17 19 18 18 18 19 18 19 18 18 18
Grandview H.S.
Centennial, CO Scarsdale, NY
Egypt
The Ursuline School
Iowa
West Des Moines, IA
Taiwan
Williamsville South H.S.
Buffalo, NY
Spain
Forest Park H.S.
Ellenwood, GA Arlington, VA Philadelphia, PA Oceanside, CA The Colony, TX De Soto, KS Bismark, ND Fort Smith, AR
Hungary Australia
Azzi Fudd
St. Johns College H.S. (D.C.)
Diamond Johnson Te-Hina Paopao
NC State Oregon Louisville Arizona Wake Forest Northside H.S.
Jewel Spear
Payton Verhulst Lauren Ware
6-1 6-5 6-5
150
FINAL STANDINGS
F F
Jersey Wolfenbarger
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (7-0)
Australia (5-2) Hungary (5-2)
HEAD COACH: Cori Close, UCLA ASSISTANT COACH: Aaron Johnston, South Dakota State University ASSISTANT COACH: Joni Taylor, University of Georgia TEAM PHYSICIAN: Bill Kuprevich, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania ATHLETIC TRAINER: Cat Lass, Duke University
Mali (3-4)
Canada (4-3)
Czech Republic (4-3)
Spain (4-3) Russia (5-2)
9. Japan (3-3) 10. France (5-1) 11. Italy (3-4) 12. Egypt (1-6)
2021 USA WOMEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S MIN
FGM-A PCT 3PM-3PA PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Clark Citron
7/6 176/25.1 7/4 163/23.3 7/0 149/21.3 7/4 118/16.9 7/7 158/22.6 7/3 148/21.1 2/2 22/11.0 7/3 110/15.7 7/0 83/11.9 6/0 40/6.7
32-83 30-54 37-72 33-51 22-52
0.386 20-55 0.556 5-14 0.514 12-26 0.647 0-0 0.423 11-27 0.418 7-25 0.714 4-5 0.567 0-0 0.444 0-1 0.49 13-25 0.667 0-0 0.364 0-1
0.364 0.357 0.462
16-22 31-36 12-21 9-12 2-3
0.727 0.861 0.667 0.571
37/5.3 51/7.3 13/1.9 67/9.6 27/3.9 20/2.9 41/5.9 34/4.9 35/5.0 14/2.3 17/2.8 3/1.5
100/14.3 96/13.7 88/12.6 78/11.1
39 20 23 32 27 19 3
6 4 1 3 1 5 0 6 3 3 2
7 9
13. S. Korea (3-4) 14. Taiwan (1-6) 15. Argentina (2-5) 16. Brazil (0-7)
Johnson
16
Betts
.---
13
2
Paopao
0.407
0.75
64/9.1 63/9.0 58/8.3 14/7.0 41/5.9 39/5.6 12/2.0 11/1.8
11 11
Fudd
7/6 164/23.4 25-51
0.52 0.28
0-0 5-6 0-0 7-17 7-13 0-2 3-4
0
Verhulst
23-55
0.833
6 2 3 5 0 3
Spear Ware Feagin
5-7
0.8 .---
0
3 5 7 1 3
17-30 16-36
0.412 0.538 0.75 .676 .609 0
0
DeBerry
6-9 4-11
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Wolfenbarger 6/0 69/11.5
0
USA OPP.
7 7
1400 1400
250-511 .489 72-179
.402 .228
92-136 42-69
382/54.6 664/94.9
182
47 13
75
126-447 .282
41-180
220/31.4
335/47.9
86
4
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