USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM 2015 RESULTS
CHEKHOV, RUSSIA • JULY 18-26, 2015
Behind the leadership of Dawn Staley, the USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team shook off the pressure of being five-time defend- ing champions at the FIBA U19 World Championship and took home a sixth-straight gold medal from Chekhov, Russia. Along the way, A’ja Wilson earned tournament MVP honors. Opening with a 72-57 victory over Spain on July 18, the USA received 18 points and 10 rebounds from Wilson, while Napheesa Collier had 13 points and 14 boards. The USA scored 44 points in the paint and 22 points off of 25 offensive rebounds, en route to a 88-62 win over China on July 18. Collier and Wilson tied for team-high scoring honors with 17 points apiece, and Wilson also grabbed 10 boards. In its final pre- liminary game, the U.S. squad outplayed Egypt 104-41 as every member of the team scored, led by 15 points each from Mariya Moore and Shakayla Thomas. Entering the round of 16, Wilson’s 18 points led the U.S. as it dispatched Argentina 89-39 on July 22. Opening with an 11-0 run, the U.S. cruised past Canada 93-45 in the July 24 quarterfinals. Again, every member of the team scored, led by 12 points apiece from Collier and Moore. The USA’s inside game proved to be too much as the Americans outscored Spain 66-24 in the paint en route to a 80-65 medal semi- final victory on July 25. Collier shot 10-of-13 from the field and finished with 24 points and 14 rebounds, while Wilson had 20 points and 16 rebounds. The USA captured the gold medal in a 78-70 fight-to-the-finish victory against host Russia to capture a record sixth-straight and seventh overall U19 gold medal on July 26. In a game that saw six lead changes and 10 tied scores, the Americans trailed 21-19 at the end if the first quarter. With 4:21 to play and leading by three, 68-65, the USA scored seven-straight points for its largest lead of the night, 75-65, with 2:41 left to play and then held the Russians back in the final minutes to earn the eight-point golden victory.
2015 USA WOMEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
2015 USA RESULTS (7-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Spain China Egypt
W, 72-57 W, 88-62 W, 104-41 W, 89-39 W, 93-45 W, 80-65 W, 78-70
Kristine Anigwe Napheesa Collier
C
6-4 6-1 6-4 5-6 6-0 5-9 5-11 5-7 6-5 5-11 6-3 6-3
185 173 170 125 175 155 160 155 175 180 220 175
18 18 17 17 19 19 18 17 19 19 19 18
Desert Vista High School Incarnate Word Academy Flower Mound High School Blackman High School University of Louisville University of Oklahoma Columbus North High School Mountain View High School Florida State University University of Illinois University of South Carolina Duke University
Phoenix, AZ O’Fallon, MO
G/F
Lauren Cox
F
Flower Mound, TX Murfreesboro, TN Richmond, CA
Argentina
Crystal Dangerfield Mariya Moore Gabbi Ortiz Ali Patberg Destiny Slocum Azurá Stevens Shakayla Thomas Chatrice White
G
Canada Spain Russia
G/F
G G G
Racine, WI
Columbus, IN Meridian, ID Raleigh, NC Sylacauga, AL Shelby, NE Hopkins, SC
F F
FINAL STANDINGS
C F
A’ja Wilson
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (7-0)
Russia (6-1)
HEAD COACH: Dawn Staley, University of South Carolina ASSISTANT COACH: Kim Barnes Arico, Univ.of Michigan ASSISTANT COACH: Jeff Walz, University of Louisville TEAM PHYSICIAN: David Walden, Colorado Springs, Colorado ATHLETIC TRAINER: Summer McKeehan, Duke University
Australia (6-1) Spain (3-4) France (5-2) Belgium (5-2) China (4-3) Canada (2-5)
9.
Netherlands (5-2)
2015 USA WOMEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
10. Brazil (3-4) 11. Serbia (4-3) 12. Mali (1-6) 13. South Korea (2-5) 14. Taiwan (2-5) 15. Argentina (1-6) 16. Egypt (0-7)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-3PA PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Wilson Collier Thomas Stevens Moore White Anigwe
7/7 7/7 4/0 7/7 7/7 7/0 7/0 6/1 7/0 7/0 7/7 7/0
51-103 39- 72 19- 41 32- 66 21- 44 16- 39 14- 44 6- 17 13- 35 11- 26 6- 21 4- 20
0.495 0- 2 0.542 3- 10 0.463 0- 0 0.485 5- 10 0.477 11- 25
0
26- 46
0.565
59/ 8.4 65/ 9.3 26/ 6.5 36/ 5.1 23/ 3.3 15/ 2.1 26/ 3.7 13/ 2.2 42/ 6.0 32/ 4.6 19/ 2.7 6/ 0.9
128/ 18.3 89/ 12.7 45/ 11.3 78/ 11.1 72/ 10.3 45/ 6.4 35/ 5.0 26/ 4.3
16 14
8 5 2 7 0 0 1 2 8 0 2 0
14 17 10 12 14 8
0.3 .--- 0.5
8- 10 7- 14 9- 13
0.8 0.5
3 4
0.692 0.792 0.556 0.714
0.44
19- 24
20 19
Dangerfield
0.41 0.318 0.353 0.371
3- 9 2- 7 0- 0 0- 0
0.333 10- 18 0.286 5- 7
3 2 5
4 4 5 8
.--- .--- .---
14- 20 4- 10
0.7 0.4
Cox
30/ 4.3 26/ 3.7 17/ 2.4 13/ 1.9
Patberg
0.423 0- 0 0.286 4- 12
4- 7
0.571
14 24 17
Ortiz
0.333 1- 2 0.167 3- 4
0.5
11
Slocum
0.2
2- 12
0.75
3
USA OPP.
7 7
232-528 145-455
0.439 30- 87 0.319 45-162
0.345 110-175 0.278 44- 75
0.629 0.587
398/56.9 604/ 86.3 141
35 29
110
247/35.3 379/ 54.1
99
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