USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM 2001 RESULTS
BRNO, CZECH REPUBLIC • JULY 14-22, 2001
Coached by Geno Auriemma, the 2001 USA Basketball Women’s Junior World Championship Team posted a 6-1 record and finished with the bronze medal. The USA opened play on July 14 by downing Lithuania 89-71. Alana Beard, Cappie Pondexter and Diana Taurasi all scored 18 points each in the win. Behind 13 points from Ann Strother, the U.S. defeated China 84-52 on July 15 and Beard paced the USA with 23 points as it earned an 83-71 victory over Brazil on July 16. The United States trounced Mali 97-29 on July 18 in a record setting victory. Taurasi scored a team high 18 points as the USA’s 68-point mar- gin of victory went into the U.S. record books as the largest margin in Junior World Championship play. Beard scored a U.S. Junior World record 28 points as the United States closed preliminary round play with a 99-80 win over Russia. Despite receiving 25 points from Taurasi, the defending champions were unseated by host Czech Republic as the U.S. dropped its semifinal match to the Czechs 92-88 on July 21. Pondexter scored the USA’s final two points of the contest to cut the game to 91-88 with 12.9 seconds to go. The USA’s defensive pressure prevented the Czech team from inbounding the ball and the U.S. regained possession. But, before the Americans could get the game started again, Pondexter was called for an offensive foul to give the ball back to the Czechs. Making one of the two free throws, the game was put out of reach 92-88. The United States rebounded from its semifinal loss to claim the bronze medal with a 77-72 victory over Australia on July 22. Taurasi led the U.S. with 23 points. The game was evenly matched from the start and at halftime the score was knotted at 43-43. With the score standing 47-47 at 6:49 in the third, the USA went on 13-2 run to open up the contest 60-49. Australia battled back to 75-70 late in the fourth, but it was too late as the United States went on to claim the bronze.
2001 USA WOMEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
2001 USA RESULTS (6-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Lithuania
W, 89-71 W, 84-52 W, 83-71 W, 97-29 W, 99-80 L, 88-92 W, 77-72
China Brazil
Alana Beard Tera Bjorklund
G C
5-11 6-5 6-1 6-0 6-3 5-9 5-8 6-2 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-2
156 180 175 170 180 155 152 170 194 150 170 175
19 19 19 18 19 18 18 19 19 17 19 19
Duke
Shreveport, LA St. Peter, MN Hot Springs, AR Washington, DC Harbor City, CA Chicago, IL Phoenix, AZ Winnsboro, TX Palmer, AK
Colorado Arkansas
Shameka Christon Monique Currie Jessica Moore Loree Moore Nicole Powell Stacy Stephens Ann Strother Diana Taurasi Cappie Pondexter Wynter Whitley
F
Mali
G/F
The Bullis School (Duke)
Russia
F
Connecticut
Czech Republic
G G
Narbonne H.S. (Tennessee) John Marshall H.S. (Rutgers)
Australia
F F
Stanford
Texas
G G
Highlands Ranch H.S.
Highlands Ranch, CO
FINAL STANDINGS
Connecticut
Chino, CA Atlanta, GA
F
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal (Duke)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Czech Republic (6-1)
Russia (5-2)
Head Coach: Geno Auriemma, University of Connecticut Assistant Coach: Sherri Coale, University of Oklahoma Assistant Coach: Willette White, Northeastern University (Mass.) Team Physician: Dave Walden, Colorado Springs, Colorado Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, U.S. Olympic Committee
United States (6-1)
Australia (5-2) France (5-2)
Cuba (3-4) Brazil (4-3)
Lithuania (2-5)
9. China (3-4) 10. Poland (2-5) 11. Japan (1-6) 12. Mali (0-7)
2001 USA WOMEN’S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-3PA PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Taurasi Beard
7/7 7/7 7/0 7/7 7/7 7/7 7/0 7/0 7/0 7/0 5/0 2/0
47-100 50- 89 27- 53 20- 39 19- 50 19- 34 12- 48 14- 27 10- 24 8- 14
0.47
22- 51
0.431 19- 24 0.429 17- 26 0.571 19- 30 0.444 1- 3 0.174 3- 3
0.792 0.654 0.633 0.333 0.778 0.769 0.667 1
31/ 4.4 24/ 3.4 18/ 2.6 44/ 6.3 13/ 1.9 37/ 5.3 29/ 4.1 41/ 5.9 21/ 3.0 13/ 1.9 11/ 2.2 9/ 4.5
135/ 19.3 126/ 18.0 77/ 11.0
19 20 13
4 4 0 2 0 5 8 1 0 1 0 1
7
0.562 9- 21 0.509 4- 7
23 11
Pondexter Powell Strother J. Moore Christon Stephens L. Moore Bjorklund Currie Whitley
0.513 0.38 0.559 0.25 0.519
8- 18 4- 23 0- 0 6- 27 0- 0
49/ 7.0 45/ 6.4 45/ 6.4 40/ 5.7 36/ 5.1 22/ 3.1 22/ 3.1 16/ 3.2 4/ 2.0
6 8 4 5 1 8 2 1 0
7 4 7 3 6 2 3 1
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7- 9
0.222 10- 13
.--- 0.2 .--- 0.5 .---
8- 12
0.417 1- 5
1- 4 6- 7 1- 4 2- 5
0.25
19
0.571
0- 0
0.857
7- 16
0.438 1- 2
0.25
1- 3
0.333
0- 0
0.4
USA OPP.
7 7
234-497 165-446
0.471 55-154
0.357 94-140 0.274 105-173
0.671 0.607
291/41.6 617/ 88.1 207/29.6 467/ 66.7
87 63
26 10
93 72
0.37
32-117
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