5x5 Women's U18 AmeriCup History

USA BASKETBALL HISTORY

USA WOMEN’S U18 AMERICUP TEAM 2012 RESULTS

GURABO, PUERTO RICO • AUGUST 15-19, 2012

The 2012 USA U18 National Team claimed the gold medal with a perfect 5-0 slate at the 2012 FIBA AmeriCup U18 Championship. Opening against Dominican Republic, the USA reeled off the second quarter’s first 31 points and ran away with the 99-26 victory. A game- best 23 points came from Morgan Tuck, while Michaela Mabrey dished out 10 assists to go with her nine points and four blocked shots. Behind game-bests of 17 points and 12 boards from Breanna Stewart, the USA downed Argentina 68-28 on Aug. 16. Tuck added 13 points and Mabrey scored 12. In its final preliminary round contest, Alexis Prince scored a game-high 19 points to lead the USA past Colombia 87-36 on Aug. 17. In addition to Prince, Tuck contributed 17 points. Stewart and Tuck combined for 42 points and 11 rebounds to lead the U.S. to a 95-46 victory over Canada in the semifinal game on Aug. 18. Tuck shot 9-of-12 and led the way with 22 points, while Stewart shot 8-of-11 from the floor and finished with 20 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Finding itself in unfamiliar territory, USA never panicked and fought back from a double-digit deficit to claim the 2012 FIBA AmeriCup U18 Championship gold medal with a 71-47 victory over Brazil on Aug. 19. A trio of players posted double-doubles, including tournament MVP Stewart, who had 13 points and 10 boards. Tuckhad a team-high 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds; while Bashaara Graves had 10 points and 11 boards. After trailing for just 1:44 combined in its first four games, and never by more than three points, the U.S. found itself in the position of having to come from behind by double digits as Brazil held an 18-7 lead 38 seconds into the second quarter. However, the USA turned up its defense, which helped fuel the offense and went ahead by a 29-24 margin at halftime. Upping its lead to 50-31 with the help of a 21-7 third quarter output, the U.S. cruised in for the eventual win and gold.

2012 USA WOMEN’S U18 FIBA AMERICUP ROSTER

2012 USA RESULTS (5-0)

NAME

POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)

HOMETOWN

Dominican Republic

W, 99-26 W, 68-28 W, 87-36 W, 95-46 W, 71-47

Argentina Colombia

Candice Agee Lexie Brown Kendall Cooper Bashaara Graves Moriah Jefferson Michaela Mabrey Breanna Stewart Morgan Tuck Jannah Tucker Alexis Prince

C G C G G F

6-6 5-9 6-3 6-2 5-7 5-11 6-2 6-4 6-2 6-0

190 145 190 185 122 135 170 175 190 175

18 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 17

Silverado High School

Victorville, CA Suwanee, GA Carson, CA Clarksville, TN

North Gwinnett High School St. Anthony High School Clarksville High School Manasquan High School Edgewater High School Bolingbrook High School New Town High School Cicero-North Syracuse High School Texas Home Educators Sports Association

Canada

Brazil

Glenn Heights, TX

Holmdel, NJ Orlando, FL

G/F F/C

North Syracuse, NY Bolingbrook, IL Randallstown, MD

FINAL STANDINGS

F

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

*United States (5-0)

G

*Brazil (4-1)

HEAD COACH: Katie Meier, University of Miami ASSISTANT COACH: Nikki Caldwell, Louisiana State University ASSISTANT COACH: Kelly Graves, Gonzaga University TEAM PHYSICIAN: Dave Weinstein, Colorado Springs, Colorado ATHLETIC TRAINER: Anne Marquez, University of Notre Dame

*Argentina (3-2) *Canada (2-3) Puerto Rico (3-2) Colombia (2-3)

Mexico (1-4)

Dominican Rep. (0-5)

*Qualified for the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship

2012 USA WOMEN’S U18 FIBA AMERICUP CUMULATIVE STATISTICS

NAME

G

FGM-A

PCT

3PM-A PCT

FTM-A PCT

REB

PTS

AST

BLK

STL

Tuck

5/5 5/2

32- 59 27- 50

0.542

0- 3 6- 13 4- 12 0- 0 4- 13

0

25- 31 10- 15

0.806 0.667

25/ 5.0 39/ 7.8 20/ 4.0 28/ 5.6 34/ 6.8 17/ 3.4 17/ 3.4 15/ 3.0 6/ 3.0 26/ 5.2

89/ 17.8 70/ 14.0 64/ 12.8 53/ 10.6 37/ 7.4 29/ 5.8 28/ 5.6 27/ 5.4 8/ 4.0 15/ 3.0

7 9

2 9 5 3 0 0 5 6 2 5

5 7 6

Stewart Mabrey Prince Graves Brown Jefferson

0.54

0.462

5/4 23- 47 5/4 24- 49 5/0 13- 25 5/0 12- 33

0.489

16- 32 0.5

2- 2 1- 1 1- 4 6- 6 1- 3 2- 2 5- 6

1 1

24 11

0.49 0.52

0.333

15

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11- 18

0.611 0.25

9

5

0.364 0.407 0.619 0.375 0.294 0.485 0.234

0.308

15 21

14

5/5 5/1 2/1 5/2

11- 27 13- 21

0- 5 0- 0 0- 2 0- 0

0

1

8 7 1 3

Agee Tucker Cooper

.---

0.333

3 2 4

3- 8 5- 17

0

1

.---

0.833 0.727 0.596

USA OPP.

5 5

163- 336 67- 286

30- 80 0.375 21- 86 0.244

64- 88 28- 47

251/ 50.2 159/ 31.8

420/ 84.0 183/ 36.6

105

37 14

71 41

30

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