USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S U18 AMERICAS TEAM 2000 RESULTS
MAR DEL PLATA, ARGENTINA • JULY 26-30, 2000
The 2000 USA Basketball Women’s Junior World Championship Qualifying Team stormed to the gold medal at the COPABA Women’s Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. Leading the way offensively for the U.S. was Alana Beard, who averaged a team high 15.4 points per game and also chipped in 4.4 rebounds per game and a team leading 3.8 steals per game. Also scoring in double figures for the U.S. were Diana Taurasi with 12.6 ppg. and Laurie Koehn with 12.4 ppg. The U.S. dominated on the boards behind the efforts of Nicole Powell, who pulled down a team leading 6.5 rebounds per game and Ebony Hoffman, who hit the boards for 5.6 rebounds per game. The U.S. set the tone early in the tournament as it dismantled Mexico 100-28 in the first round of preliminary play on July 26. Beard and Aminita Yanni each tossed in 23 points and all 12 players again scored as the U.S. followed up its opener with a 115-26 victory over Puerto Rico on July 27. Closing out preliminary round play with a pulverizing 98-51 victory over host Argentina, the United States contingent again saw everybody score for the third time in as many games and leading the attack were Beard and Koehn with 24 and 22 points, respectively. The USA continued to dominate its opponents in the semifinals as it handed Brazil a 79-57 loss to advance to the gold medal game. In their closest game of the tournament, Taurasi stepped up to bury 7-of-11 3-pointers and finished with a team high 26 points. In their fifth and final game of the qualifying tournament, the Americans manhandled previously unbeaten Cuba, 69-46, to capture the gold medal and complete their five-game sweep. The USA, led by a game high 15 points and seven rebounds from Beard, never trailed in the championship game.
2000 USA WOMEN’S U18 FIBA AMERICAS ROSTER
2000 USA RESULTS (5-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
Mexico
W, 100-28 W, 115-26 W, 98-51 W, 79-57 W, 69-46
Puerto Rico Argentina
Ashley Battle Alana Beard Ebony Hoffman Chandi Jones Laurie Koehn Loree Moore Cappie Pondexter Nicole Powell Ashley Robinson Diana Taurasi Aminata Yanni
F
6-0 5-11 6-2 5-11 5-8 5-10
165 147 190 145 145 150 153 170 180 175 165
18 18 17 18 18 17 17 18 17 18 17
Linsly H.S. (*Connecticut) Southwood H.S. (*Duke)
Wheeling, WV Shreveport, LA Harbor City, CA Moundridge, KS Harbor City, CA Bay City, TX
G
F
Narbonne H.S. (*Southern California)
Brazil Cuba
G/F
Bay City H.S. (*Houston)
G G G F C F F
Moundridge H.S. (*Kansas State)
Narbonne H.S. Marshall H.S.
5-7 6-2 6-5 6-0 6-1
Chicago, IL Phoenix, AZ
Mountain Pointe H.S. (*Stanford ) South Grand Prairie H.S. (*Tennessee) Don Lugo H.S. (*Connecticut)
FINAL STANDINGS
Grand Prairie, TX
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
*United States (5-0)
Chino, CA
*Cuba (4-1) *Brazil (2-3)
Harlem H.S. (*Illinois )
Machesney Park, IL
Head Coach: Geno Auriemma, Univ. of Connecticut Assistant Coach: Ed Baldwin, UNC-Charlotte Assistant Coach: Deb Patterson, Kansas State University Team Physician: David Smith, Leawood, Kansas Athletic Trainer: Teresa Lynch, Bingen, Washington
Argentina (2-3) Canada (3-2) Venezuela (1-4)
Mexico (2-3)
Puerto Rico (0-5)
*Qualified for the 2001 FIBA U19 World Championship
2000 USA WOMEN’S U18 FIBA AMERICAS CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A PCT
FTM-A PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Beard Taurasi Koehn
5/5 5/5 5/5
27- 59 21- 40 21- 51
0.458 0.525 0.412 0.741 0.458 0.563 0.385 0.364 0.538 0.909
6-14 11-26
0.429 0.423
17- 24 10- 13
0.708 0.769 0.364 0.864 0.714 0.667 1 0.842 0.684
22/ 4.4 21/ 4.2 15/ 3.0 9/ 1.8 26/ 5.2 32/ 6.4 28/ 5.6 5/ 1.0 13/ 2.6 9/ 1.8 7/ 2.3
77/ 15.4 63/ 12.6 62/ 12.4 44/ 8.8 42/ 8.4 41/ 8.2 34/ 6.8 33/ 6.6 27/ 5.4 20/ 4.0 18/ 6.0
14 23
0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
19 13
14-36 0.389
6- 6 4- 11
9 5 4
5 2 1 5 8 7
Yanni
5/0 20- 27 5/0 11- 24
0- 1 1- 2 0- 1 0- 0 1- 3 0- 0 0- 0 0- 2
0
Robinson
0.5
19- 22
10
Powell
5/5 5/5
18- 32 10- 26
0
5- 7
12 10 13
12
Hoffman Pondexter
.---
14- 21 16- 19 13- 19
5/0 8- 22 5/0 7- 13 5/0 10- 11 3/0 6- 10
0.333
Battle Jones Moore
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5 5 5
0- 0 6- 6
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11
0.6
0
1
9
USA OPP.
5 5
159-315 71-218
0.505 0.326
33-85 0.388
110-148 0.743
212/ 42.4 151/ 30.2
461/ 92.2 208/ 41.6
105
16
92 32
3-45
0.067
63- 98
0.643
25
4
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