USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S U17 WORLD CUP TEAM 2014 RESULTS
PILSEN, CZECH REPUBLIC • JUNE 28-JULY 6, 2014
Winning by an average of 37.0 points, the USA compiled a 7-0 record and won the USA’s third consecutive gold medal. Additionally, Joyner Holmes and Katie Lou Samuelson were named to the five-member all-tournament team. After a first half that saw the USA shoot 29.4%, it relied on defense to record a 69-41 win over China in its opening game. Samuelson had 22 points and was 4-of-10 from 3-point to tie the U.S. women’s U17 record. The USA never trailed in an 88-40 win over France. Samuelson led with 17 points and Asia Durr had 14. Recording 22 assists on 29 makes, the USA raced to a 78-22 victory against Mali. Durr finished with 15; Holmes had 12 points and 11 re- bounds; and Lauren Cox had 10 points and eight rebounds. The USA saw five players reach double figures in a 91-35 win over Mexico in the round of 16. Arike Ogunbowale had 19 points. The USA was 10-of-23 from 3-point to tie its record for 3-pointers made and attempted. The Americans celebrated the Fourth of July with an 86-45 defeat of Canada to advance to the semifinals. Holmes led with 24 points and Ogunbowale added 16 points and eight rebounds. Leading by seven at halftime, the USA played its way into the gold medal game with a 91-63 win over Hungary. Samuelson made six 3-point- ers in the first quarter alone and finished 6-of-11 from beyond the arc to set USA U17 records for 3-pointers made and attempted on her way to 25 points. In a battle of undefeateds, the USA came out with a thrilling 77-75 win over Spain in the gold medal game. Three players in double-figures helped the USA overcome 40 points from Spain’s Angela Salvadores, who was tournament MVP. Cox led the USA with 20 points, 12 rebounds and a USA U17 record eight blocks; Durr scored 17; and Ogunbowale added 15. Tied at 71 with 1:36 left, Cox scored, then blocked Spain’s shot and recovered the rebound, and Durr scored to make it 75-71. Spain made a 3-pointer that was whistled off because of an offensive foul, and the USA missed its next attempt. Salvadores scored at 10.8, but as Spain was forced to foul, Durr hit two free throws, and the USA led 77-73 with 7.1 seconds to play. The game reached its 77-75 final when Salvadores scored two points at the buzzer.
2014 USA WOMEN’S U17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM ROSTER
2014 USA RESULTS (7-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
China France
W, 69-41 W, 88-40 W, 78-22 W, 91-35 W, 86-45 W, 91-63 W, 77-75
Kristine Anigwe De’Janae Boykin Kennedy Burke Natalie Chou
C F F F F G G G C G
6-5 6-2 6-1 6-1
185 155 157 160 170 155 165 140 185 165 155 140
17 17 17 16 16 17 16 16 16 17 17 16
Desert Vista H.S.
Phoenix, AZ Springdale, MD Northridge, CA Flower Mound, TX Douglasville, GA Plano, TX Walnut Creek, CA Cypress, TX Milwuakee, WI Cedar Hill, TX
Charles H. Flowers H.S. Sierra Canyon School Plano West Senior H.S. Flower Mound H.S. St. Pius X Catholic H.S.
Mali
Mexico Canada Hungary
Lauren Cox Asia Durr
6-4 5-11 6-3 5-11 6-9 5-9 6-3 5-8
Joyner Holmes Sabrina Ionescu Nancy Mulkey Arike Ogunbowale Katie Lou Samuelson
Cedar Hill H.S. Miramonte H.S.
Spain
Cypress Woods H.S.
Divine Savior Holy Angels H.S.
FINAL STANDINGS
F
Mater Dei H.S. Collegiate School
Huntington Beach, CA
Anna Wilson
G
Richmond, VA
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (7-0)
HEAD COACH: Sue Phillips, Archbishop Mitty H.S./San Jose Cagers AAU, California ASSISTANT COACH: Mary Coyle Klinger, Rutgers Preparatory School, New Jersey ASSISTANT COACH: Brian Robinson, Bishop McGuinness H.S./Stealers AAU, North Carolina
Spain (6-1)
Hungary (6-1)
Czech Republic (4-3)
TEAM PHYSICIAN: Bill Kuprevich, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania ATHLETIC TRAINER: Summer McKeehan, Duke University
Australia (6-1) Canada (3-4) Japan (4-3) France (3-4)
2014 USA WOMEN’S U17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
9. Brazil (5-2) 10. South Korea (2-5) 11. China (3-4)
NAME G/S FGM-A PCT
3PM-A PCT
FTM-A PCT
REB
PTS
A
BLK
STL
12. Mali (1-6) 13. Italy (3-4)
Samuelson 7/6 35-77
.455 .500 .408 .519 .444 .400 .469 .367 .345 .333 .278 .250
19-47
.404 .294 .435 .000 .000 .200 .286 .222 .125 .333 .263 .--- .--- .---
8-10 15-17 7-10 18-25 25-36 10-12
.800 .882 .700 .720 .694 .833 .600 .667 .625
35/ 5.0 19/ 2.7 26/ 3.7 40/ 5.7 39/ 5.6 59/ 8.4 43/ 6.1 23/ 3.3 25/ 3.6 18/ 2.6 10/ 1.4 5/ 0.7
97/ 13.9 94/ 13.4 75/ 10.7 74/ 10.6 65/ 9.3 50/ 7.1 36/ 5.1 28/ 4.0 27/ 3.9 14/ 2.0 13/ 1.9
7
3 2 0 4 0 2 1 6 0 0
7 7 6 1 5 8 9 3 4 8
Durr
7/6 37-74
5-17
24
14. Mexico (1-6) 15. Slovakia (2-5) 16. Egypt (0-7)
Ogunbowale 7/7 29-71 Holmes 7/0 28-54
10-23
9 7 3
13
0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 2-7 0-0 2-9 1-8 2-10
Anigwe
7/0 20-45 7/7 20-50 7/7 15-32 7/1 10-29 7/0 4-12 7/0 5-18 7/0 3-12
Cox
13 16 16
19
Boykin
6-10 4-6
Ionescu 7/1 11-30
15
Burke Mulkey Chou Wilson
5-8 6-6 1-2 0-0
8 6 0 6
1.000 .500
10
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7/ 1.0
USA OPP.
7 7
271-504 .431 118-444 .266
41-123 42-160
105-142 .739
369/52.7 580/82.9 248/35.4 321/45.9
115
47 13
86 43
43-69
.623
71
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