Waiting for the
games to begin! Team USA is ready.
Finally....it's game time! Team USA has practiced
and practiced and scrimmaged and practiced and NOW it's time to show what we
have.
Breakfast, film, practice,
lunch, relax/prep for game, pregame meal, and GAME time! We
play at 8:00 pm (6:00 ET). We play in Santa Fe, Argentina at Union Gym tonight. FIBA is using two sites/arenas. The main site is in Santa Fe. The other is in Rosario which is about an hour drive away
from Santa Fe . Half of the teams are living in Rosario and half in Santa Fe.
There are 4 pools of play with 16 teams total. We are in Group B.
Group A: Australia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Turkey.
Group B: China, Mali, Serbia, USA
Group C: Canada, Egypt, Montenegro, New Zealand
Group D: Argentina, Croatia, France, Philippines
There are 4 pools of play with 16 teams total. We are in Group B.
Group A: Australia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Turkey.
Group B: China, Mali, Serbia, USA
Group C: Canada, Egypt, Montenegro, New Zealand
Group D: Argentina, Croatia, France, Philippines
You can watch the game via live streaming via youtube.com/FIBA
Practice was held in the main arena and it is ready - new floor, freshly painted, banners hung, 16 flags hung, new video and scoreboards put up.
GAME TIME!
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| Waiting our turn! |
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| Warming up |
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| Coaches are ready! |
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| The National Anthem |
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| Exchanging gifts |
USA 115 – China 37. Way to go USA!
GOLD STANDARDS
In the players’ notebook is a document,
Developmental National Team Gold Standards, that hold them to the expectations
for this team. We are a TEAM.
Gold
Standard #1: NO EXCUSES.
We have what it takes to win!
Forcing 43 turnovers, the USA U17 Men (1-0) opened play in the 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup in spectacular fashion – racing to a 115-37 win against China (0-1) that saw all 12 U.S. players score before halftime.
The USA, which converted 61 points off of turnovers, limited China to just 27.5 shooting (14-51 FGs) from the field, and three U17 single-game records were set in the victory.
The USA set an overall event and U.S. high for steals with 29, and De'Vion Harmon’s (Guyer H.S./Corinth, Texas) 3-of-3 performance from 3-point was a U.S. 3-point percentage record in men’s U17 play.
“Obviously, we caused a lot of disruption to their offense,” said USA U17 head coach Don Showalter (USA Basketball youth division coach director). “We were right there in passing lanes, and we made it pretty difficult for them. I was really pleased with the way we started the second half. Sometimes when you have a nice lead in the first half, you come out in the second half and don’t play at a high level. But, I thought the kids played a such a high level through all four quarters tonight.”
The USA lead from start to finish after opening with a 24-1 lead. The USA allowed China just one field goal in the first quarter and ended the period with a 33-5 advantage.
China’s best stretch was in the second period, when it scored 17 points to the USA’s 29 points, but that was the only quarter in which it tallied more than nine points.
The USA outscored China 53-15 in the second half. The 100th point was scored by Stewart with 3:24 to play, and the USA’s largest lead of the game, 79 points, came with just under a minute left when the scoreboard read 113-34.
Forcing 43 turnovers, the USA U17 Men (1-0) opened play in the 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup in spectacular fashion – racing to a 115-37 win against China (0-1) that saw all 12 U.S. players score before halftime.
The USA, which converted 61 points off of turnovers, limited China to just 27.5 shooting (14-51 FGs) from the field, and three U17 single-game records were set in the victory.
The USA set an overall event and U.S. high for steals with 29, and De'Vion Harmon’s (Guyer H.S./Corinth, Texas) 3-of-3 performance from 3-point was a U.S. 3-point percentage record in men’s U17 play.
“Obviously, we caused a lot of disruption to their offense,” said USA U17 head coach Don Showalter (USA Basketball youth division coach director). “We were right there in passing lanes, and we made it pretty difficult for them. I was really pleased with the way we started the second half. Sometimes when you have a nice lead in the first half, you come out in the second half and don’t play at a high level. But, I thought the kids played a such a high level through all four quarters tonight.”
The USA lead from start to finish after opening with a 24-1 lead. The USA allowed China just one field goal in the first quarter and ended the period with a 33-5 advantage.
China’s best stretch was in the second period, when it scored 17 points to the USA’s 29 points, but that was the only quarter in which it tallied more than nine points.
The USA outscored China 53-15 in the second half. The 100th point was scored by Stewart with 3:24 to play, and the USA’s largest lead of the game, 79 points, came with just under a minute left when the scoreboard read 113-34.
