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Carter's 14 Helps USA To 95-58 Win In U19 World Cup Opener
Jul 22, 2017 | Women's Basketball
UDINE, Italy (July 22, 2017) – Texas A&M incoming freshman Chennedy Carter (Mansfield, Texas) scored 14 points and dished out four assists, helping the 2017 USA Women's U19 World Cup Team (1-0) open FIBA U19 World Cup play in strong fashion by running away with a 95-58 victory over Mali (0-1) on Saturday evening in Udine, Italy.
Alecia Sutton (Texas/St. Louis, Mo.) led the way with a game-best 19 points, Megan Walker (Connecticut/Chesterfield, Va.) came off the bench to score 15 points and Crystal Dangerfield (Connecticut/Murfreesboro, Tenn.) chipped in 10 points. Joyner Holmes (Texas/Cedar Hill, Texas) checked in for a near double-double with nine points and a game-high 10 caroms.
Next up for the USA is a July 23 contest against China (1-0) and the Americans close preliminary play July 25 against host Italy (0-1).
"It's a great start to the tournament," said USA U19 and University of Pittsburgh head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio. "We got contributions from each and every player. There was a lot of energy defensively. Our players stayed in plays and challenged shots. We did a great job on the boards. Offensively, being able to put 95 points on the board was a great sign for this team and a great start to this tournament. This is something that we believed this team is capable of doing, so it was great to see them do it today"
Mali put up the game's first points and led for 12 seconds before the USA scored the next six points to take the lead for good. Leading 8-7, the U.S. put together an 11-2 run and with 2:12 remaining in the first quarter, owned a 10-point, 19-9 advantage and when the quarter ended, the USA's cushion was 23-14.
The African squad opened the second quarter with a 7-0 spurt, its biggest run of the game, to edge within two points, 23-21, with 8:31 remaining in the first half. That's when Sutton picked up her first buckets of the game with a jumper, followed by a 3-pointer at 7:00. That sparked a 15-2 USA run, which was bookended by another five points from Sutton, and left the American women on top 38-23. After a 6-point spurt by Mali, the red, white and blue again went to work and closed the half on a 10-3 run and headed to the locker room up 48-32.
Coming out of the break both teams swapped scores and with 6:44 left in the third period, the USA's lead was 17 points, 55-38. However, spurred by the scoring from five different athletes, the USA outscored Mali 18-3 over the ensuing five minutes to put the game out of reach, 73-41.
At the end of the third quarter the score was 75-45 and the USA outscored Mali 20-13 in the fourth quarter to bring the score to its final.
The USA, which dished out 23 assists, shot 43.4 percent (36-83 FGs) from the floor and a red-hot 34.8 percent (8-23 3pt FGs), while limiting Mali to 35.4 percent (23-65 FGs) from the field. The U.S. won the battle on the glass 58-35, including a 22-8 advantage on the offensive boards, which resulted in 20 second-chance points for the red, white and blue. Additionally, the USA outscored Mali 16-4 in transition and 40-20 from bench players.
Alecia Sutton (Texas/St. Louis, Mo.) led the way with a game-best 19 points, Megan Walker (Connecticut/Chesterfield, Va.) came off the bench to score 15 points and Crystal Dangerfield (Connecticut/Murfreesboro, Tenn.) chipped in 10 points. Joyner Holmes (Texas/Cedar Hill, Texas) checked in for a near double-double with nine points and a game-high 10 caroms.
Next up for the USA is a July 23 contest against China (1-0) and the Americans close preliminary play July 25 against host Italy (0-1).
"It's a great start to the tournament," said USA U19 and University of Pittsburgh head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio. "We got contributions from each and every player. There was a lot of energy defensively. Our players stayed in plays and challenged shots. We did a great job on the boards. Offensively, being able to put 95 points on the board was a great sign for this team and a great start to this tournament. This is something that we believed this team is capable of doing, so it was great to see them do it today"
Mali put up the game's first points and led for 12 seconds before the USA scored the next six points to take the lead for good. Leading 8-7, the U.S. put together an 11-2 run and with 2:12 remaining in the first quarter, owned a 10-point, 19-9 advantage and when the quarter ended, the USA's cushion was 23-14.
The African squad opened the second quarter with a 7-0 spurt, its biggest run of the game, to edge within two points, 23-21, with 8:31 remaining in the first half. That's when Sutton picked up her first buckets of the game with a jumper, followed by a 3-pointer at 7:00. That sparked a 15-2 USA run, which was bookended by another five points from Sutton, and left the American women on top 38-23. After a 6-point spurt by Mali, the red, white and blue again went to work and closed the half on a 10-3 run and headed to the locker room up 48-32.
Coming out of the break both teams swapped scores and with 6:44 left in the third period, the USA's lead was 17 points, 55-38. However, spurred by the scoring from five different athletes, the USA outscored Mali 18-3 over the ensuing five minutes to put the game out of reach, 73-41.
At the end of the third quarter the score was 75-45 and the USA outscored Mali 20-13 in the fourth quarter to bring the score to its final.
The USA, which dished out 23 assists, shot 43.4 percent (36-83 FGs) from the floor and a red-hot 34.8 percent (8-23 3pt FGs), while limiting Mali to 35.4 percent (23-65 FGs) from the field. The U.S. won the battle on the glass 58-35, including a 22-8 advantage on the offensive boards, which resulted in 20 second-chance points for the red, white and blue. Additionally, the USA outscored Mali 16-4 in transition and 40-20 from bench players.
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