It’s always hard to asses and evaluate any team’s performance in a game that is essentially over in just a few minutes of play. Wednesday in their opening game of the FIBA Americas U16 Championship for Women, the USA U16 Women rolled to a 25 – 4 lead over Brazil after one quarter and never looked back. Sometimes a closer look at the stat sheet can be revealing for both the coaches and players as they prepare for the next round of play. Of course, all stats in a blowout have to be taken with a grain of salt as focus, shot selection and host of other intangibles tend to get distorted as the margin balloons. With that in mind here’s a link to the final box score and some key stats that might offer some insight to the win and where the coaches are both pleased and concerned.
http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/u16/13_wu16_game_01_box.html
USA 76 BRAZIL 20
USA CONTROLLED THE BOARDS BY 20
TURNOVER BATTLE – THE USA HAD AN ADVANTAGE OF 5
ALL USA PLAYERS EXCEPT ONE HAD AT LEAST ONE TURNOVER
FROM THE FLOOR THE USA ATTEMPTED 12 MORE SHOTS
THE USA WENT TO THE LINE 15 MORE TIMES THAN BRAZIL
37% OF ALL OF THE USA FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS WERE FROM THREE POINT RANGE
ONLY 4 PLAYERS DID NOT ATTEMPT A THREE POINTER FOR THE USA
63% OF ALL USA SCORING CAME IN THE FIRST HALF OF PLAY
32% OF ALL USA REBOUNDS CAME ON THE OFFENSIVE END OF THE FLOOR
ON THE DEFENSIVE END OF THE FLOOR
HELD BRAZIL TO JUST 16% SHOOTING FROM THE FLOOR
LIMITED THEIR SCORING TO NO MORE THAN 6 POINTS IN ANY ONE QUARTER
SHUT OUT BRAZIL FROM BEHIND THE THREE POINT LINE
ONLY ONE OPPOSING PLAYER HAD MORE THAN ONE FIELD GOAL
THE USA FORCED 28 TURNOVERS, RACKED UP 16 STEALS AND POSTED 2 BLOCKS
ALLOWED JUST 8 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS ON 41 MISSED BRAZIL FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
LEADERS
ASIA DURR 20 POINTS – NO OTHERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES
LAUREN COX 8 REBOUNDS – THREE OTHERS WITH 6
ASIA DURR 6 OF 9 FG, 3 OF 5 THREE POINT, 5 FOR 5 FT
FOUR PLAYERS HAD 2 ASSISTS EACH
KATIE LOU SAMUELSON HAD 5 TURNOVERS / SABRINA IONESCU ONLY PLAYER WITH NONE
ALL USA PLAYERS PLAYED AT LEAST 13 MINUTES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RECENTLY ADDED ALTERNATE NANCY MULKEY WHO LOGGED 8
