The NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars have won both the Dong Xiang leg and the overall Four Nations tournament championship with an overall record of 7-2.The USA defeated China 66-61 in a great game in front of a sellout crowd of 6,500 partisan Chinese fans in Dong Xiang Arena. The Americans led early and held the lead by one at halftime [read more]
The NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars have won both the Dong Xiang leg and the overall Four Nations tournament championship with an overall record of 7-2.
The USA defeated China 66-61 in a great game in front of a sellout crowd of 6,500 partisan Chinese fans in Dong Xiang Arena. The Americans led early and held the lead by one at halftime. The Chinese banked in a deep three-pointer at the buzzer to cut the margin to one, one of three banked in shots from distance on the night for the home team.
China, who was led in scoring by 65 post player Hengyu Yang with 18 points and point guard Li Wei with 12, had a good second quarter and closed the margin to just one at the half using their low post size advantage when Yang was able to score 14 of her points.
The American team won the third quarter and held the lead in the fourth to secure the victory with stingy defense and great team rebounding. The USA rebounded well despite playing this night without post player Stephanie Sension who suffered a mild concussion in Sundays win over Australia.
The visitors, who shot 40% on the night, got a good lift from Kate Thompson (6'4''-G-90) who hit 4-of-5 three-pointers and scored 14 points for the Americans who had good balance again offensively. Jacqui Kalin scored 11 and Jamie Russell added10 for the Americans. The USAs guards played good defense, initiated by Meagan Fulps, and really contributed to the rebounding effort against the bigger Chinese team. Kalin and Russell both ended with five boards.
The Americans also had stellar inside effort from Morgan Johnson, Sam Heck and Sam Ostarello who scored consecutive layups on assists by Adrian Ritchie late in the game to help seal the win. Lauren Oosdyke moved from the perimeter to play post against China with the loss of Sension and played a great game despite giving up as many as six inches at times.
The Americans take the overall title with a 7-2 record while Australia and China tie for second at 5-4, Brazil finishes fourth at 1-8.
Statistics:
USA (66): Meghan Fulps (#4) 57 PG (Santa Clara) 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, Adrian Ritchie (#5) 511 G (Green Bay) 5 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, Jamie Russell (#6) 58 G (Illinois State) 10 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, Jacqui Kalin (#7) 58 PG (Northern Iowa) 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, Kate Thompson (6'4''-G-90) (#9) 64 F (Michigan) 14 points, 1 rebound, Sam Ostarello (#11) 62 F (Purdue) 8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, Lauren Oosdyke (#12) 511 F (Northern Colorado) 3 points, 3 rebounds, Samantha Heck (#14) 62 F/C (Evansville) 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, Stephanie Sension (#15) 63 F/C (Green Bay) DNP-Injured, Morgan Johnson (#16) 65 C (Iowa) 2 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal
Earlier, Australia defeated Brazil by a score of 87-70 in a fast paced and high scoring game to close out the tournament for both squads. Australia finished at 5-4. The Gems were led by Casey Samuels who followed her outstanding performance versus the Americans with an even better game against Brazil, she scored 27 points connecting on 5-of-7 threes in the process.
The crowd of 5,000 saw a high scoring affair as the Brazilians Romona kept them in the game scoring 26 of her own. Vanessa chipped in 17 for the blue and white who were again playing short handed due to ankle injuries to their post players.
The process that started some months ago has come to a happy ending: Emily Correal (190-F-90, agency: Interperformances) will soon have her Italian passport and her wish to play for the Italian NT may someday come true.
Emily played basketball at the College of Wiliam & Mary where, on her senior year, she started all 30 games for the Tribe, leading the Green and Gold with 16.2 ppg and 7.9 rebounds per game.
Emily is a 6.3" Forward, with good hands and good feet [read more]
The process that started some months ago has come to a happy ending: Emily Correal (190-F-90, agency: Interperformances) will soon have her Italian passport and her wish to play for the Italian NT may someday come true. Emily played basketball at the College of Wiliam & Mary where, on her senior year, she started all 30 games for the Tribe, leading the Green and Gold with 16.2 ppg and 7.9 rebounds per game. Emily is a 6.3" Forward, with good hands and good feet. She is a solid athlete and has developed a solid face-up jumpshot out to 17-22 feet which has really helped expand her game and is quite affective coming off of screens ; runs the floor extremely well and can get to the basket with her surprising ball handling and body control for a player her size. She is a good area defensive rebounder and will block shots coming at her or chasing them in his area.
NetScouts USA All-Stars edge China to clinch Four Nations Tournament title - May 15, 2013
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China - USA NetScouts 61:66
NetScouts USA All-Stars selection capped their China tour on a high note. They defeated the hosts 66:61 to celebrate Four Nations Tournament title. Kate Thompson (6'4''-G-90) stepped up with 14 points to lead the winners.
The teams entered the court in front of a cheering crowd of 6,500 spectators. The USA team got to the better start and surged ahead in the opening quarter. China stuck around in the second period [read more]
China - USA NetScouts 61:66
NetScouts USA All-Stars selection capped their China tour on a high note. They defeated the hosts 66:61 to celebrate Four Nations Tournament title. Kate Thompson (6'4''-G-90) stepped up with 14 points to lead the winners. The teams entered the court in front of a cheering crowd of 6,500 spectators. The USA team got to the better start and surged ahead in the opening quarter. China stuck around in the second period. They narrowed the deficit at a single point at halftime. The teams stayed close throughout the third quarter. USA NetScouts got key contributions from Morgan Johnson, Sam Heck and Sam Ostarello down the stretch and eked out a tough victory at the end. Jamie Russell (5'8''-G-90) delivered 10 points, while Jacqui Kalin (5'8''-G-89, agency: Regeneracom Sports) contributed 11 points for the winners. Yang Hengyu (6'5''-F/C-95) responded with 18 points for China. Li Wei dropped 12 points in the loss. The USA finished the tournament with a 7-2 overall record. China shared the second position with Australia at 5-4.
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