Adrian Ritchie
The NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars used a balanced attack and stellar team defense to beat Brazil 51-45 before 3,600 fans. The USA is now 3-0 and won the Nan’an City leg of the 9 game tournament .
The Brazilians could only muster 13 points at half and 21 after three periods thanks to the tough team defense of the American squad. Jamie Russell (Illinois St.), Adrian Ritchie (Green Bay), Jacqui Kalin (Northern Iowa), and Lauren Oosdyke (Northern Colorado) all had two or more steals while Sam Ostarello (Purdue), Sam Heck (Evansville), and Morgan Johnson (Iowa) all had seven rebounds. The US out-rebounded the Brazilian side 43-26 and held them to just 33% shooting.
Jacqui Kalin
Ritchie led the Americans with nine points as the USA continued to struggle finding the basket. Once again though, every player scored. Team USA shot just 37% including 2-of-11 from behind the three-point arc. After having only six turnovers against Australia, the USA committed 19 tonight.
Chris Denker, NetScouts Basketball USA All-Stars Head Coach
“A wins a win. We’ll take it. To practice only twice as a team and go 3-0 against teams who’ve been working together much longer is a real accomplishment and I’m proud of them.”
“We head to the second stop of a tough 9 game in 12 day stretch and open with the Aussies who we just played. It should be another great battle.”
Meghan Fulps
Nan’an All-Tournament Team
MVP: Jacqui Kalin, 5’8 G USA – had 18 in big win over Australia and eight points, five assists, two steals vs. Brazil
Carly Mijovic, 6’6 C Australia – averaged 20 per game and had 20/10 double-double vs. Brazil
Isabela Ramona, 6’0 F Brazil – leading scorer for Brazil had 16 on USA and 13 against Aussies.
Jamie Russell, 5’8 G USA – Led US with 11 vs. China including game winning basket
Sijing Huang, 6’4 C/F China – Scored in double figures in two of three games and is leading rebounder for China.
Statistics
USA (51)
Meghan Fulps (#4) 5’7 PG (Santa Clara) 3 points, 5 rebounds
Adrian Ritchie (#5) 5’11 G (Green Bay) 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals
Jamie Russell (#6) 5’8 G (Illinois State) 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals
Jacqui Kalin (#7) 5’8 PG (Northern Iowa) 8 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals
Kate Thompson (#9) 6’4 F (Michigan) 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal
Sam Ostarello (#11) 6’2 F (Purdue) 4 points, 7 rebounds
Lauren Oosdyke (#12) 5’11 F (Northern Colorado) 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals
Samantha Heck (#14) 6’2 F/C (Evansville) 1 point, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal
Stephanie Sension (#15) 6’3 F/C (Green Bay) 2 points, 2 rebounds
Morgan Johnson (#16) 6’5 C (Iowa) 7 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist
Kate Thompson
Brazil (45)
4 Izabella Sangalli – 5 points, 1 rebound
5 Alana DaSilva – 4 points, 1 rebound
6 Carla Patricia – 10 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 steals
7 Vanessa Goncalves – 8 points. 9 rebounds
8 Carolina Ribeiro – No stats
Sam Ostarello draws foul
9 Monique Perei – No stats
10 Bruna Nathiely – No stats
11 Maria Carolina – 3 rebounds
12 Maria Claudia – 2 points, 2 rebounds
13 Isabela Ramona – 16 points, 4 rebounds
14 Lorraine Silva – 3 rebounds
15 Leticia Viviane – No stats
Australia/China results to follow…
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Finally,,,a victory by more than 1 pt!!!! Love it,,,love it,,,keep up the good work and we love seeing Samantha in some of the pix!!!,,Thanks tons!!
Larry & Nancy Tague Platz
Thanks for the comments!
Carl Berman
What was the Australia – China result.
Do you have stats?
Noel
I believe the final was 61-51 China…we’ll have stats and report for you tonight.
Chris Denker
Thanks 🙂
Noel