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3 x 3 Gold Medal Game USA vs Netherlands 8:30 AM

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Spain wins Bronze Medal 12-11. Led most of the game. Hungary valiant comeback try.
 
First Good Sign Katie took off her warmup jersey. Means she will play
 
3-3 Two minutes into game
Netherlands defense causing USA to miss point blank shots 6 -6 5:49 left

USA can't stop #3 of Netherland from getting to basket

9--9 3:20 left USA missing layups
 
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Great shot by Katie while getting fouled 14-10 2:17 left

USA's defense taking over up 17-10 55 seconds left

USA wins the Gold 19-10 First game they did not score 21 points.

USA wore down the Netherlands in the last 2:30. Katie's basket and foul shots was the catalyst
USA ended the game on a 9-0 Run

Great Tournament Team USA and 3 future UConn Recruits
 
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USA WINS!! Horrendous outside shooting for both teams. Key to the game was rebounding. USA was too strong, too good at rebounding. Neither team could make layups. One thing that stood out was that KLS was fantastic when she drove to the rim. Her outside shots though looked awful.
 
meyers7 said:
19-10. Nice adjustment there at the end. Spread the floor and let Ogunbowale go 1v1.
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Ogunbowale's game is perfect for this format. She's too quick to be guarded by a taller player and too strong for a shorter, quicker player. She just posts down low and it's very difficult to defend her without the 3 second violation in effect.
 
Even though it wasn't Collier's best game offensively, I'm continued to be impressed with how good her all around game is.
They don't keep track of rebounds but she must have had a boatload in today's final.
 
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Wbbfan , thank you for your posts and updates during this tournament. Especially since the USA won it all with future Huskies leading the way.
 
The videos to both of todays games are up at the following website

http://nanjing.ovp.olympic.tv/

Click on the small black and white olympic rings on the left side
Then choose 3x3 from the graphics of the sports
On this page down at the bottom you will find the links to the videos

When I tried to copy the link for the videos it just gave me the starting/home page link ......sorry

PS can someone fix my link ..... thanks
 
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Link: http://nanjing.ovp.olympic.tv/ May have to use Explorer or Google Chrome, if you're using FireFox. I couldn't get the link to work using FireFox. If you're only seeing the Olympic Flag then you have a browser problem.

Click the link below the live link on the right.
Scroll to Basketball Men and Women's Finals
If you want to watch both the Semi-finals and Finals click the + sign to the right.
For the Finals click Full video.

IMHO play of the game in the Finals was Katie Lou's fingertip basket at the 2:20 mark where she made the basket was fouled and made the 2 free throws. A one point game was suddenly a 4 point game.
 
If you make the basket how do you get two FTs?
 
Katie Lou is feisty. That reaction to the physical tie-up under the basket and the Dutch girl's subsequent scream, hilarious. Loved seeing her mix it up inside with some drives and a couple post-up moves.

Collier had a terrific semi and still made plays despite missing shots she normally makes in the final. She is EVERYWHERE. Her basketball IQ and motor are off the charts.

Boykin has seen better days. She's still a bit raw offensively but she's still going to be a very good and versatile player.
 
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Sluconn Husky said:
Katie Lou is feisty. That reaction to the physical tie-up under the basket and the Dutch girl's subsequent scream, hilarious. Loved seeing her mix it up inside with some drives and a couple post-up moves.

Collier had a terrific semi and still made plays despite missing shots she normally makes in the final. She is EVERYWHERE. Her basketball IQ and motor are off the charts.

Boykin has seen better days. She's still a bit raw offensively but she's still going to be a very good and versatile player.
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"Katie Lou is feisty." Not only is she feisty, she was gracious enough to teach the Netherlands a few lines out of the American slang dictionary when fouled hard. I believe one was "Jiminy Cricket", the other "Son of Batman" (at least that probably what they would have been had she verballed to Stanford).

I think SH's description of Collier " She is EVERYWHERE. Her basketball IQ and motor are off the charts" is right on.

Just as Ogunbowale is built for 3x3, Boykin is built for 5x5. There is a reason she was among the leaders in minutes played along with Katie, Durr and Cox in the U17 tournament. She was also among the leaders in rebounds, assists and steals. Versatile, a "Faris", but one willing to shoot.

Super ballplayers, super people.
 
What impressed me about Katie Lou is that when her shots weren't falling, she didn't give up right away, but she eventually went inside. Reminds me of Kaleena's progression from knock-down shooter to all round offensive nightmare. And credit #3 from the Netherlands, she was their best athlete and she never left Katie Lou for a moment. On defense, Napheesia returned the compliment and held #3 in check.

Arike's game reminded me of Charles Barkley...who I love...

Napheesia is our best athlete and a clear team player that gets the top defensive assignment, clean the boards and scores inside and out. She is the most exciting high school player I've seen in awhile. I give her the best chance at getting critical minutes as a freshman.

De'Janae was having some trouble with her shot in the final, but you can see what a solid all around player she already is. And she appears to understand the team concept in a very mature way. She will be a big part of several NC's for us.
 
When Collier gets here her initials will regularly stand for something else besides her name.
Get it?
 
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