Puerto Rico vs Team USA 2021 Americup Championship - 6/19/21

[ConwayGmck]

To plagiarize Shades:

2021 AmeriCup Championship
San Juan, Puerto Rico - 9:10 PM ET
TV: None

ESPN+ stream:

http://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/41454cc6-7a72-4ce0-ae2f-48d0e861503f#bucketId=1

Game page:

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Puerto Rico Roster
#0 Jennifer O'NEILL - G - Age 31
#1 Tayra MELENDEZ - F - Age 27
#5 Pamela ROSADO - G - Age 35
#9 Ali GIBSON - G - Age 28
#10 Jada Shanice STINSON - F - Age 21
#12 Dayshalee SALAMAN - G - Age 31
#24 Jazmon GWATHMEY - G - Age 28
#25 Isalys QUIÑONES - F - Age 23
#28 Sabrina LOZADA-CABBAGE - F - Age 24
#33 India PAGAN - C - Age 22
#55 Jacqueline Mary Hope BENITEZ - G - Age 24
#91 Michelle GONZALEZ - G - Age 31



Team USA Roster
#4 Destanni Mone HENDERSON - G - Age 22
#5 Ashley Ann OWUSU - G - Age 20
#6 Veronica BURTON - G - Age 20
#7 Jakia BROWN-TURNER - G - Age 20
#8 Grace Elizabeth BERGER - G - Age 22
#10 Haley JONES - G - Age 20
#11 Nazahrah HILLMON-BAKER - F - Age 21
#12 Diamond MILLER - G - Age 20
#13 Rhyne HOWARD - G - Age 21
#14 Aliyah BOSTON - F - Age 19
#15 Sedona PRINCE - F - Age 21
#16 Elissa Anne CUNANE - C - Age 20


By comparison, here is the 2019 Team USA AmeriCup roster

 

[ConwayGmck]

Canada and Brazil play in today's first game to decide 3rd-place at 6:10 pm. They are both in the same Group, so they already played each other in Group Phase: Canada won in a very tightly contested game 71-67, so this may be an exciting game....

 

[ConwayGmck]

True to form another tightly contested game, as Canada leads 34-29 at the halftime break. Both teams were tied 16-16 after the 1st Period....

 

[eebmg]

True to form another tightly contested game, as Canada leads 34-29 at the halftime break. Both teams were tied 16-16 after the 1st Period....

Even more true to form, Canada screws the pooch in the 3Q Brazil 58 Canada 43. Cant buy a 3pt shot.

Never mind. Amihere having the game of her life. two clutch FT's (after missing a few) and a miracle banked 3pt shot ties the score at 68-68. Heading into OT

 

[ConwayGmck]

Wow....Shay Colley hits 1 of 2 free throws for her first point of the game, and it's enough to tie the game 77-77, and they are going to 2nd overtime......

Three players with 4 fouls, and they are major players: Jamie Scott for Canada has 9 pts and 9 rebounds, and for Brazil Dos Santos is their leading scorer with 19 pts and 7 rebounds, and De Souza has 10 pts and 10 boards. They all have 4 fouls each....

edit: Jamie Scott has the 4 fouls for Canada, not Amihere....

 

[ConwayGmck]

Brazil storms forward in the 2nd OT, or Canada ran out of gas, as Brazil wins 87-82. A pretty exciting game......

 

[ConwayGmck]

36-34 Puerto Rico at the half.......

 

[GamecockFam]

So I checked on the game. The lights are out and they're having an awkward dance-off on the court with like 2 min to play. What's happening?!?! This feels like a weird acid trip lol

 

[ConwayGmck]

The United States wins the 2021 Americup with their 74-59 defeat of Puerto Rico. Rhyne Howard led the way with 22 points on 8-20 shooting, with 3 rebounds and 5 assists. Aliyah Boston rebounded from her worst effort of the tournament in the Semifinal with 17 points on 6-11 shooting, and 19 rebounds. Elissa Cunane scored 12 pts on 6-11 shooting with 6 rebounds, and Nazahrah Hillmon-Baker added 8 points on just 2-11 shooting, but also added 12 rebounds....

 

[ConwayGmck]

So I checked on the game. The lights are out and they're having an awkward dance-off on the court with like 2 min to play. What's happening?!?! This feels like a weird acid trip lol

They had a power outage with 2:09 left in the game, and had to wait for the lights to come back on, LOL. But they eventually resumed the game.....

 

[sweetspot]

Offense seemed to stabilize when Owusu went in. Don’t know what was stranger — her not playing until late in Q2 or her playing every minute after — but congrats to Dawn, her staff and the team.

 

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[wolfe613]

didn't realize how many gamecock players were at this tournament, can only help to compete against pros to get ready for the season. Congrats to team USA on winning the tournament and thanks foe posting these threads Conway and shades.

 

[clbabson]

I know Howard showed out during the Championship game, but I really thought Boston deserved the MVP. She just seemed the most consistent both offensively and defensively. She also seemed very 'active' generally and looked to be directing/communicating a lot too. I was very impressed.