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Message: [QUOTE="SVCBeercats, post: 2813779, member: 7874"] [URL="http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/24382893/usa-basketball-gold-medalists-share-memories-fiba-u17-world-cup-fiba-americas-u18-championship"]USA Basketball gold medalists share memories from FIBA U17 World Cup, FIBA Americas U18 Championship[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]A chants encounter[/B][/SIZE] [URL='http://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/217621/haley-jones']Haley Jones[/URL], a 6-foot-1 undeclared senior wing at Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, California), scored 14 points as the U17 team routed France 92-40 in the final, concluding Team USA's 7-0 run. After the win against France, the Americans rode the bus back to their team hotel. When they got close, Jones and her teammates noticed a crowd gathered outside in front of the hotel. "These girls are pointing at us and seem to be screaming," said Jones, who was named to the all-tournament team. "We're like, 'What's happening? Why are they pointing at us?' " Once they got off the bus, the U.S. players recognized many of their opponents from the tournament, including athletes from China, Mali, Latvia and Japan. "U-S-A! U-S-A!" came the serenade. Jones and her teammates were stunned at the display of sportsmanship, but they quickly reacted. "We started chanting 'USA!' with them," Jones said. "And then we all started taking videos and pictures. And we were all jumping up and down, too." [/QUOTE]