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Not nearly so disappointed in losing M. Williams now. After the 3x3 tournament she got inordinate hype. Overall, I’d still take Jadyn Donovan over her.
 
I really like Prosper. She is a little raw but she has all the tools. I hope SC is recruiting her.
 
USA averages 96.5ppg
Spain averages 71.3ppg

USA fg% 43.7%
Spain fg% 41.7%

USA 3pt fg% 27.1%
Spain 31.3%

USA FT% 66.9%
Spain 59.8%

USA rebounds pg 58.5
Spain rebounds pg 42.5

USA assists pg 25.5
Spain assists pg 18.8

USA Turnovers pg 14.8
Spain Turnovers pg 19.7

Spains best players are
#10 Awa Fam Thiam 11.2ppg, 10.2ppg (C)
#4 Iyana Martin 13.3ppg and 5.8 apg (PG)
#13 Carla Viegas Segura 11.8ppg 1.2 rpg (SF)

I like the play of "Iyana"(they use her first name on her jersey), however, she is very left hand dominant. She needs to do more with the right hand to move up to a good US college.
 
Like Williams, Maya Moore once struggled playing for USA Basketball. Playing for the U18 team Maya shot 35% and 14% from 3. That caused some to ask whether Maya would shoot the ball well enough in college. LOL I'd still take Williams over most of the other players on Team USA. BTW, I'm not saying Williams is the next Maya!

Donovan reminds me of Kalana Greene before Kalana's knee was shredded (ACL, LCL and meniscus). Kalana had a nice career but was never the same player. Kalana developed a nice mid-range jump shot which Donovan will need to develop to stop defenses from playing off her.
 
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Canada - France 3rd place game shaping up to be a good one. 63-62 France after 3.

 
eebmg said:
Canada - France 3rd place game shaping up to be a good one. 63-62 France after 3.

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Too much Dominique Malonga for Canada to handle. France's 6'6" center scored 28 points (11 of 19) and had 17 rebounds to edge Canada 84-82.
Best big in the tournament ?
I think so.
 
rvwsleep said:
Too much Dominique Malonga for Canada to handle. France's 6'6" center scored 28 points (11 of 19) and had 17 rebounds to edge Canada 84-82.
Best big in the tournament ?
I think so.
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Prosper did everything she could at the end.
 
USA has pretty much zero movement on offense - one player dribbling and trying to break down the defense then either passing back out for another player or forcing an entry pass into double or triple coverage. Not pretty on offense and their pressure defense isn't resulting in steals and easy layups. They have a 10 point lead at half but it looks ugly.
 
UConnCat said:
Cambridge is really good. Best player for Team USA so far. Really pushes the pace.
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Easily the best player on the USA team today. Though she sometimes forces things a bit. The malaise of M. Williams continues (1 of 3). Same with Watkins (2 of 10). Though, to be fair, Watkins did have one great game. All the rest, including this one so far, have been subpar.
Terrible second quarter for US. Outscored 13-12.
 
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UcMiami said:
USA has pretty much zero movement on offense - one player dribbling and trying to break down the defense then either passing back out for another player or forcing an entry pass into double or triple coverage. Not pretty on offense and their pressure defense isn't resulting in steals and easy layups. They have a 10 point lead at half but it looks ugly.
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There is no offense. Its brick up shots, rebound and hope for an easy layup.
 
Well, M. Williams hit 3 outside shots in a row (2 of the 3 pointers) in the fourth quarter as the USA wins 84-62.
 
Watkins wins player of the tournament ??
She had 1 good game.
Watkins, Cambridge, Prosper, Carrion and Malonga were named to the team of the tournament.
 
ochoopsfan said:
Per Mike Flynn "Lots of college coaches in attendance"

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Probably most if not all as a chance to watch the 'world' players and not the USA or even Canada ones. They have plenty of chances to see the north american players closer to home.
 
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Cambridge was easily the best American player over the quarter, semi, and final.

Finished with 36 assists to 8 turnovers.

Shot 49% from inside the arc, just 3/13 from three.

Her steal rate per 40 minutes was 5.4
 
Husky fanatic said:
Prosper has potential but seemed indecisive several times. But like her a bit more than Booker.
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She would drive in to the lane, stop and not know what to do next. Like so many players, she knows shooting the 3 (not very well, btw) or driving to the basket. She hasn't figured out how to rise and take the short jumper. She big and athletic and just needs to develop her basketball skills.

She's keeping her recruitment a secret which I like. Jeff really wants her. LOL
 
UConnCat said:
She would drive in to the lane, stop and not know what to do next. Like so many players, she knows shooting the 3 (not very well, btw) or driving to the basket. She hasn't figured out how to rise and take the short jumper. She big and athletic and just needs to develop her basketball skills.

She's keeping her recruitment a secret which I like. Jeff really wants her. LOL
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I agree that the jump stop game needs to be included. I also have wondered if in some cases it was a situation where she didn't have somewhere to pass the ball? From what I watched, I found Canada's offensive sets would end up stalling as players be watching to see what she or Fournier would do next.
 
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SCGamecock said:
Really looking forward to seeing Prosper play college ball.
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UConnCat said:
She would drive in to the lane, stop and not know what to do next. Like so many players, she knows shooting the 3 (not very well, btw) or driving to the basket. She hasn't figured out how to rise and take the short jumper. She big and athletic and just needs to develop her basketball skills.

She's keeping her recruitment a secret which I like. Jeff really wants her. LOL
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Maybe she's actually planning on going straight to the WNBA via USports or a professional league? ;)
 
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