Team USA U16

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Ouor Team USA U16 is already 3-0 after a 126-73 win over Puerto Rico
Here's the box score--

http://www.usabasketball.com/men/2009/09_mu16_game_03_box.pdf

Chasson Randle again had a fine game off the bench with 10 pts, 5 rebs

Here's how the standings are now...

Group A W-L
1. USA 3-0
2. Venezuela 2-1
3. Puerto Rico 1-2
4. Brazil 0-3


Group B W-L
1. Argentina 3-0
2. Canada 2-1
3. Mexico 1-2
4. Bahamas 0-3

We are, right now, playing Canada in the semifinals......game should be reported any minute...
If we win, we face the winner between Argentine vs. Venezuela on Sunday evening for the Championship.

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yes, USA wins to advance to the Championship game tomorrow evening......

We clobbered Canada 126-78..Brad Beal had 18 pts., Randle 7

http://fibaamericas.com/noticiasread4.asp?r=RXNDTMUXEM&t=BPHOGTQBLI

here's a box score..

http://fibaamericas.com/fnabox.asp?g=15&n=A&r=7041

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our U16 team wipes out the competition and wins the Championship..
In the Title Game we beat Argentine 101-87...but the lead was 15+ the whole 2nd half..
none of the five games Team USA played were really very close.
Brad Beal from the st. Louis area was 7-14 from 3-pt range and had 26 pts

http://www.usabasketball.com/men/2009/09_mu16_game_05_box.pdf

it is amazing how much more talented the Americans are than the rest of the world at this age..
but the bad coaching they get and the lack of international experience hurts them, as by the time they are 18 and 19 years old, the entire rest of the world has caught up, and we have trouble beating them.