Candace Parker added to Womens Team USA

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http://www.mwcsun.com/feeds/apcontent/apstories/apstorysection/D8JVIRU80.xml.txt/resources_apstoryview

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Candace Parker had a pretty impressive game in their first challenge in the Women's World Championship.
Candace had 12 pts, 10 rebs, playing with all the pros.

http://english.people.com.cn/200609/13/eng20060913_302388.html

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The Americans are doing so well in the Women's World Championships (in Barueri, Brazil), that the media have termed the Team Group that the USA is in as the
"Death Group"

http://english.people.com.cn/200609/15/eng20060915_303108.html

Because she's just a college kid, and because she was a fairly late addition to the Womens Team USA, Candace Parker is actually being used as a relatively "deep sub".

In the 10-point win against Russia yesterday, Candace was the FINAL
(12th) player off the bench in the rotation for coach Anna Donovan,
but in just 18 minutes on the floor, Candace had 17 pts, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals.

So far in the 3 Team USA wins (over China, Nigeria, Russia), Candace has averaged only 17 minutes per game but has 12.3ppg, 12-21 from the floor, 6 rebs/game.

Only Tina Thompson, a starter (15ppg), is averaging more than Candace. Diana Taurasi is 3rd in scoring with just under 11 ppg in 23 minutes per game.