FIBA-Americas women's U16 tournament 2009

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New dates and site for the tournament are still to be announced but the US has announced their roster for trials:

The 27 athletes include: Jordan Adams (Mater Dei H.S. / Irvine, Calif.); Kayla Brewer (Jean Ribault H.S. / Jacksonville, Fla.); Loliya Briggs (Potter House Christian / Gainesville, Fla.); Cierra Burdick (South Mecklenburg H.S. / Mathews, N.C.); Jasmine Camp (Chamblee H.S. / Ellenwood, Ga.); Briyona Canty (Trenton Catholic Academy / Willingboro, N.J.); Andraya Carter (Buford H.S. / Flowery Branch, Ga.); Bashaara Graves (Clarksville H.S. / Clarksville, Tenn.); Justine Hartman (Brea Olinda H.S. / Brea, Calif.); Rachel Hollivay (New Hope H.S. / Columbus, Miss.); Malina Howard (Twinsburg H.S. / Twinsburg, Ohio); Moriah Jefferson (Texas Home Educators Sports Association / Glenn Heights, Texas); Alexis Jones (Irving MacArthur H.S. / Midland, Texas); Whitney Knight (Bishop McGuinness H.S. / Winston-Salem, N.C.); Betnijah Laney (Smyrna H.S. / Clayton, Del.); Jewell Loyd (Niles West H.S. / Lincolnwood, Ill.); Ariel Massengale (Bolingbrook H.S. / Bolingbrook, Ill.); Breanna McDonald (Chamblee H.S. / Lithonia, Ga.); Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (Mater Dei H.S. / Anaheim, Calif.); Alexis Prince (Edgewater H.S. / Maitland, Fla.); Bria Smith (Christ the King H.S. / Massapequa, N.Y.); Alexia Standish (Heritage H.S. / Colleyville, Texas); Kiah Stokes (Linn Mar H.S. / Marion, Iowa); Morgan Tuck (Bolingbrook H.S. / Bolingbrook, Ill.); Alexyz Vaioletama (Mater Dei H.S. / Fountain Valley, Calif.); Courtney Williams (North Shore H.S. / Houston, Texas); and Elizabeth Williams (Princess Anne H.S. / Virginia Beach, Va.).

http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_wu16_trials_invitees

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USA names their team:

Named to the 2009 USA U16 National Team roster were: Jordan Adams (Mater Dei H.S. / Irvine, Calif.); Cierra Burdick (South Mecklenburg H.S. / Mathews, N.C.); Justine Hartman (Brea Olinda H.S. / Brea, Calif.); Betnijah Laney (Smyrna H.S. / Clayton, Del.); Ariel Massengale (Bolingbrook H.S. / Bolingbrook, Ill.); Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (Mater Dei H.S. / Anaheim, Calif.); Alexia Standish (Colleyville Heritage H.S. / Colleyville, Texas); Breanna Stewart (Cicero-North Syracuse H.S. / North Syracuse, N.Y.); Kiah Stokes (Linn Mar H.S. / Marion, Iowa); Morgan Tuck (Bolingbrook H.S. / Bolingbrook, Ill.); Alexyz Vaioletama (Mater Dei H.S. / Fountain Valley, Calif.); and Elizabeth Williams (Princess Anne H.S. / Virginia Beach, Va.).

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The 2009 USA Women's U16 National Team will remain in Colorado Springs through the morning of June 4 for training. Due to a left knee injury Tuck suffered during trials, Bashaara Graves (Clarksville H.S. / Clarksville, Tenn.) will practice with team through June 4. All 34 trials participants are members of the 2009-10 USA Basketball Women's Developmental National Team and are considered alternates.

http://usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=09_wu16_team

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Centrobasket U17 schedule:

http://www.fibaamerica.com/noticiasread.asp?r=QIOGRALEPL

EDIT: this tournament is a qualifier for next year's FIBA-Americas U18, not the U16. Still no word on all the participants for the U16.

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Here is the schedule for the real Centrobasket U16 Women:

http://www.fibaamerica.com/torneos1.asp?t=BODQIPYSSP

Big surprise it's being hosted by Mexico

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Finally starts tomorrow:

Group A
Brazil
Canada
Guatemala
Mexico

Group B
Argentina
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
United States

This is going to be ugly.

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USA 128-17 Dominican Republic. 78-7 at halftime. Good thing we didn't draw Guatemala. Boxscore says the US had zero turnovers.

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Some shooting stats from yesterday:

Dominican Republic 6-49 FG (3-40 2PT)
Argentina 23-97 FG (12-72 2PT, 11-25 3PT!), 21-41 FT
Puerto Rico 15-80 FG
Brazil 15-65 FG (8-46 2PT, 7-19 3PT)
United States 52-82 FG

Other interesting numbers were PR and Argentina combining for 63 offensive rebounds, and Canada getting 22 offensive rebounds compared to 6 defensive rebounds for Brazil.

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Group A
Canada 68-56 Brazil
Mexico 76-40 Guatemala
Canada 97-22 Guatemala
Brazil 66-62 Mexico
Brazil 78-37 Guatemala
Canada 68-46 Mexico

Group B
Argentina 78-53 Puerto Rico
United States 128-17 Dominican Republic
United States 114-37 Puerto Rico
Argentina 90-33 Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico 73-59 Dominican Republic
United States 93-33 Argentina

Semifinals: Canada-Argentina, United States-Brazil

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Semifinals
USA 105-54 Brazil
Canada 65-59 Argentina

Classification
Mexico 121-38 Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico 45-39 Guatemala

DR had 51 turnovers against Mexico.