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Gems vs USA | FIBA U19 World Cup

https://twitter.com/matthewdelly/status/1159339655935848450

Yes, Anstey's elbow was dumb but the game was still 90% won at that stage. The microscope needs to go more on Heal who had one of the dumbest defensive plays I've seen in that situation.

None for quite some time.

Potter will be on the next u19 team.

....bad....

Bloody good effort girls, silver is nothing to sneeze at and you were almost there for the gold, bag luck on that one but congratulations to all concerned on a wonderful tournament!

https://twitter.com/DamianArsenis/status/1155625780505804802

Heal was off because Van Lith hit a 3 on a slow close out and back cut on her on a set play and Van Lith also made that basket; that was what allowed USA to actually get that close. Anstey was awesome but most Victorians who follow that age group would know that move on repeat and is fobbed off in VJBL as a regulation foul.it is true though once Heal went off we missed her reliable 3 pt shot on Offense

Can’t see any of these young ladies making the step up into the senior squad anytime in the next 5 years, like they said in commentary.

The problem area for Australia at senior level is the SG position post Olympics so it’s likely Shelley has the biggest chance out of this lot, although she has the likes of Nicholson, Cole, Garrick, Wallace, Wehrung etc in front of her.


Post Olympics.
2022 (WC)
We could see a few outs given there age and frequency of injuries.
Mitchell-37
Ohea-35
Whitcomb-34
Griffin-34
George-33
Tolo-33
Bunton-retired

Not sure why Heal was off in OT when Scanlon wasn’t up to it. Anstey’s actions did cost Australia the gold. Tough lesson to learn. Great effort nonetheless.

Looking ahead, I think we will really struggle with the next team, we don’t seem to have a lot of depth in that 02 age group. Particularly in the guard spots.
There are 5 02s (Potter, Melbourne, Pollerd, Sewell, Rees) at the COE currently and 4 03s (Price, Prior, Swain, Wise)
Maybe 3-4 more will come in within the next year to replace those headed to college for the 2020 season.
The next u19 phase starts in 3 weeks (u17 oceanias)

Yes poor shooting killed our opportunity to wrap it up earlier, but ultimately the unsporstmanlike did cost us the game. I'm sure she's blaming herself, but that's sport.

So after a silver medal, our stats for the tournament...


33.2% fg

34.4% 2 pt

29.9% 3 pt

63% ft


Per game

67.7 points
56 rebounds
15 assists
16 fouls
19.1 turnovers
9 steals
2.3 blocks

Many people have seen that movie before.

Great effort ladies. Did our country proud. Izzy was outstanding all night. Hope she doesn't blame herself for the unsportsmanlike foul. It didnt cost us the game. Poor shooting did. Go Gems!!

Has any u19 championship for any sport.

Both I had high hopes for coming in both heal and Scanlon but they both underperformed. Shelley was ok but her shooting was horrendous.

the usa player fouling on purpose - unsportsmanlike?

4Q 00:15 left AUS 66-63 USA with full shot clock Anstey gets fouled by Howard. Ref calls foul on US while Anstey elbows Howard and changes his call. No elbow we win as they needed to foul us while we run the clock down.

happens with Anstey quite a bit, she doesn’t rip the ball, but just swivel her elbows. Has happened alot in vjbl over the years.
Something she will no doubt work on correcting. Amazing on the boards today. Well done.

Anstey got fouled and it was called while the elbowing occurred and the ref changed his call. Shouldn't both fouls stand and if in the bonus (can't remember) at least we get foul shots before the USF to the US? Doesn't feel right.

Coe bringing the shooting machines out 3 times a day from now on.
Only 1 in every 4 shots we took in the tournament were made. Half were under the basket layups.

looks like Anstey inherited her dad's sharp elbows

Great effort but another terrible shooting performance. 3 pt shooting at 25% and ft shooting at 60%

Dammit

Oh yeah.

What a kick to the groin, those simple mistakes going to haunt us.

The US can't hit a free throw.

So if it's still tied after the first overtime England win on boundaries right?

looks like Anstey inherited her dad's sharp elbows

OT

On further viewing it's our touch - that put back ouch.

Is it our touch or the rims?

Love to know how many layups we’ve missed this tournament,

Should go down to the wire.

Bueckers and Howard the only usa players with a cool head. Have watch them.

Butler has also stepped up in the last 2 games, haven’t seen her sit and she is barking orders and keeping players in check from the sideline. Much better job.

Great first half like the first group game.
Both Scanlon and heal need to be more aggressive I reckon.

Some poor substitutions happening atm.

Great start, just need to cut down errors and close out better.

We can win this if we can shoot well. So far we have not shot the ball well but our defense has gotten a lot better game by game.

To the private trainer above, that is the biggest load of crap i have ever heard. The kids that were either starting or in rotation against these COE kids in NBL1 this year got absolutely chewed up and spat out when playing 1 v 1 in isolation against these girls. How can you compare the kids doing PT to competing against the best in the world, most of the kids using PT didn't even make the squad and if they did they didn't make the side. All the girls here are either COE or playing NBL1 or a similar standard or NCAA; where all of them have coaches who train them at the club or college, beware of these snake oil salesman, anyone who has to be negative or hate to get a sale isn't worth a pinch of salt.

They Certainly need to improve the program.
Not being able to dribble, pass, shoot at a decent level after 3 years of day to day training shows that the training they provide is not working as much as it should do. We may be better drilled in running plays and set pieces. We may have better endurance than a lot of other teams too.
What is clear, the kids that go to private trainers are overtaking those at the coe, skills wise. The kids at the coe seem to have a better understanding of the game and have benefited from strength and conditioning training and nutrition.


Numbers don’t lie. So far for the tournament...


32.7% fg (should be between 40-50%+)

33.4% 2 pt (should be be between 40-50%+)

30.8% 3 pt (should be between 35-40%+)

60.3% ft (should be between 75-85%+)

Belgium are going to pommel Spain.

it's on Foxtel.

I posted a thread on how to get Kayo free for three months:

https://www.hoops.com.au/forum/45558-2019-fiba-world-cup-how-to-watch-for-free-legall/

USA win late.

They look tired, hopefully we can frustrate them.

Down to the wire with usa vs belgium.

Belgium going to be a handful at senior level for the next decade..

Watching paint dry would shoot better than 29% and be more interesting

No notice from FIBA or BA is poor form.

The Pick and Roll had a Facebook Live post scheduled for game time as arranged directly with FIBA and without advice it appears to have been removed, while YouTube stream was geo-blocked.

Looks like on Fox between 10-12 in the morning

I think belgium can test the U.S