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May 23, 2009

USA Falls to Australia in Gold Medal – Wheelchair Basketball

Filed under: Paralympic,wheelchair basketball — activeadaptive @ 2:29 pm

The USA Mens Junior National wheelchair basketball team falls just short of Gold as they lose to Australia 69-48 in the championship game at the BT Paralympic World Cup  in Manchester, England.  Below are quick team and individual stats from the Gold medal game:

U S A (Men’s Final)

  No. Player   Min     FG 3 Points Free Throws Rebounds AS TO STL Blocks Fouls Pts  
            %       % OR DR Tot       BL BI PFS FO    
  4 Chris Okon   17:34        2/9    22       2/7 29           1/2 50 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 7  
  5 Trevon Jenifer   24:14        3/8    38       0/1 0           1/2 50 3 4 7 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 7  
  6 Matt Lesperance   33:32        2/2  100       0/0 0           0/0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 4  
  7 Tom Smurr   03:19        0/1      0       0/1 0           1/2 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1  
  8 Brain Bell   24:28     7/22    32       0/0 0           1/2 50 3 4 7 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 15  
  9 Alex Grunstein   03:19        1/2    50       0/1 0           0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2  
  10 Tommie Gray   12:53        1/1  100       0/0 0           0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2  
  11 Steve Serio   36:41        2/9    22       0/1 0           0/0 0 0 5 5 7 2 0 1 0 1 4 4  
  12 John Gilbert   06:28        1/3    33       0/0 0           0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2  
  13 Nate Hinze   12:17        2/5    40       0/0 0           0/0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 4  
  14 Jared Arambula   12:42        0/3      0       0/0 0           0/0 0 1 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0  
  15 Ian Pierson   03:15        0/0     0       0/0 0           0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
 
    Team Totals    21/65  32     2/11 18          4/8 50 7 20 27 13 8 7 1 0 21 13 48
Australia Game Summary USA  
27/53 (51%)
2/8 (25%)
13/25 (52%)
41
16
2
0
13
17 (13)
36
8
2		 Field Goals
3 Points
Free Throws
Rebounds
Assists
Steals
Blocks
Turnovers
Fouls (Fouls On)
Points in Paint
Second Chance Points
Points off Turnovers		 21/65 (32%)
2/11 (18%)
4/8 (50%)
27
13
7
1
8
21 (13)
30
2
0

The above stats and more can be found at: http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3481/00/69/91/11Fj5IdFDreA/

Video Highlights can be found at: http://www.btvision.bt.com/sport/paralympic-world-cup/

Last update on Team USA is posted here

Other quick stats from the BT Paralympic World Cup:

  • Great Britain defeated Germany 69 – 49 for the Mens Bronze
  • Nederlands defeated Mexico 66 – 42 for Womens Gold
  • China Defeated Great Britain 63-50 for Womens Bronze

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