Moore Helps Team USA Advance To Finals
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
Kansas senior Perry Ellis led all scorers with 23 points and Wayne Seldon added 22 for Team USA, comprised of the Jayhawks team and a pair of other college players.
It’s the first time the U.S. advanced to play for the gold since 2005 and the first medal since 2009. Team USA was scheduled to face Germany in the finals today at Yeomju Gymnasium.
After Selden’s three-pointer gave the Jayhawks a two-point lead late in the fourth quarter, he grabbed a rebound and carried the ball down the court for an acrobatic, spinning layup. Moore followed with a long jumper, and Ellis added a layup, helping the U.S. grab a 70-64 lead.
“We’ve just been working,” Selden said to Bobby Nightengale of the Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World.
Selden was 9 of 14 from the field and had six rebounds in 39 minutes.
“Everybody has been in the gym,” said Selden. “We’ve been working hard because we feel like we just have something to prove, and we have a lot of unfinished business. We never really touched where we could be at (last season). We never really got to where we could be at as a team, and we really want to achieve that this year.”
Quarterfinal Win Over
Lithuania
Moore scored nine points, secured four rebounds, and recorded four steals in Team USA’s 70-48 quarterfinal win over Lithuania late Friday night.
Moore started a 25-2 run in the fourth quarter with a steal and layup before Kansas junior point guard Frank Mason III drove to the rim for a layup-and-the-foul. Moore added another steal and short jumper in the first 90 seconds of the period.
“It starts with our bigs,” Moore said. “They were dominant on the glass and stuff. That allowed me, Frank (Mason) and Wayne (Selden) to be aggressive on the perimeter and get steals. I think Frank got a steal, then I got one and then Frank got one again. After that, we just picked up the pressure and I don’t think they had an answer for it.”
After his team held Lithuania to 17 percent shooting in the last two quarters (6 of 35), coach Bill Self said, “We really guarded the second half. I mean we really guarded. I don’t know if a team can play much better summertime defense than that in the second half. We did a real good job after ball screens and were fortunate they missed shots.”[[In-content Ad]]
Kansas senior Perry Ellis led all scorers with 23 points and Wayne Seldon added 22 for Team USA, comprised of the Jayhawks team and a pair of other college players.
It’s the first time the U.S. advanced to play for the gold since 2005 and the first medal since 2009. Team USA was scheduled to face Germany in the finals today at Yeomju Gymnasium.
After Selden’s three-pointer gave the Jayhawks a two-point lead late in the fourth quarter, he grabbed a rebound and carried the ball down the court for an acrobatic, spinning layup. Moore followed with a long jumper, and Ellis added a layup, helping the U.S. grab a 70-64 lead.
“We’ve just been working,” Selden said to Bobby Nightengale of the Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World.
Selden was 9 of 14 from the field and had six rebounds in 39 minutes.
“Everybody has been in the gym,” said Selden. “We’ve been working hard because we feel like we just have something to prove, and we have a lot of unfinished business. We never really touched where we could be at (last season). We never really got to where we could be at as a team, and we really want to achieve that this year.”
Quarterfinal Win Over
Lithuania
Moore scored nine points, secured four rebounds, and recorded four steals in Team USA’s 70-48 quarterfinal win over Lithuania late Friday night.
Moore started a 25-2 run in the fourth quarter with a steal and layup before Kansas junior point guard Frank Mason III drove to the rim for a layup-and-the-foul. Moore added another steal and short jumper in the first 90 seconds of the period.
“It starts with our bigs,” Moore said. “They were dominant on the glass and stuff. That allowed me, Frank (Mason) and Wayne (Selden) to be aggressive on the perimeter and get steals. I think Frank got a steal, then I got one and then Frank got one again. After that, we just picked up the pressure and I don’t think they had an answer for it.”
After his team held Lithuania to 17 percent shooting in the last two quarters (6 of 35), coach Bill Self said, “We really guarded the second half. I mean we really guarded. I don’t know if a team can play much better summertime defense than that in the second half. We did a real good job after ball screens and were fortunate they missed shots.”[[In-content Ad]]
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