An interesting side note: Greg Echenique was Venezuela's leading rebounder (9) and he also chipped in 11 points (on low shooting percentages).
USA defeated Venezuela 82-73:
http://live.sportingpulse.com/matche...tml?1216063819
Mason Plumlee scored 8 points and grabbed 8 rebounds. He was 6-6 from the FT Line. Travis Wear was the leading scorer with 15 points. Kemba Walker dished out 5 assists and scored 12 points.
Next game is against the Bahamas tomorrow.
Bob Green
An interesting side note: Greg Echenique was Venezuela's leading rebounder (9) and he also chipped in 11 points (on low shooting percentages).
http://usabasketball.com/news.php?ne...8_mu18_game_01
From the article:
“Yeah, coach wanted us to keep the pressure on them, ball pressure and stuff,” said Mason Plumlee (Christ H.S. / Arden, N.C.). “He said that eventually they’ll get tired. We’ve got 12 guys who can all play and we use all 12 of them...
That's decent production given only 13 minutes of PT. Hopefully he'll get more time against the Bahamas. Anyone know if these games are televised?
USA was 1-16 from three-point land. If they run into a team who are hitting their outside shots, USA may be in for a tough game. It appears that Wear and Kelly are the starting inside players with Plumlee the first off the bench based on minutes.
gw67
DBR headline news says "Miles" Plumlee.
USA 59 Bahamas 11 after 2 periods
http://usabasketball.com/
USA 115 - Bahamas 51. Mason Plumlee scored 14 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in 19+ minutes of playing time:
http://live.sportingpulse.com/matche...tml?1216150780
We were 6/20 from behind the 3-point line. Tomorrow's game is against Puerto Rico.
Bob Green
Looking at the shot chart, Mason hit a deep three, and the rest of his points came within a few feet of the basket. I know that the competition was really weak, but at least it looks like he has a versatile game and hopefully some sort of back to the basket post-up game.
Based on what I have seen and read:
Versatile game?---yes
Back to the basket post-up game---no, not really, or not yet
What he does well (among other things) is to get rebounds and put-backs; Mason is long, fairly athletic, and has good hands.
He also seems to have a signature move of sorts---he drives along the baseline, goes under the basket and then does a reverse jam over his head. Works for me.
USA 106 - Puerto Rico 64. Mason Plumlee scored 3 points and had 6 rebounds in 14+ minutes of action.
Bob Green
Thanks, Bob; that puts the USA into the semifinals vs the loser of Canada vs Argentina, which is the last game tonight. I believe Puerto Rico also goes to the semifinals and would play the winner of the Argentina/Canada game. Argentina may be the biggest threat to the USA here.
Argentina 74 - Canada 64. USA will play Canada tomorrow in the semi-finals.
Bob Green
The link for the box score is below:
http://www.usabasketball.com/men/200...ame_03_box.pdf
The Wear youngster continues to play well. Plumlee hit a three pointer but this team is not a good outside shooting team even against outmanned opponents.
gw67
http://www.usabasketball.com/news.ph...8_mu18_game_04
USA team defeated Canada 82-66 in semifinals; will play winner of late game, Argentina vs Puerto Rico. Don't have stats for Plumlee; he is not listed as one of the leading scorers in this article.
USA will play Argentina for the Championship. Here is the box score from today's win over Canada:
http://www.fibaamericas.com/fnabox.asp?g=15&n=A&r=6506
Plumlee did not score in 5+ minutes of playing time. He grabbed two rebounds.
Bob Green