FOURTEENTH FIBA U19 WORLD CUP — 2021
Debrecen, Hungary • August 7-15, 2021
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2021 USA RESULTS (7-0)
2021 U19 WORLD CUP
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Led by tournament MVP Caitlin Clark, who averaged team-highs of 15.2 ppg and 5.2 apg. over the seven games, the USA also was paced to gold by Sonia Citron, who averaged USA second-bests of 14.2 ppg. and 7.7 rpg., and joined Clark on the FIBA U19 All-Star Five.
In its opening game on Aug. 7, the USA saw all 12 players score in a 96-37 wire-to-wire win over Italy. The Americans were led by Citron, who chipped in 15 points and seven rebounds, and Jewel Spear, who scored 14 points on 4-of-5 shooting from 3-point.
A 17-0 run in the second quarter helped spur the USA to a 99-59 win over Australia on Aug. 8. Clark had a near triple-double with 24 points, nine rebounds and a team-high seven assists and Lauren Betts tallied a double-double with 17 points and a team-high 12 rebounds.
The U.S. wrapped up preliminary play with a decisive 97-36 win over Egypt on Aug. 10. Azzi Fudd led the Americans from the tip, scoring the first eight points of the game and finishing with 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the field, five assists and three steals. Citron recorded 13 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists.
Nine of the USA’s 11 players recorded double-digit scoring efforts in the round of 16 contest on Aug. 11, as Payton Verhulst paced the USA with a team-high 18 points in a lopsided and record-breaking 129-45 win over Taiwan. The USA scored its 129 points on 38 assists, breaking the USA women’s U19 record for assists in a game, as well as tying the record for total points in a USA women’s U19 game.
In the Aug. 13 quarterfinals match-up with Spain, the USA got out to a 15-point lead at halftime and never looked back, securing a 98-64 win to advance to the semifinals. Clark finished with 17 points and Betts contributed 16 points.
An 8-0 run at both the end of the first and second quarters helped the USA to a 20-point advantage heading into the locker room in its semifinal game against host Hungary on Aug. 14. The Americans cruised in the second half en route to a 75-42 win and advanced the USA to a ninth-straight gold medal game. Citron led the USA with 17 points, while Clark and Diamond Johnson each had 14 points.
The USA captured its gold medal off a strong defensive effort that helped propel the Americans to a 70-52 gold medal victory over Australia on Aug. 15. Johnson led the U.S. with 15 points while Te-Hina Paopao added 10 points.
Hungary earned its first U19 medal after earning an 88-67 victory over Mali in the bronze medal game.
Also named to the all-tournament team were Hungary’s Julia Boros, Mali’s Sika Kone and Australia’s Jade Melbourne.
2021 USA WOMEN'S U19 WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
| NO | NAME | POS | HGT | WGT | AGE | SCHOOL | HOMETOWN |
| 15 | Lauren Betts |
C |
6-7 | 180 | 17 | Grandview H.S. |
Centennial, CO |
| 14 | Sonia Citron |
G |
6-1 | 160 | 17 | The Ursuline School |
Scarsdale, NY |
| 6 | Caitlin Clark |
G |
6-0 | 155 | 19 | Iowa | West Des Moines, IA |
| 9 |
Amari DeBerry |
C |
6-5 |
195 | 18 | Williamsville South H.S. |
Buffalo, NY |
| 11 |
Sania Feagin |
F |
6-4 | 170 | 18 | Forest Park H.S. |
Ellenwood, GA |
| 8 |
Azzi Fudd |
G |
5-11 |
165 | 18 |
St. Johns College H.S. (D.C.) |
Arlington, VA |
| 4 |
Diamond Johnson |
G |
5-5 |
145 | 19 | NC State |
Philadelphia, PA |
| 12 | Te-Hina Paopao |
G | 5-9 |
145 | 18 | Oregon |
Oceanside, CA |
| 5 | Jewel Spear |
G | 5-10 | 19 | Wake Forest |
The Colony, TX |
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| 10 |
Payton Verhulst |
G | 6-1 | 150 |
18 | Louisville | De Soto, KS |
| 13 |
Lauren Ware |
F |
6-5 |
18 | Arizona | Bismark, ND |
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| 7 |
Jersey Wolfenbarger |
F |
6-5 |
18 |
Northside H.S. |
Fort Smith, AR |
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| HEAD COACH: Cori Close, UCLA | |||||||
| ASSISTANT COACH: Aaron Johnston, South Dakota State University |
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| ASSISTANT COACH: Joni Taylor, University of Georgia |
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| TEAM PHYSICIAN: Bill Kuprevich, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania |
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| ATHLETIC TRAINER: Cat Lass, Duke University |
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2021 USA WOMEN'S U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
| NAME | G/S | MIN/AVG | FGM-A | PCT | 3PM-A | PCT | FTM-A | PCT | REB | PTS | AT | BK | ST |
| Clark | 7/6 | 176/25.1 | 32-83 | .386 | 20-55 | .364 | 16-22 | .727 | 37/5.3 | 100/14.3 | 39 | 6 | 7 |
| Citron | 7/4 | 163/23.3 | 30-54 | .556 | 5-14 | .357 | 31-36 | .861 | 51/7.3 | 96/13.7 | 20 | 4 | 9 |
| Johnson | 7/0 | 149/21.3 | 37-72 | .514 | 12-26 | .462 | 2-3 | .667 | 13/1.9 | 88/12.6 | 23 | 1 | 16 |
| Betts | 7/4 | 118/16.9 | 33-51 | .647 | 0-0 | .--- | 12-21 | .571 | 67/9.6 | 78/11.1 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| Paopao | 7/7 | 158/22.6 | 22-52 | .423 | 11-27 | .407 | 9-12 | .750 | 27/3.9 | 64/9.1 | 32 | 3 | 11 |
| Fudd | 7/6 | 164/23.4 | 25-51 | .490 | 13-25 | .520 | 0-0 | .000 | 20/2.9 | 63/9.0 | 27 | 1 | 11 |
| Verhulst | 7/3 | 148/21.1 | 23-55 | .418 | 7-25 | .280 | 5-6 | .833 | 41/5.9 | 58/8.3 | 19 | 5 | 6 |
| Spear | 2/2 | 22/11.0 | 5-7 | .714 | 4-5 | .800 | 0-0 | .000 | 3/1.5 | 14/7.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Ware | 7/3 | 110/15.7 | 17-30 | .567 | 0-0 | .--- | 7-17 | .412 | 34/4.9 | 41/5.9 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Feagin | 7/0 | 83/11.9 | 16-36 | .444 | 0-1 | .000 | 7-13 | .538 | 35/5.0 | 39/5.6 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| DeBerry | 6/0 | 40/6.7 | 6-9 | .667 | 0-0 | .--- | 0-2 | .000 | 14/2.3 | 12/2.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Wolfenbarger | 6/0 | 69/11.5 | 4-11 | .364 | 0-1 | .000 | 3-4 | .750 | 17/2.8 | 11/1.8 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| USA | 7 | 1400 | 250-511 | .489 | 72-179 | .402 | 92-136 | .676 | 382/54.6 | 664/94.9 | 182 | 47 | 75 |
| OPP. | 7 | 1400 | 126-447 | .282 | 41-180 | .228 | 42-69 | .609 | 220/31.4 | 335/47.9 | 86 | 13 | 4 |
