Anderson and U.S. U19 Women's Basketball Move to 3-0

Jolene Anderson may have had an off night by scoring just two points, but the U.S. U19 women's basketbalal team turned in another high-scoring performance with 94-68 win over Serbia & Montenegro at the 2005 FIBA U19 World Championship in Tunis, Tunisia.

It was the third consecutive victory for the U.S. as guards Candice Wiggins(Stanford/Poway, Calif.) and Erika Arriaran(Norco H.S./ Norco, Calif.) contributed 21 and 15 points respectively. The U.S. gets a day off Monday then continues preliminary round play in the Tuesday against Puerto Rico.

The USA women through their first three games at the U19 World Championship are averaging an high octane 105.3 points a game on 58.5 percent shooting from the field. The U.S. has claimed wins of 33 points against Russia (98-65), 87 versus Congo (124-37) and 26 points over Serbia &; Montenegro.

Head mentor Gail Goestenkor's USA squad continued to get solid play from its post players. Crystal Langhorne(Maryland/Willingboro, N.J.) finished with 14 points and five rebounds andNicky Anosike(Tennessee/Staten Island, N.Y.) added 14 points and a game best 12 rebounds, including eight offensive boards. Erlana Larkins(North Carolina/Riviera Beach, Fla.) was likewise solid, posting nine points and nine rebounds, andCourtney Paris(Piedmont H.S./Piedmont, Calif.) recorded eight points. The U.S. owned a 40-25 advantage on the glass, including 19 offensive rebounds.

"We talked about the fact that if they played in a 2-3 zone they would have a difficult time keeping us off the offensive glass. Our posts did a tremendous job of attacking the glass and when they did we got the rebound and got some of their players into foul trouble which was really to our benefit," stated Goestenkors.

"I think our posts have been very, very consistent for us and on our perimeter we've had different players step up each and every night and it has been more than one player on every occasion. It's nice to know if somebody's not hitting their shot or gets into foul trouble, which was the case tonight, we've got other players willing and able to step up."

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