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Women's Basketball's Taylor leads U.S. to quarterfinals of FIBA U19 World Cup
07.24.2019 | Women's Basketball
Taylor charted 13 points, five rebounds and five steals vs. Germany.
BANGKOK, Thailand – Freshman Texas women's basketball player Celeste Taylor led the United States U19 team to a 79-61 victory against Germany on Wednesday, propelling the U.S. to the quarterfinals at the FIBA U19 Women's World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.
Taylor finished with 13 points [6-of-12 from the field], five rebounds and five steals in 28 minutes in Wednesday's round of 16 game.
The United States [4-0] marches on to a quarterfinal match-up with Canada [3-1] on Friday at a time to be determined. Canada advanced with an 82-50 win against Argentina on Wednesday. The quarterfinal match-up will be streamed live at YouTube.com/FIBA.
"We had a hard time on the offensive end in the first half," Taylor said. "Defensively, we struggled a little bit also, but we picked it up and started talking and communicating, speaking through those screens and tough switches. Overall, I thought we did a pretty good job of making an improvement on the defensive end in the second half."
The United States shot 42.9 percent [30-of-70] from the field in the game, while limiting Germany to a 33.8 percent [22-of-65] clip from the floor. The U.S. held a 48-44 advantage on the boards.
The United States, which held a 40-33 advantage at halftime, led by just four points [42-38] early in the third quarter, but went on a 14-2 run to widen its margin. The U.S. led Germany 63-47 after the third period.
2019 FIBA WOMEN'S U19 WORLD CUP SCHEDULE
Saturday, July 20 - Preliminary Round - USA 79, Australia 56 [final]
Sunday, July 21 - Preliminary Round - USA 89, South Korea 67 [final]
Tuesday, July 23 - Preliminary Round - USA 95, Hungary 50 [final]
Wednesday, July 24 - Round of 16 – USA 79, Germany 61 [final]
Friday, July 26 – Quarterfinals – USA vs. Canada - TBD
Saturday, July 27 - Semifinals
Sunday, July 28 - Medal Games
