page_title: United States women's national under-19 basketball team
section_title: 2011 USA U19 results
hierarchical_section_title: United States women's national under-19 basketball team / 2011 USA U19 results
caption_attribution_description: English: Ariel Massengale and Breanna Stewart, two of the five member named to the five-member All-FIBA U19 World Championship Team, representing the USA team. The final game was played on July 31, 2011 in Puerto Montt, Chile
context_page_description: The USA women's national under-19 basketball team is the women's basketball team, administered by USA Basketball, that represents the United States in international under-19 and under-18 women's basketball competitions, consisting mainly of the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women and FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women. The events were originally referred to as the FIBA Americas Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament and the FIBA Junior World Championship.
  The usual sequence is for the U18 team to play in a regional championship in one year, with the top four qualifying teams being invited to the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in the following year, as the U19 team. The first Junior World Championship was held in 1985, without a qualifying tournament in the prior year. Starting in 1988, the events were on a four-year cycle, with the FIBA Americas Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament in 1988, followed by the FIBA Junior World Championship in 1989. This continued until the format was changed in 2006. Now, the U18 team plays in the U18 Americas event every other year, and the U19 World event in subsequent years.
context_section_description: After winning the gold in 2010, the USA team was one of the teams selected to play in the 2011 World's Championships. Prior to the formal start of the tournament, the USA team played an exhibition game against Brazil on June 5, 2011, winning the game 49–37. The team was finalized following the game, with twelve players identified to compete in the World Championships in Puerto Montt and Puerto Varas, Chile in July. The USA selection committee chose the team members to represent the USA. The twelve players selected were:
  Jordan Adams (Mater Dei H.S. / Irvine, Calif.)
  Cierra Burdick (Butler H.S. / Matthews, N.C.)
  Diamond DeShields (Norcross H.S. / Norcross, Ga.)
  Stefanie Dolson (Connecticut / Port Jervis, N.Y.)
  Bria Hartley (Connecticut / North Babylon, N.Y.)
  Alexis Jones (Irving MacArthur H.S. / Irving, Texas)
  Ariel Massengale (Bolingbrook H.S. / Bolingbrook, Ill.)
  Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (Mater Dei H.S. / Anaheim, Calif.)
  Imani Stafford (Winward H.S. / Los Angeles, Calif.)
  Breanna Stewart (Cicero-North Syracuse H.S. / North Syracuse, N.Y.)
  Morgan Tuck (Bolingbrook H.S. / Bolingbrook, Ill.)
  Elizabeth Williams (Princess Anne H.S. / Virginia Beach, Va.)
  The opening game for the USA team was against Japan, who started out with a very early lead, 5–2. The USA team played with what head coach Jennifer Rizzotti called. "a lot of intensity". USA's Bria Hartley tied the game with a three-pointer, and the USA team went on a 20–2 run to take a large lead 22–7. However, Japan came back, and cut the lead to 27–22 in the second quarter. The lead was up to 17 points at halftime, but Japan took advantage of a "defensive lapse" in the second half, and cut the lead to eight points. The margin was still within single digits in the fourth quarter, when the USA team concentrated on defense, and went on a 10–3 run, leading to a final score of 85–63. Bria Hartley was the leading scorer with 18 points. Breanna Stewart had a double-double, with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Ariel Massengale was the assists leader, with five. The USA team shot 54% from the field, and held the Japanese team to a 28% shooting percentage. In the next game against Russia, the USA team never trailed, playing with better defensive intensity, according to Coach Rizzotti. The scoring started slowly, with the score tied at six apiece more than six minutes into the game. The USA team then went on a 12–1 run, and never relinquished the lead, finishing with a 76–53 win. Diamond DeShields was the top scorer for the USA team, with 16 points. The USA team held the Russian team to 26% shooting.
  The third game typically determines which teams make it to the medal round, but that wasn't the case in this game. The Argentine team had been mathematically eliminated, and the USA team was certain to move on, win or lose. However, both teams played to win, and Argentina took an early lead 7–3. However, a balanced offense proved too much for the Argentine team. With eleven of the twelve USA players scoring between five and twelve points, led by Breanna Stewart on 3–3 shooting from the field, the USA team had too much offense and defense. The USA team held the opposition to under 30% shooting for the third consecutive game, allowing the Argentine team only a 27% shooting percentage. The USA team won the game 83–49, advancing them to the second round.
  The USA team faced its toughest test to date in their match-up against China. The USA squad began the fourth quarter with a 12-point lead, but the team from China went on to score 31 points in the period. They started the period with a 12–2 run, cutting the lead to two points. It remained close, and was a tie game at 72 points apiece with 1:26 left to play. Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis hit a three-pointer, one of five she hit during the game. After a score by China, Bria Hartley hit the three to extend the lead to four points. China responded with a three-pointer, cutting the lead back to a single point. With a half a minute to go in the game, Hartley passed underneath to Stephanie Dolson, who scored the final points of the game. China tried to tie the
caption: Ariel Massengale and Breanna Stewart, two of the five member named to the five-member All-FIBA U19 World Championship Team
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