USA Head Coach Don Showalter (Iowa City H.S., Iowa) On Philippines: Their quickness, I don’t see a team that’s going to be any quicker than they are. If they had a big man, they’d be a much better team from a rebounding standpoint. Obviously our size was too much for them. I liked the way we’re starting to hit some 3s now, which early on we weren’t a really good 3-point shooting team. That’s going to be a big plus for us. We’ve done a really nice job defensively. Our kids are playing better and great team defense. I like that a lot. Tyus Battle: On the Philippines team: They played really hard. They have some really good guards. I was just impressed at how hard they played. They were diving on the floor, tapping the ball back out, fighting for loose balls, they played really hard. Terrence Ferguson: On the Philippines team: Oh they’re tough, they’re really tough. I even talked to them after the game and told them they were probably the toughest team we played against. They’re always on. They’re running full speed the whole game. I don’t think they get tired, I really don’t think so. If they had a couple more inches, it would have been a great game. ~KP
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 04:56:37 +0000
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