Payton Verhulst and the US U19 Women's Basketball team played their first game in Debrecen Hungary yesterday afternoon, and absolutely pasted Italy, 96-37.
With a lopsided score like that, you would expect playing time to be spread liberally around the team, and that certainly was the case, here. Verhulst started the game, and played the most time of anyone on the roster, but tallied less than 23 minutes on the court.
Everyone on the US roster got on the court, and everyone put the rock in the hole at least once. Five players were in double figures.
Payton scored six, made up of a pair of field goals and a pair of free throws. Add in five rebounds and an assist, and it was a decent outing for the incoming freshman.
The US is in group play with Egypt, Australia, and obviously Italy. As much as the US put it to Italy yesterday, Australia, perennially a strong contender in women's basketball, beat down Egypt even worse, more than tripling them up, 99-28
Wanna watch?
--sonja--
With a lopsided score like that, you would expect playing time to be spread liberally around the team, and that certainly was the case, here. Verhulst started the game, and played the most time of anyone on the roster, but tallied less than 23 minutes on the court.
Everyone on the US roster got on the court, and everyone put the rock in the hole at least once. Five players were in double figures.
Payton scored six, made up of a pair of field goals and a pair of free throws. Add in five rebounds and an assist, and it was a decent outing for the incoming freshman.
The US is in group play with Egypt, Australia, and obviously Italy. As much as the US put it to Italy yesterday, Australia, perennially a strong contender in women's basketball, beat down Egypt even worse, more than tripling them up, 99-28
Wanna watch?
--sonja--
