USA East All-Stars (Gesell and Woody)

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Looks like both played pretty well in their first game over seas:

USA ROLLS AGAINST TALLINNA KALEV
August 4, 2014
For Immediate Release
Tallinn, Estonia - USA East Coast made the most of their five practices leading up to today's game against Estonia's Tallinna Kalev. The American All Stars fired on all cylinders as they cruised to a 103-59 victory. The overall team effort had 7 of the 10 players in double figures. Syracuse's Tyler Roberson led the way with a double double of 13 points and 14 rebounds in just under 19 minutes. Every player on the roster had exceptional moments in the contest and the effort level was maintained throughout. South Carolina Coach Frank Martin expressed his happiness following the game, "I was extremely excited about how together our guys played on both ends. We limited them to 33% from the field and had 25 assists. A 59-30 rebounding advantage showed the effort our guys played with. ". Iowa's Adam Woodbury dominated the paint while his Hawkeye teammate Mike Gesell posted 10 points, 7 assists, and 2 steals. The South Carolina tandem of Tyrone Johnson and Sindarius Thornwell combined for 25 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals. Roberson's Syracuse teammate BJ Johnson joined in with 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 steals. Arkansas' Dusty Hannahs filled it up inside and out with 16 points and Kansas' Hunter Mickelson impressed with 12 points, 6 rebounds, and a game leading 3 blocked shots. Baruch's Granville Gittens finished with 6 rebounds and Lycoming's John Monkam rounded out the effort with 2 steals and 2 points.

Things will get tougher tomorrow night as the Austrian National team upset the host Estonian National team in the second game of the Tallinn Cup. USA East Coast will face the National Team of Austria at 8:00PM (1:00PM EST), the outcome will leave just 1 team unbeaten in the 4 team event.

USA TEAM STATS
Mike Gesell - 10 pts, 7ast, 2stl, 19:45min
Tyrone Johnson - 12pts, 6ast, 4reb, 20:15min
Dusty Hannahs - 16pts, 3reb, 2ast, 18:48min
Sindarius Thornwell - 13pts, 6reb, 5ast, 4stl, 21:13min
John Monkam - 2pts, 2stl, 1reb, 18:53min
BJ Johnson - 16pts, 7reb, 2ast, 2stl, 22:10min
Granville Gittens - 2pts, 6reb, 2blk, 1stl, 20:32min
Tyler Roberson - 13pts, 14reb, 3ast, 1blk, 18:50min
Hunter Mickelson - 12pts, 6reb, 3blk, 19:29min
Adam Woodbury - 7pts, 11reb, 3stl, 20:06min
 
The BT better watch out for Woody and Mike this year. They will be different players than a year ago and it will have a big impact on the conference race. Break out year.
 
It will be really interesting to see if Woody carries this rebounding prowess into the regular season. It's fine to do it in the PTL but the achievement is deceiving. Dominating the paint on a national team is another indication that we could see Woody on the rise, so to speak, this year.
 
Great find thanks for posting. Hope they stay healthy and improving. If Woody can go for 10pts and 5 or 6 boards a game next year that'd be great.
 
I agree. I think they along with White will be the team leaders. I keep hearing Woody is really taking over as a leader
doclee said:
The BT better watch out for Woody and Mike this year. They will be different players than a year ago and it will have a big impact on the conference race. Break out year.
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UncleHawk said:
It will be really interesting to see if Woody carries this rebounding prowess into the regular season. It's fine to do it in the PTL but the achievement is deceiving. Dominating the paint on a national team is another indication that we could see Woody on the rise, so to speak, this year.
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Now that Woody's body is maturing they will probably use him a lot different this year. He probably will do a lot more pushing than getting pushed around this year. His rebounding and scoring should go up. Olesani is going to be a lot stronger this year, and with White and Uthoff they should be pretty tough on the boards. Its going to be hard to believe that they won't go inside a lot more this year if the other team slows the Iowa fast break. The team is going to look a lot different from last year. Iowa could be pretty lethal from the outside too.
 
If Woodbury can carry that kind of performance over into the conference and with Oleseni getting stronger they could a major force to be reckoned with. With Uthoff also showing possible great potential and White being just White we should be looking pretty impressive in those positions.

Then there is the guard situation. I expect to see Oglesby to show consistency in his three point capabilities and continued improvement in his movement inside of the perimeter. Dickerson will bring fast break quickness and great passing skills to the guard position. Gesell also brings experience and the ability to shoot the ball from any where on the floor. If Clemmons can bring to the regular season what he has shown in the PTL then the guard position is going to be fun to watch all these players comPETE. Then their is Peter who showed great potential towards the end of the season. When he gets going and on a streak he will drive opponents defences crazy.

A lot of of "ifs" here but there is a lot of potential for this team to surprise. Would love to see all of it come together.
 
Update on game number two. Article says Gesell took over down the stretch. Woody decent game, but sounded like some foul trouble:

USA East Coast
USA East Coast Moves To 2-0
For Immediate Release
August 5, 2014
Tallinn, Estonia - USA East Coast has won it's first two games in the 2014 Tallinn Cup and a win against the host Estonian National Team tomorrow night will give the Americans the title!

The Austrian National team, coming off of a hard fought victory the night before, pounded East Coast inside for much of the contest as veterans Maresch Anton and Rasid Mahalbasic combined for 39 points and 11 rebounds. USA countered these efforts by shooting 50% from three point range and grabbing 17 offensive rebounds for a 90-83 victory. With the game on the line Iowa point guard Mike Gesell took over. With the shot clock running down Gesell drove the lane for an acrobatic layup giving USA an 81-76 lead with 1:03 remaining in the game. South Carolina's Sindarius Thornwell grabbed a huge rebound on the next possession, passed the ball to Gesell, who streaked down the floor throwing a lob pass to Syracuse's BJ Johnson for an emphatic dunk to seal the contest.

Syracuse's combination of Johnson and Tyler Roberson continued to impress combining for 36 points and 11 rebounds. Kansas' Hunter Mickelson (8 offensive rebounds) and Iowa's Adam Woodbury (9pts, 2blks) battled foul trouble all night. Arkansas' Dusty Hannahs was an efficient scorer all evening, finishing with 16 points on 4-6 shooting from three. Lycoming's John Monkam was outstanding defensively in the second half, Baruch's Granville Gittens pulled down 4 rebounds and South Carolina's Ty Johnson gave a similar effort with 5 rebounds, 3 of them offensive.

USA East Coast will play the home Estonians at 1:00PM EST tomorrow. Though unavailable stateside tonight's game and tomorrow's final contest will be broadcast nation-wide here in Estonia.

TEAM STATISTICS
Mike Gesell - 10pts, 5stl, 4reb, 3ast, 20:15min
Ty Johnson - 8pts, 5reb, 1ast, 21:00min
Dusty Hannahs - 16pts, 1ast, 1reb, 23:00
Sindarius Thornwell - 3pts, 8reb, 4stl, 2ast, 24:11min
John Monkam - 2pts, 9:45min
BJ Johnson - 20pts, 5reb, 1ast, 1stl, 1blk, 28:11min
Granville Gittens - 4reb, 1ast, 11:18min
Tyler Roberson - 16pts, 6reb, 2ast, 1stl, 1blk, 28:12min
Hunter Mickelson - 6pts, 8reb, 1blk, 17:50min
Adam Woodbury - 9pts, 1reb, 2blk, 16:18min
 
LASBUR said:
It would be nice. But its not my number one concern with the team. Is it yours ?
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Correct, whether woody dunks one time this year or 100 times is kind of like talking about how much you can bench. It's dumb and what a lot of dumb guys talk about.
 
MisterLucky said:
Yeah, because you get so many extra points for dunks.
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Misterneverplayedbasketball: you get the same amount of points per basket, however, the dunk is the highest percentage shot in basketball. Therefore, it is more likely that you will make more of them. Going 48-50 on dunks vs. going 42-50 on dunkable layups. Which one of those scenarios gets you more points?
 
LOL Afraid he has me by at least a foot. But I can probley get as far off the floor. I really do think the kid is going to be a player next year. I know some don't and that's OK. But I do
 
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