USA Women’s Pan Am
Team Falls To Australia’s World Championship
For Young Women Team 78-70 7/19/03
BOSTON
(July 19, 2003) -- After only two days of practice
since arriving in Boston for a series of ‘friendly’
matches against the Australian and Brazilian Young
Women World Championship teams, the U.S. Pan American
Games Team (0-1) barely lost to Australia (2-1), 78-70
in the closing minutes of the game on Saturday.
The U.S. was led in points by Jenni Benningfield
(Vanderbilt / Louisville, Ky.) and Nicole
Powell (Stanford / Phoenix, Ariz.), who each accounted
for 12 points, while Rebekkah Brunson (Georgetown
/ Oxon Hill, Md.) finished with 10. More