2012 McDonald's All-American Girls Game explained

2012 McDonald's All-American Girls Game
Visitor:East
Home:West
Visitor Total:78
Home Total:79
Visitor Per1:40
Visitor Per2:39
Home Per1:31
Home Per2:47
Date:March 28, 2012
Referee:Abby Bickle
Jenene Pence
Jennifer Washo
Arena:United Center
City:Chicago, Illinois
Mvp:Alexis Prince
Network:ESPNU
Announcers:Lou Canellis (play–by–play)
Abby Waner (color commentator)
Series:McDonald's All-American
Previous:2011
Next:2013

The 2012 McDonald's All-American Girls Game is an All-star basketball game that was played on March 28, 2011, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, home of the Chicago Bulls. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in 2012. The game is the 11th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 2002. The West team won 79–78.

2012 Game

The East team dominated the first half, achieving a lead of 16 points at one time. The West team fought back, but still trailed by eleven points at the half. In the second half, the West team continued to cut into the lead, and a layup by Morgan Tuck produced a tie at 50 points each early in the second half. Tuck ended the game with 18 points, but West's Nirra Fields, the first player ever to make a McDonald's All-American roster from Canada, ended the game with 20 points to lead all scorers. However, the West was unable to take the lead. The score was tied at 78 all, when East held for a final shot by Alexis Prince, but the shot did not go in and the buzzer sounded. The players headed to their benches, expecting to get ready for the first ever overtime in a McDonald's girls game. However, a late whistle had been blown and the referees decided that a foul on Bashaara Graves had occurred before the end of regulation. Three tenths of a second were put back on the game clock, and Graves went to the line with a one-and-one opportunity. She hit the first, and missed the second, but there was not enough time left for a subsequent play, so the East held on for the 79–78 win. Bashaara Graves was named the Tournament MVP.

2012 East Roster

Source:

NameHeightPosition High SchoolHome TownCollege Choice
135w-11 G Nazareth Syracuse
46-1 G Prep Charter Rutgers
11 6-2 F Clarksville Tennessee
23 6-1 W West Virginia
14 6-3 P Maryland
22 5-7 PG P.K. Yonge Baylor
24 5-9 G Notre Dame
5 5-11 W Delone Catholic McSherrytown, PA Duke
21 6-1 W Edgewater Baylor
30 6-3 F Connecticut
20 5-9 G Syracuse
3 5-7 PG Kentucky

2012 West Roster

Source:

NameHeightPosition High SchoolHome TownCollege Choice
1 Jordan Adams 6-1 G Mater Dei Santa Ana, Calif. USC
33 Candice Agee 6-6 P Silverado Silverado, Calif. Penn State
3 Katie Collier 6-3 P Seattle Christian SeaTac, Wash. Washington
25 Nirra Fields 5-9 G Mater Dei Santa Ana, Calif. UCLA
32 5-7 PG T.H.E.S.A. Glenn Heights, Texas Connecticut
30 5-8 PG MacArthur Irving, Texas Duke
24 Jordan Jones 5-6 PG DeSoto DeSoto, Texas Texas A&M
23 5-9 G Niles West Lincolnwood, Ill. Notre Dame
34 Xylina McDaniel 6-2 F Spring Valley Columbia, S.C. North Carolina
  6-7 P Windward Los Angeles, Calif. Texas
44 6-2 F Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, Ill. Connecticut
11 Courtney Williams 6-1 W North Shore Houston, Texas Texas A&M

Coaches

The East team was coached by:

The West team was coached by:

All-American Week

Schedule

Contest Winners

See also

2012 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

External links