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| Date | March 28, 2012 | ||||||||||||
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| Venue | United Center, Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Alexis Prince | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Abby Bickle Jenene Pence Jennifer Washo | ||||||||||||
| Network | ESPNU | ||||||||||||
| Announcers | Lou Canellis (play–by–play) Abby Waner (color commentator) | ||||||||||||
| McDonald's All-American | |||||||||||||
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. [1]
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. [2]
Source: [3]
| ESPNW 100 Rank [4] | # | Name | Height | Position | Home Town | High School | College Choice |
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| 14 | 13 | Brianna Butler | 5-11 | G | Brooklyn, New York | Nazareth Regional | Syracuse |
| 18 | 4 | Kahleah Copper | 6-1 | G | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Prep Charter | Rutgers |
| 5 | 11 | Bashaara Graves | 6-2 | F | Clarksville, Tennessee | Clarksville (TN) | Tennessee |
| 29 | 23 | Bria Holmes | 6-1 | W | Hamden, Connecticut | Hillhouse | West Virginia |
| 8 | 14 | Malina Howard | 6-3 | P | Twinsburg, Ohio | Twinsburg | Maryland |
| 43 | 22 | Niya Johnson | 5-7 | PG | Gainesville, Florida | P.K. Yonge | Baylor |
| 33 | 24 | Michaela Mabrey | 5-9 | G | Manasquan, New Jersey | Manasquan | Notre Dame |
| 5 | Sierra Moore | 5-11 | W | McSherrytown, Pennsylvania | Delone Catholic | Duke | |
| 16 | 21 | Alexis Prince | 6-1 | W | Orlando, Florida | Edgewater | Baylor |
| 1 | 30 | Breanna Stewart | 6-3 | F | Cicero, New York | Cicero–North Syracuse | Connecticut |
| 31 | 20 | Brittney Sykes | 5-9 | G | Newark, New Jersey | University | Syracuse |
| 36 | 3 | Janee Thompson | 5-7 | PG | Chicago, Illinois | Whitney Young | Kentucky |
Source: [3]
| ESPNW 100 Rank | # | Name | Height | Position | Home Town | High School | College Choice |
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| 7 | 1 | Jordan Adams | 6-1 | G | Santa Ana, California | Mater Dei (CA) | USC |
| 35 | 33 | Candice Agee | 6-6 | P | Silverado, California | Silverado (Victorville, CA) | Penn State |
| 22 | 3 | Katie Collier | 6-3 | P | SeaTac, Washington | Seattle Christian | Washington |
| 12 | 25 | Nirra Fields | 5-9 | G | Santa Ana, California | Mater Dei | UCLA |
| 2 | 32 | Moriah Jefferson | 5-7 | PG | Glenn Heights, Texas | T.H.E.S.A. | Connecticut |
| 3 | 30 | Alexis Jones | 5-8 | PG | Irving, Texas | MacArthur (Irving, TX) | Duke |
| 15 | 24 | Jordan Jones | 5-6 | PG | DeSoto, Texas | DeSoto (TX) | Texas A&M |
| 44 | 23 | Jewell Loyd | 5-9 | G | Lincolnwood, Illinois | Niles West | Notre Dame |
| 26 | 34 | Xylina McDaniel | 6-2 | F | Columbia, South Carolina | Spring Valley (SC) | North Carolina |
| 11 | height="15" | Imani Stafford | 6-7 | P | Los Angeles, California | Windward | Texas |
| 6 | 44 | Morgan Tuck | 6-2 | F | Bolingbrook, Illinois | Bolingbrook | Connecticut |
| 10 | 11 | Courtney Williams | 6-1 | W | Houston, Texas | North Shore (TX) | Texas A&M |
The East team was coached by:
The West team was coached by: