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: ESPNW 100 RankNameHeight PositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice14 Brianna Butler 5–11 G Brooklyn, New York Nazareth Regional Syracuse18 Kahleah Copper 6–1 G Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Prep Charter Rutgers5 Bashaara Graves 6–2 F Clarksville, Tennessee Clarksville (TN) Tennessee29 Bria Holmes 6–1 W Hamden, Connecticut Hillhouse West Virginia8 Malina Howard 6–3 P Twinsburg, Ohio Twinsburg Maryland43 Niya Johnson 5–7 PG Gainesville, Florida P.K. Yonge Baylor33 Michaela Mabrey 5–9 G Manasquan, New Jersey Manasquan Notre Dame Sierra Moore 5–11 W McSherrytown, Pennsylvania Delone Catholic Duke16 Alexis Prince 6–1 W Orlando, Florida Edgewater Baylor1 Breanna Stewart 6–3 F Cicero, New York Cicero–North Syracuse Connecticut31 Brittney Sykes 5–9 G Newark, New Jersey University Syracuse36 Janee Thompson 5–7 PG Chicago, Illinois Whitney Young Kentucky

2012 West Roster Source: ESPNW 100 RankNameHeight PositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice7 Jordan Adams 6–1 G Santa Ana, California Mater Dei (CA) USC35 Candice Agee 6-6 P Silverado, California Silverado (Victorville, CA) Penn State22 Katie Collier 6–3 P SeaTac, Washington Seattle Christian Washington12 Nirra Fields 5–9 G Santa Ana, California Mater Dei UCLA2 Moriah Jefferson 5–7 PG Glenn Heights, Texas T.H.E.S.A. Connecticut3 Alexis Jones 5–8 PG Irving, Texas MacArthur (Irving, TX) Duke15 Jordan Jones 5–6 PG DeSoto, Texas DeSoto (TX) Texas A&M44 Jewell Loyd 5–9 G Lincolnwood, Illinois Niles West Notre Dame26 Xylina McDaniel 6–2 F Columbia, South Carolina Spring Valley (SC) North Carolina11 Imani Stafford 6–7 P Los Angeles, California Windward Texas6 Morgan Tuck 6–2 F Bolingbrook, Illinois Bolingbrook Connecticut10 Courtney Williams 6–1 W Houston, Texas North Shore (TX) Texas A&M

Coaches The East team was coached by: Head Coach Anne Long of Spring Valley High School (Columbia, South Carolina) Assistant coach Doretha Garland of Spring Valley High School (Columbia, South Carolina) Assistant coach Gregory Bauldrick of Spring Valley High School (Columbia, South Carolina)

The West team was coached by: Head Coach Tanya Johnson of Zion-Benton High School (Zion, Illinois) Assistant coach Mary Just of Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois Assistant coach Ellen O’Brien of Downers Grove South High School in Downers Grove, Illinois

All-American Week

Schedule

Monday, March 26: Powerade Jamfest Slam Dunk Contest Three-Point Shoot-out Timed Basketball Skills Competition Wednesday, March 28: Girls All-American Game

Contest Winners Breanna Stewart earned perfect scores on two dunks in the first round to advance to the finals. However, Shabazz Muhammad won in the finals. Jordan Jones won the skills competition Morgan Tuck won the three point shooting competition

See also 2012 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

References

External links McDonald's All-American on the web