australia women national wheelchair basketball team summer paralympics australia women national wheelchair basketball team known wheelchair basketball team played summer paralympics team included paralympic veterans paralympic games newcomers playing paralympics amber won silver summer paralympics sydney summer paralympics athens won gold stage paralympic competition group stage round robin tournament faced formidable task finals pool included brazil great_britain canada netherlands recently beaten narrow victory brazil easier great_britain defeated canada won final match netherlands finish pool went win mexico semifinal united_states lost germany final winning silver background prior australia women national wheelchair basketball team known won silver summer paralympics sydney summer paralympics athens bronze summer paralympics beijing won gold official announcement membership paralympic team july team included veterans paralympic games newcomers competing paralympics selected captain oldest team member aged coming fourth paralympic games having competed barcelona atlanta summer paralympics sydney sidelined elbow injury returned lineup youngest born carter played barcelona year old teammate amber british born originally swimmer recruited basketball coach averaged points rebounds game series japan germany china sydney july including game germany scored points rebounds young player hoped performances paralympic world cup manchester led named australian women wheelchair basketball international player year source international games august group stage competition group stage pool included brazil great_britain canada netherlands canada beaten bronze medal game wheelchair basketball world championship birmingham july netherlands beaten recently australian head coach admitted canada hard beat added worked hard improve team shooting percentage strength conditioning coaches working girls fitness increased volume shooting training hopefully hard work girls putting pay london qualified eliminated key played won lost points points points difference competition points brazil key points rebounds assists game august crowd basketball arena london known played brazil years little knew came watching video tapes scores tied times point australians points minutes final quarter points score sent free throw line extended team lead technical foul saw straight free throw line biggest lead game brazil struck scoring unanswered points tie score scored paint followed taking defensive rebound shot brazil scored time ran won leading points said played better chemistry team said fantastic good win belt didn play maximum today don think mistakes passing ball turning ball got improvement work things great_britain match great_britain held north arena accommodate larger crowd crowd saw low scoring affair concentrated defence led quarter time half time extended lead quarter went badly scored points australia making score quarter time final quarter great_britain best score points respectively shared ball scored points british coach scathing team performance know way play said disappointed crowd tons better absolutely effort bad canada returned day match canada team considered strong chance medal capacity crowd early opportunities canada won quarter strong defensive play helped reverse second left canada point lead half time second half saw canada slowly increase lead keeping tied australia half half half fourth half fourth australia players points rebounds earned points points rebounds seven assists loss raised prospect australia finals remained confident identified poor shooting critical problem tough game said credit canada beat teams world shoot key british accent said respect canada great team game tomorrow play like know australian way netherlands loss canada meant needed win netherlands considered competition best teams beaten canada told media like game stick game plan hopefully come netherlands scored soon assisted stewart dutch team responded took points fast break assisted putting australia lead relinquish stewart scores outside paint assisted bring score dutch team fought point deficit quarter time australian defence shut opportunities second quarter score australia favour half time end quarter dutch team efforts final quarter won quarter won game led australia scoring points considerably improved accuracy shots attempts points seven rebounds rest team performed equally stewart scored points rebounds reputation play maker rebounds seven assists points assists played minutes game canada night minutes game particularly active final quarter praised opponents wanted early chasing respect suppose focused stopping lot big players particularly getting girls sensational job der hard coach throws lot stuff tonight having changes day probably finals mexico loss canada meant won games number canada netherlands placed ahead netherlands based defeating canada failed defeat great_britain sufficient margin finished result topped pool received berth mexico managed qualify despite winning game confident taking match lightly warned media game easy know finished crossover favour means easy beat brazil points brazil beat mexico championships play offs fourth going tough planned dominate mexico early playing aggressively played netherlands stewart took tap lost australia shots goal taken free throw line missed mexico opened scoring mexico point lead turned biggest game points mexico turned ball got paint assisted repeated play stewart providing assist time mexico scored responded shot play stole ball charged court failed shot took defensive rebound leading scoring missed resulting free throw shortly stewart drew foul shots bring score mexico intense defensive pressure mexico team wound total australia australia scored points compared mexico point player took score mexico unable recover australia high scoring ultimately scored points cent shooting scored points cent shooting teams went quarter time break score points mexico fell second quarter immediately stole ball mexico let score points minutes later carter assisted scored basket paint process successful free throw score steal led runaway break bringing contribution points score half time break score quarter team turnover series missed shots hill allowed mexico australia point leaving score end quarter final quarter saw australia miss shot end mexico miss stewart missed mexican turnover led score quarter stewart mexico scored response shot stewart missed carter took offensive rebound scored allowed mexico points board successive sent free throw line score points response brought score seventh scoring shot game drew close missed shots hill mexico unable opportunities continuing miss shots turn ball nineteen seconds play remaining hill took point shot inside paint attracting foul scored point free throw mexico scored points game team lost australia semifinal united_states semifinal beat reigning champions small crowd north arena stewart took tap lost possession earned points game responded quickly turned ball lost stole ball bounds stole turned took shot basket inside paint missed took rebound scored free throw extended lead teams shooting poor score quarter time second quarter started scoring twice australia lead turned ball times unable strong defence leaving score tied half time quarter early goal outside paint gave lead series steals gave additional shots missed gave series shooting worse rivals resulting run unable score minute quarter goal seconds hill saw leading ultimately post australia score points fourth quarter australian defence remained strong shooting improve entire game attempts played entire game ended team accurate player attempts fought taken minute twice sent free throw line missed shots game went second missing inside paint shot clock ran gold medal match germany defeat germany capacity crowd north arena win gold medal australia narrowly defeated german team sydney months earlier point beaten previous times played stewart took tap lost defensive rebound germany missed free throw shots resulted scoring assisting played germany like played defeated united_states strong defence normally high scoring team successful minutes quarter despite missed shots australia ahead minutes germany scored points gave lead quarter time second quarter germany extended lead points scored point free throw seconds left clock stole ball enabling score seven points half time won quarter previous games london happened germany points strong defences teams scored game scoring points including assists rebounds end lost fourteen points felt pressure germans shooting accurate australia ceo praised efforts short brilliant paralympic games said silver medal reward outstanding performance fourth consecutive paralympic medal remarkable achievement players coaches support staff fantastic job wait greet return home announced year development program included appointment time head coach time based new south wales appointed new head coach opportunity play germany fair bit preparation game plan strong defensive pressure told media started good unfortunately got couple runs way goes played great game stuck deep second started end gave think hold heads high guess plan years rio qualify summer paralympics finishing second china asia oceania qualifying tournament
Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics