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Friday, July 10, 2009

Leedham nets 24 in finale

Former Cheshire Academy star Johannah Leedham's 24 points, seven rebounds and five steals were not enough as Great Britain lost to Poland 89-94 in overtime in the fifth-place game in the World University Games Friday in Belgrade, Serbia.

Unless Katerina Elhotova of the Czech Republic scores 31 points and/or Australia's Elyse Penaluba has 34 points in Saturday's bronze-medal game, Leedham will finish in a tie for third in scoring at the World University Games with an average of 18.9 points per game. The rising senior at Franklin Pierce is also tied for fourth in steals (2.4 a game) and tied for fifth with 17 3-pointers.

Leedham's older sister Jennifer, who also played at Cheshire Academy and Franklin Pierce, averaged 6.4 points and tied her sister for the team lead with 22 assists.

The U.S. will play Russia at 9 a.m. Eastern time in Saturday's gold-medal game. UConn's Tina Charles leads the 6-0 U.S. in scoring (14.2 points per game), is second behind Ohio State's Jantel Lavender in rebounding (6 per game). Charles' UConn teammate Tiffany Hayes leads the U.S. with nine 3-pointers, is fourth in scoring (9.7), third with 12 assists and second in 12 steals in the first six games of the tournament.

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