The 2015

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All-American Girls Game is an All-Star

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game that was played on April 1, 2015, at the

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, home of the Chicago Bulls. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in 2015. The game is the 14th annual version of the

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first played in 2002.

2015 Game

The 2015 game was a game of runs. The West jumped out to a huge lead, then the East roared back and took over and made it a close game the rest of the way. The West team started the game on a 16–4 run by buckets from

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and Katie Lou Samuelson, but the East flipped the switch using

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, Asia Durr, and Taylor Murray to lead their charge. The East lead 81=69 with just under 3 minutes left in the game, but the West made one last charge and got it to 3 points from a Samuelson 3-pointer with 32.7 seconds left. Durr made a couple of free throws with 6.1 seconds left to seal the victory for the East. This was the highest scoring girls' game in the 14-year history.

Rosters

2015 East Roster

2015 West Roster

Coaches

The East team was coached by: * Head Coach — John Hutchcraft of Guy-Perkins High School (

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) The West team was coached by: * Head Coach - Emery Roy of Rocky Mountain High School ( Meridian, Idaho)

Game

References

External links

McDonald's All-American on the web
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