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RIO DE JANEIRO - Former Kentucky Wildcat DeMarcus Cousins and former Texas A&M Aggie DeAndre Jordan?hauled in the Olympic gold medal in the championship game of the 2016 Olympics against Serbia.With a gold medal on the line, Cousins saved his best for last for USA Basketball. Coming off the bench for a third straight game, Cousins set the tempo early by dominating the paint, sparking Team USA to a 40-15 first-half run, and ultimately to a 96-66 rout of Serbia.Cousins posted 13 points and a game-high 15 rebounds for his third double-digit scoring game of the Olympics. He had 11 points and 12 rebounds by halftime. Cousins is also the third former UK player in a row to win a gold medal.?DeAndre Jordan went into the stands at Carioca Arena and collected an American flag, which he initially wrapped himself in like a blanket before holding it high over his head for all to see. After a slow start in Rio, there was no doubt about who was on top, and the Americans beamed as they walked off the floor before the medal ceremony.The 6-foot-11 forward, who was drafted fifth overall in 2010 after a sensational freshman season at Kentucky, averaged 9.1 points and 5.8 rebounds in eight games at the Olympics. He shot 61.4 percent from the floor, only shooting less than 50 percent in one game during the run. Cousins is the 10th Wildcat all-time to compete in the Olympics and win a gold medal (not counting Sam Bowie, who was awarded a medal by President Jimmy Carter after the United States boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games), tied with North Carolina and UCLA for the most among all colleges. Anthony Davis captured the gold at the last Olympics, in 2012, and Tayshaun Prince was a part of the 2008 gold-medal team. Cousins is the second John Calipari player to win a gold medal, joining Davis.Congratulations to USA Basketball on another gold medal and to our own DeMarcus Cousins, Calipari said. DeMarcus continues to get better and better and has become one of the best big men in our game. I know how badly he wanted this opportunity and this gold medal. I couldnt be more proud of him.Though its the first Olympic gold medal of his career, it isnt Cousins first major success story with Team USA. He previously helped USA Basketball to a gold medal at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, averaging 9.6 points and 5.6 rebounds while shooting a team-high 70.2 percent from the field during that nine-game run. Cousins is entering the prime of his NBA career. Just a few months ago he was named to the All-NBA Second Team for a second straight year after averaging career highs in both points per game (26.9) and rebounds per game (10.2). 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Goals from Jerome Boateng, Franck Ribery and Thomas Mueller extended Bayerns unbeaten run to a record 37 matches. "This record is incredible," Bayern coach Pep Guardiola said. Vanderbilt womens basketball recruit Autumn Newby is a tower of strength and skill at 6 feet, 2 inches. But there was a time when being small saved her life.Autumn, the youngest of three siblings, was just 6 years old when she, her sister, Madison, her brother, Jaylen, and some other kids were playing in the Newby familys backyard in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Autumn was sitting in a tire swing that hung from a large oak tree while other kids climbed the branches.Suddenly, there was a sickening thud ... and screams.The tree had broken apart, and a large chunk of it came hurtling toward little Autumn.This was not a small tree, and it was decaying, said her mother, Peaches. Fortunately, Autumn was inside the tire. The tree fell on the tire and not on her.It took three men -- Autumns father and uncles -- to free Autumn, who was rushed to a hospital and was fine other than a scratch on her face.It was like a miracle, Autumn said. When the tree snapped, all the kids jumped off. But I couldnt move because I was inside the tire. That tree could have crushed my entire body.Peaches said her daughter was blessed that day ... and every day since.Things could have gone a different way, Peaches said. But Im a person of faith, and I believe there is a special plan for Autumn. I believe she will be a special person, and she will be able to tell her kids that story one day.Autumn is turning her mother into a prophet.She has earned straight As throughout high school and plans on becoming a pediatrician. On the court, Newby is one of the stars for Archer High (Lawrenceville, Georgia), and she is the No. 28 prospect in the espnW HoopGurlz Top 100 for the 2017 class.Newby, who averaged 13.1 points, 13.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.8 steals last season as a junior, burst onto the Georgia high school basketball scene as a freshman, helping Archer reach the Class 6A state final.But despite her excellent play, Archer has gone backward the past two seasons in terms of playoff runs, losing in the state semifinals her sophomore year and in the round of 16 last season. All three years, Archer was eliminated by eventual state champion McEachern (Powder Springs, Georgia).This season, Archer has a new coach, Bob Westbrook, who led Etowah (Woodstock, Georgia) to the Class 4A state title in 2005.Westbrook said the presence of Newby played into the equation when he decided to go for the opening at Archer. But it was more than that, Westbrook said.They only lost one player from a team that won 25 games last season, Westbrook said.As for Newby, Westbrook saaid it hasnt taken long for her to live up to the hype.ddddddddddddAnd, keep in mind, practice just started on Monday.Autumn is just so fluid, Westbrook said. She does things effortlessly that usually require a great deal of effort. She still needs work on her mid-range jumper, although she has made tremendous strides there, and her ballhandling.Amy Krach, a fourth-year assistant coach at Archer and a former college assistant at Georgia Southern, said she is not surprised by what Newby has accomplished.She had good footwork, a good motor and good floor sense, Krach said when asked about her first impression of Newby as a freshman. I knew right away she was going to be a big-time player.Its interesting to note that Newby got a rather late start in organized basketball. She didnt play in her first league until she was 9, and she didnt join an AAU team until seventh grade. But theres no denying there is athleticism in the family. Former NFL safety Ryan Clark, who won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers, is Autumns cousin on her mothers side.Newbys sister, Madison, is a 5-8 sophomore guard at Georgia State. She was the Sun Belt Conference freshman of the year in 2015-16, averaging 8.6 points and leading the league in assists (5.0).Autumn, though, is taller than anyone in her family -- her dad is 5-11 and her mom is 5-7 -- and shes probably more talented, too, although she and Madison made a great team. Madison and Autumn combined on those two Archer runs to the Georgia final four in 2014 and 2015.But with Madison off to Georgia State, it was Autumns turn to look for her future school. Early on, she had been visited by coaches from Georgia, LSU, Penn State, Kentucky, North Carolina State, Florida State, Duke and Stanford.But then things changed. Stephanie White, who took the Indiana Fever to the WNBA Finals in 2015, was hired as Vanderbilts coach on May 24. By early June, Newby had been contacted by Vanderbilt, which had not previously recruited her. And by August, Newby had committed to Vanderbilt.[White] wants athletic players who can get up and down the court, Newby said. Thats why she recruited me, and it was a great fit for me.Vanderbilt combines great basketball with great academics. With [White] being a [former] WNBA coach, she and her amazing coaching staff are going to push me on the court. And with Vanderbilt being a great school, thats going to push me on the academic side, too. ' ' '