USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TEAM
2024 RESULTS
ANTWERP, BELGIUM • FEBRUARY 8-11, 2024
While already qualified for the 2024 Olympics by virtue of its 2022 FIBA World Cup gold medal, the USA participated in the Olympic qualifying process and used it as another chance to train and prepare. The USA went 3-0, recording wins over Belgium, Nigeria and Senegal. Belgium and Nigeria also went on to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games out of the Belgium tournament, which was one of four held concurrently around the world (also Brazil, China, Hungary). In the opening game, Belgium had a fast start, scoring 17 points by the 3:05 mark of the first quarter to build a 17-9 lead on the U.S. From there, the Americans held the opposition scoreless until the end of the period but could not overtake the Belgians. The contest’s first tie came 32-32 at the 3:43 mark of the second period until the USA opened the fourth quarter on an 11-2 run, through 7:39 of the quarter, to knot the game at 68. The game kept getting more interesting as Belgium broke the tie and the three that followed in their favor. The final tie, 79-79, occurred with three seconds left and the USA had possession of the ball. Kelsey Plum missed a floater before Breanna Stewart tipped the ball off the miss to give the USA their first and only lead of the game as time expired. The USA easily handled Nigeria, 100-46, behind a USA personal-best 18 points from Jewell Loyd. The USA led 19-13 at the end of the first quarter. Over the course of the second quarter, the red, white and blue steadily built upon that margin and took a 51-20 lead going into half- time. The Americans would outscore the opposition 32-7 in the second stanza to have control of the game. Closing the tournament with a 101-39 win over Senegal, the USA was led by Rhyne Howard (25) and Napheesa Collier (22), who combined for 47 points. The game featured six early lead changes before the United States took control thanks to a 9-0 run in the first quarter. Senegal led 9-8 with 6:38 to go in the period. The U.S. would lead 17-9 just over two minutes later.
2024 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TEAM ROSTER
2024 USA RESULTS (3-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION/SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Belgium Nigeria Senegal
W, 81-79 W, 100-46 W, 101-39
Ariel Atkins Aliyah Boston Napheesa Collier Kahleah Copper Rhyne Howard Sabrina Ionescu
G
5-10 6-5 6-1 6-1 6-2 5-8 6-6 6-0 6-2 5-11 5-10 6-0
167 220 183 165 175 165 150 145 180 163 190 165
27 22 27 29 23 26 30 29 27 41 31 26
Washington Mystics/Texas Indiana Fever/South Carolina Minnesota Lynx/Connecticut Phoenix Mercury/Rutgers Atlanta Dream/Kentucky New York Liberty/Oregon Seattle Storm/Notre Dame Las Vegas Aces/Washington New York Liberty/Connecticut Phoenix Mercury/Connecticut Connecticut Sun/Maryland Las Vegas Aces/Notre Dame
Duncanville, TX St. Thomas, USVI O’Fallon, MO Philadelphia, PA Cleveland, TN Walnut Creek, CA Lincolnwood, IL
F/C F/G F/G
G G G G
FINAL STANDINGS ( Belgium Group)
Jewell Loyd Kelsey Plum
1. 2. 3. 4.
*United States (3-0)
Poway, CA Raleigh, NC Chino, CA
*Belgium (2-1) *Nigeria (1-2)
Breanna Stewart Diana Taurasi Alyssa Thomas
F/C
G
Senegal (0-3) *Qualified for 2024 Olympic Games
F
Harrisburg, PA Princeton, IN
Jackie Young
G
COACH: Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx ASSISTANT COACHES: Curt Miller, Los Angeles Sparks / Mike Thibault, Washington Mystics COURT COACH/SCOUT: Tanisha Wright, Atlanta Dream
2024 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME G/S MIN
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
A TO BLK STL
Collier Stewart
3/2 71/23.5 3/2 71/23.6 3/0 60/20.0 3/1 52/17.3 3/1 51/17.1 3/2 45/15.0 3/1 40/13.4 3/1 37/12.3 2/1 44/22.0 2/0 33/16.5 2/2 29/14.5
24-39 8-21 8-13 7-15 6-15 7-18 11-19 5-11 3-10 2-8 13-22
.615 .381 .615 .467 .400 .389 .579 .455 .300 .250 .591 .222 .480 .348
1-8 1-7
.125 .143 .429 .500 .600 .556 --- .667 .000 .533 .143 .392 .258 ---
8-11
.727
14/4.7 17/5.7 17/5.7 12/4.0 10/3.3 6/2.0 7/2.3 7/2.3 7/2.3 11/5.5 9/4.5
57/19.0 24/8.0 27/9.0 22/7.3 16/5.3 19/6.3 31/10.3 18/6.0 8/2.7 10/5.0 39/19.5 11/5.5
9 8 9
5 4 3 2 2 5 0 4 2 1 2
0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0
11
7-7
1.000
3 3 1 2 1 4 2 0 2 3 1
Thomas 3/2 67/22.5
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11-14
.786 .667
Ionescu
6-14
2-3 2-2 2-4 4-6 4-6 2-2 6-6 5-5 6-6
11
Plum
2-4 3-5 5-9 4-6 0-4
1.000 .500
14 3
Copper
4 2 3 4 2 1 3
Loyd
.667 .667
Young Atkins Boston Howard Taurasi
1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .819 .568
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8-15
2-9
1-7
0/---
USA OPP
3 3
600 600
96-200 63-181
31-79 17-66
59-72 21-37
132/44.0 97/32.3
282/94.0 164/54.7
70 33 6 39 61 4
33 17
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