USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC AND PRE-OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TEAM 2020 RESULTS
BELGRADE, SERBIA • FEBRUARY 6-9, 2020
While already qualified for the 2020 Olympics by virtue of its 2018 FIBA World Cup gold medal, the USA took part in the Olympic qualifying process and used it as another chance to train and prepare. Recording 33 assists and 48 points off of its bench, the USA defeated 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Serbia 88-69. A’ja Wilson had 16 points and seven rebounds, Skylar Diggins-Smith finished with 15 points and Brittney Griner contributed 14 points and six rebounds. Jumping out to a 36-10 lead at the end of the first period, the USA controlled the game from start to finish in a 124-49 victory over Mozam- bique. By halftime all 11 available U.S. athletes had scored, and ultimately the USA was led by 24 points and nine rebounds from Nneka Ogwumike. Additionally, Chelsea Gray tallied 12 of the USA’s 41 assists. It took nearly all 40 minutes for the USA to earn its 76-71 victory over Nigeria. In a game in which the United States trailed 57-50 heading into the final quarter, Griner led with 18 points (7-9 FG). Gray added 12 points and a game-high seven assists, Ogwumike added 11 points and Katie Lou Samuelson tossed in 10 points, including two 3-pointers in the fourth. Down 63-55 with 7:22 to play, the USA mounted a furious comeback, capped by two free throws from Samuelson, posted a 15-5 scoring run over five minutes to pull ahead 70-68. Tied at 70, Wilson scored off a feed from Sue Bird with 1:06 remaining in the game to push the red, white and blue ahead 72-70. Nigeria’s Atonye Nyingifaegia made one of two free throws to close the U.S. lead to one with 54 second to go, but Griner scored to cushion the USA lead to 74-71 with 41.4 seconds remaining. Nigeria missed two would-be game-tying 3-point shots in the closing seconds. Ogwumike was voted MVP of the qualifying tournament. Joining her on the five-member all-tournament team was Wilson.
2020 USA WOMEN’S PRE-OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TEAM ROSTER
2020 USA RESULTS (3-1)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
Serbia
W, 88-69 W, 124-49 W, 76-71
Mozambique
Ariel Atkins
G G G C G C G G
5-11 5-9 6-0 6-6 5-11 6-9 5-11 5-9 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-5
161 150 165 212 170 205 150 154 188 165 170 197
23 39 29 34 27 29 26 25 29 22 25 23
Washington Mystics/Texas Seattle Storm/Connecticut Dallas Wings/Notre Dame Minnesota Lynx/Louisiana State Los Angeles Sparks/Duke Phoenix Mercury/Baylor Seattle Storm/Notre Dame Indiana Fever/South Carolina Los Angeles Sparks/Stanford Chicago Sky/Connecticut Seattle Storm/Connecticut Las Vegas Aces/South Carolina
Dallas, TX Syosset, NY
Sue Bird
Nigeria
Skylar Diggins-Smith
South Bend, IN
Sylvia Fowles Chelsea Gray Brittney Griner
Miami, FL
Manteca, CA Houston, TX Lincolnwood, IL Charlotte, NC
FINAL STANDINGS (Serbia Group)
Jewell Loyd
1. 2. 3. 4.
*United States (3-0)
Tiffany Mitchell Nneka Ogwumike Katie Lou Samuelson Breanna Stewart
*Serbia (2-1) *Nigeria (1-2)
F
Cypress, TX
G/F
Huntington Beach, CA North Syracuse, NY
Mozambique (0-3)
F F
A’ja Wilson
Hopkins, SC
LEAD COACH: Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx CO-COACH: Dan Hughes, Seattle Storm COURT COACH/SCOUT: Vickie Johnson, Las Vegas Aces TEAM PHYSICIAN: Dave Weinstein, Colorado Springs, Colorado ATHLETIC TRAINER: Ed Ryan, Andrews Institute (Fla.) ATHLETIC TRAINER/MASSAGE THERAPIST: Britta Ottoboni, Potential Energy, Inc. (Mich.) RECOVERY/CONDITIONING COACH: Susan Borchardt, Seattle Storm
2020 USA WOMEN’S PRE-OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME G/S MIN
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
A TO BLK STL
Griner
3/0 63/21.0
16- 27 17- 25 17- 29 9- 16 9- 19 12- 18 7- 16 6- 13
.593 .680 .586 .563 .474 .667 .438 .462 .583 .154 .571 .000 .522 .330
0- 0 2- 3 0- 0 2- 6 2- 7 0- 0 5- 10 4- 9 4- 6 0- 4 1- 3 0- 6
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14- 17
.824 1.000 .800 .000
19/6.3 18/6.0 22/7.3 6/3.0 8/2.7 15/5.0 6/2.0 2/0.7 7/2.3 9/3.0 4/1.3 4/2.0
46/15.3 41/13.7 38/12.7 20/10.0 29/9.7 27/9.0 24/8.0 20/6.7 19/6.3 13/4.3 11/3.7 0/0.0
4 4 8 6
3 4 6 1 3 3 0 2 7 1
4 0 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
0 3 1 1 4 2 0 1 2 0 1 3
Ogwumike 3/3 66/22.0
.667
5- 5 4- 5 0- 2 9- 11 3- 4 5- 6 4- 4 1- 1 9- 9 2- 2 0- 0
Wilson Stewart
3/0 54/18.0 2/2 34/17.0 3/1 65/21.7 3/3 52/17.3 3/1 57/19.0 3/0 49/16.3 3/0 26/ 8.7 2/2 47/23.5
.—-
.333 .286 .500 .444 .667 .000 .—- .333 .000 .370 .221
Gray
.818 .750 .833
22 6
Fowles
5
Diggins-Smith 3/3 57/19.0 Samuelson3/0 30/10.0
12
1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
4 2
Atkins
7- 12 2- 13 4- 7 0- 8
Loyd
15
Mitchell
3
Bird USA OPP.
.—-
14 3
3 3
600 600
106-203 73-221
20- 54 15- 68
56- 66 28- 38
.848 .737
134/44.7 115/38.3
288/96.0 189/63.0
99 40 17 47 50 7
18 25
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