USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S AMERICUP TEAM 2021 RESULTS
Sending a team comprised of top collegiate athletes, the 2021 USA Women’s AmeriCup Team defeated six-straight senior women’s national teams for a gold medal. The USA set a U.S. women’s AmeriCup single-game record with seven blocks in a 102-39 win over Dominican Republic. Destanni Henderson led the way with 17 points, including five 3s. Elissa Cunane, who collected eight rebounds, and Sedona Prince each scored 12 points, and Aliyah Boston finished with 10 points and nine rebounds. The USA rode a 25-10 second quarter surge past Puerto Rico for an 87-65 win. Trailing 23-18 after the first, the USA tightened its defense to turn the game. Naz Hillmon had 17 points and 11 rebounds, Rhyne Howard had 17 points and and Boston had 15 points, eight rebounds and USA women’s AmeriCup single-game record three blocks. Making 14-of-15 free throws, the USA set a U.S. women’s AmeriCup team single-game record at 93.3% from the line, as Prince led the USA with 19 points and seven rebounds in a 102-53 win over Venezuela. Howard finished with 17 points and shot 5-of-9 from 3-point to set a U.S. women’s AmeriCup record for 3-point attempts while tying the record for makes. The USA defeated U.S. Virgin Islands 97-46 to advance to the semifinals. The USA finished the game with a 58-35 rebounding advantage and held U.S. Virgin Islands to 24.7% shooting from the field (18-73 FG). Naz Hillmon shot 7-of-8 from the free throw line and led the USA with 17 points and six rebounds. Boston, who was playing against her older sister, Alexis Boston, rounded out the USA’s double-digit scorers with 12 points and eight rebounds. Trailing 33-25 at halftime, the USA opened the third quarter with a 13-0 scoring run to take the lead, and it proved to be the difference in the USA’s 71-60 win over Brazil in the semifinals. The USA set a U.S. women’s AmeriCup single-game record for free throw percentage at 93.8% (15-16 FTs). Cunane finished with 19 points and eight rebounds, Howard added 12 and four, and Hillmon finished with 12 points and eight rebounds. The USA captured the gold medal with a 74-59 win over Puerto Rico. The gold medal game had it all – the USA riding a 21-11 third quarter run to victory, the lights going out (and ensuing dance off) and a crowd in favor of host Puerto Rico. Howard, who was named tournament MVP, finished with 22 points and five assists, and her 8-of-20 shooting from the field and 4-of-10 from 3-point set U.S. women’s AmeriCup records for field goal attempts and 3-point attempts. Cunane, who scored 12 points and had six rebounds, joined Howard on the all-tour- nament team. Boston collected a USA women’s AmeriCup record 19 rebounds (10 OR).
2021 USA WOMEN’S AMERICUP TEAM ROSTER
2021 USA RESULTS (6-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
Dominican Republic
W, 102-39 W, 87-65 W, 102-53 W, 97-46 W, 71-60 W, 74-59
Puerto Rico Venezuela
Grace Berger Aliyah Boston
G
6-0 6-5 6-0 5-9 6-5 5-7 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-7
160 185 165 150 190 133 190 180 160 140 190 195
22 19 20 20 20 22 21 21 20 20 20 21
Indiana
Louisville, KY
F
South Carolina
St. Thomas, USVI Oxon Hill, MD Summerfield, NC Fort Meyers, FL Cleveland, OH Cleveland, TN Newton, MA Santa Cruz, CA Somerset, NJ Woodbridge, VA Liberty Hill, TX
Jakia Brown-Turner Veronica Burton
G/F
NC State
U.S. Virgin Islands
G C G G G G G F
Northwestern
Brazil
Elissa Cunane
NC State
Puerto Rico
Destanni Henderson
South Carolina
Naz Hillmon Rhyne Howard Haley Jones Diamond Miller Ashley Owusu Sedona Prince
Michigan Kentucky Stanford Maryland Maryland Oregon
FINAL STANDINGS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (6-0) Puerto Rico (4-2)
F
Head Coach: Dawn Staley, University of South Carolina Assistant Coach: Adia Barnes, University of Arizona Assistant Coach: Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut Sun president
Brazil (5-2)
Canada (5-2) Colombia (2-3) Venezuela (1-3)
Team Physician: Jeff Bytomski, Duke University Athletic Trainer: Jeff Kawaguchi, Pacific University
Dominican Republic (0-4) U.S. Virgin Islands (1-4)
9. El Salvador (0-4) 10. Argentina (1-1)
2021 USA WOMEN’S AMERICUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME G/S MIN
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
A TO BLK STL
Howard Cunane Boston Hillmon Prince Owusu Jones Berger Burton Miller
6/5 145/ 24.2 26-75 6/0 119/ 19.8 30-61 6/5 123/ 20.5 29-54 6/5 128/ 21.3 23-49 6/2 108/ 18.0 17-43 6/0 101/ 16.8 15-42 6/0 71/ 11.8 15-27
.347 .492 .537 .469 .556 .395 .357 .333 .423 .316 .308 .227 .410 .305
16-44
.364 .154 .250 .___ .000 .000 .167 .474 .000 .250 .000 .154 .283 .252
11-12 15-21 16-19 25-31
.917 .714 .842 .806
22/ 3.7 48/ 8.0 56/ 9.3 47/ 7.8 22/ 3.7 18/ 3.0 30/ 5.0 8/ 1.3 19/ 3.2 20/ 3.3 12/ 4.0 15/ 3.0
79/ 13.2 77/ 12.8 75/ 12.5 71/ 11.8 37/ 6.2 35/ 5.8 33/ 5.5 22/ 5.5 31/ 5.2 29/ 4.8 14/ 4.7 19/ 3.8
18 6
5 2 0 7 0 3 1 3 0 0
10
2-13 1-4 0-0 0-2 9-19 0-3 3-12 0-3 0-1 1-6 2-13
3
2 7 6 4 4
7 5 5 2 3 2 4 6
11
11
9 2
7-7 1-1 2-4 4-5 9-11 2-3 6-6 7-10
1.000 1.000 .500 .800 1.000 .700 .808 .736 .818 .667
19
10 7
Hendersen 6/1 106/ 17.7 10-30
22 10 1
6/0 82/ 13.7
11-26
11
2
6/5 128/ 21.3 12-38
24 4
10
3/2 35/ 11.7
4-13 5-22
6 4
5 3
1 5
Brown-Turner 5/0 54/ 10.8
USA OPP.
6 6
1200 1200
197-480 120-394
34-120 29-115
105-130
347/ 57.8 222/ 37.0
533/ 88.8 139 62 33
60 40
53-72
322/ 53.7
69 101 26
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