USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM 2018 RESULTS
The USA compiled a 6-0 record en route to the FIBA World Cup gold medal and a qualifying berth into the 2020 Olympics. The gold medal marked the USA’s 10th in the 18 editions of the event and the first time the USA had won three in a row. In directing the team, Dawn Staley became the USA’s first person to be a member of gold medal winning World Cup team as an athlete, assistant coach and head coach. Sue Bird logged her fifth World Cup appearance, and as the winningest FIBA World Cup player ever, became the first athlete to win four World Cup gold medals. Bird also became the all-time USA World Cup assists leader, surpassing Staley to finish with 107 since 2002. Opening against Senegal, Elena Delle Donne (19 points) and Nneka Ogwumike, who went 6-of-6 from the field to tie a 20-year-old USA World Cup record en route to 16 points, led the USA to a 87-67 victory. Breanna Stewart scored 17 of her game-high 23 points in the third quarter to help the USA to a 100-88 victory over China. Tina Charles scored 18 points and Diana Taurasi added 16 as the USA defeated Latvia 102-76. Brittney Griner, who missed the first two games with an ankle injury, made her 2018 debut with 15 points (6-8 FG). The U.S. advanced to the quarterfinals against Nigeria, which became the first African team to ever make it into the quarterfinals in the World Cup’s 65-year history. However, the team would go no further as the USA outscored Nigeria 44-17 in the second half to earn a 71-40 victory. Stewart scored 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting to help lead the Americans. A quick start in the second half of the semifinal, fueled by a record-setting night at the foul line (19-19 FT), gave the USA the edge it needed to defeat Belgium 93-77. Taurasi led with 26 points, while Stewart tallied 20. Additionally, when Griner started the scoring off with a layup soon after the tip, she put the USA over 10,000 all-time World Cup points. Meeting Australia in the gold medal game, Stewart and Taurasi ignited a 10-0 opening run and rolled on for the eventual 73-56 victory. Griner and the USA’s defense keyed the win by holding Australia’s Liz Cambage, who averaged 27.2 points in her first five contests, to just seven points. Bird entered the gold medal game one assist shy of tying Staley’s all-time USA World Cup record. She assisted Stewart’s opening 3, and 20 seconds later, passed to Taurasi for the record. Stewart averaged 16.3 points and 6.3 rebounds and was named tournament MVP. Taurasi joined her on the all-tournament team. SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, TENERIFE, SPAIN • SEPTEMBER 22-30, 2018
2018 USA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
2018 USA RESULTS (6-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
Senegal
W, 87-67 W, 100-88 W, 102-76 W, 71-40 W, 93-77 W, 73-56
China Latvia
Sue Bird
G C G C G
5-9 6-4 5-9 6-5 6-9 5-11 6-2 5-8 6-4 6-0 6-2 6-5
150 192 140 188 205 150 188 145 170 164 200 197
37 29 27 29 27 24 28 24 24 36 24 22
Seattle Storm/Connecticut New York Liberty/Connecticut Connecticut Sun/California Washington Mystics/Delaware Phoenix Mercury/Baylor Seattle Storm/Notre Dame Los Angeles Sparks/Stanford Las Vegas Aces/Washington Seattle Storm/Connecticut Phoenix Mercury/Connecticut Connecticut Sun/Connecticut Las Vegas Aces/South Carolina
Syosset, NY Jamaica, NY
Tina Charles
Layshia Clarendon Elena Delle Donne Brittney Griner
San Bernardino, CA Wilmington, DE Houston, TX Lincolnwood, IL
Nigeria Belgium Australia
F/G
Jewell Loyd
Nneka Ogwumike
F
Cypress, TX Poway, CA
Kelsey Plum
G
Breanna Stewart Diana Taurasi
F
North Syracuse, NY
FINAL STANDINGS
G
Chino, CA
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (6-0)
Morgan Tuck A’ja Wilson
F F
Bolingbrook, IL Hopkins, SC
Australia (5-1)
HEAD COACH: Dawn Staley, Univ. of South Carolina ASSISTANT COACH: Dan Hughes, Seattle Storm ASSISTANT COACH: Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx
Spain (5-2)
Belgium (3-3) France (5-2) China (4-3) Canada (4-2) Nigeria (3-4)
ASSISTANT COACH: Jennifer Rizzotti, George Washington University TEAM PHYSICIAN: Dave Weinstein, Colorado Springs, Colorado ATHLETIC TRAINER: Ed Ryan, USA Basketball & Andrews Institute
9. Greece (1-3) 10. Japan (2-2)
2018 USA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
11. Senegal (1-3) 12. Turkey (1-3) 13. Latvia (0-3) 14. South Korea (0-3) 15. Argentina (0-3) 16. Puerto Rico (0-3)
NAME G/S MIN
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
A TO BLK STL
Stewart Griner Taurasi Charles Wilson
6/6 161/26.8 40- 69
.580 .500 .417 .500 .525 .607 .486 .344 .412 .200 .250 .400 .464 .374
8- 17 0- 0 11- 27
.471
10- 14 13- 16 22- 24
.714 .813 .917 .692 .667 .818 .875 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .822 .691 .---
38/6.3 20/5.0 17/2.8 44/7.3 24/4.0 18/3.6 19/3.2 24/4.0 13/2.6 12/2.0 12/2.0 12/2.0
98/16.3 51/12.8 73/12.2 62/10.3 60/10.0 39/7.8 45/7.5 34/5.7 20/4.0 16/2.7 15/2.5 13/2.2
15
5 8
4 6 1 2 6 4 1 0 0 0 0
4 5 1 3 9 2 2 7 3 5 3 6
4/3 84/21.0
19- 38
.---
4
6/6 131/21.8 20- 48 6/6 120/20.0 27- 54
.407 .000 .429 .000 .385 .400 .--- .154 .286 .000 .359 .269
22 19
0- 1 0- 0 3- 7 0- 2
8- 8
11
8
6/0 88/14.7
21- 40 17- 28 18- 37
18- 26
6 5 5
13
Delle Donne 5/0 71/14.2 Ogwumike 6/3 95/15.8
2- 3
1
9- 11 7- 8 0- 0 6- 6 1- 1
10 1
Loyd Bird Plum Tuck
6/0 130/21.7 11- 32 5/5 100/20.0 7- 17
5- 13 6- 15 2- 13
19
5
24 6
6/0 81/13.5 6/0 68/11.3
4- 20 6- 24 6- 15
11
5 3 4
2- 7 0- 1
5
Clarendon 6/1 71/11.8
1- 1
15
USA OPP.
6 6
1200 1200
196-422 159-425
37-103 39-145
97-118 47-68
284/47.3 214/35.7
526/87.7 404/67.3
142 88 25 101 98 18
50 42
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