USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM 2014 RESULTS
ISTANBUL, TURKEY • SEPTEMBER 26-OCTOBER 5, 2014
As defending gold medalists, the 12-member USA squad had just two days of practice prior to tip off. Fortunately, the team featured eight veterans, including three-time Olympic gold medalists Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi. Coached by University of Connecticut Hall of Fame coach Geno Auriemma, the USA earned an 87-56 victory over China to open play. Brit- tney Griner and Maya Moore topped the USA’s scoring with 15 points apiece as the squad grabbed a USA single-game World Championship record 63 rebounds. Playing in its first Worlds, Serbia trailed by six points at the start of the final period before the USA pulled away for the 94-74 win, as Taurasi scored 13 of her 20 points in the fourth. Angola, also competing in its first Worlds, was no match as the U.S. posted a record-setting 119-44 victory to wrap up preliminary play. Nnemkadi Ogwumike led the way with 18 points and 10 rebounds. The 75-point margin of victory was the most ever by a USA team at the Worlds, while the 61.5% (8-13 3pt FG) shooting from 3-point and 32 assists also were U.S. records. Advancing to the medal round, the USA shot a USA Worlds record 70.7% (41-58 FGs) from the field in a 94-72 quarterfinal victory over France. Opening the game with a 10-2 run, the USA led 29-14 at the first break. Griner had 17 points. Meeting also unbeaten Australia in the semifinals, the USA held the Aussies to just 34.2% shooting and finished with a 49-31 rebounding advantage en route to a 82-70 victory. Australia was within six points, 61-55, early in the fourth quarter, but the U.S. pulled its lead back to double digits, 67-57. Following an Australian timeout, the USA scored nine unanswered points, and by the 5:30 mark, its lead was 74-57. The USA was paced by 18 points from Tina Charles. The U.S. earned its second-straight and ninth overall World Championship gold medal with a 77-64 win over Spain as Moore, who led five U.S. players in double-digit scoring with 18 points, was named MVP of the tournament. She was joined on the all-tournament team by Griner. Further, Bird became FIBA’s only women’s World Championship four-time medalist, as well as the most decorated FIBA World Championship athlete in history, male or female.
2014 USA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
2014 USA RESULTS (6-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
China Serbia Angola France
W, 87-56 W, 94-74 W, 119-44 W, 94-72 W, 82-70 W, 77-64
Seimone Augustus
G/F
6-0 5-9 6-4 6-2 6-8 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-8 6-4 6-0 5-9
166 150 198 175 199 160 176 188 155 175 163 169
30 33 25 30 23 28 25 24 22 20 32 32
Minnesota Lynx/Louisiana State Seattle Storm/Connecticut New York Liberty/Connecticut Phoenix Mercury/Temple Phoenix Mercury/Baylor Atlanta Dream/Louisville Minnesota Lynx/Connecticut Los Angeles Sparks/Stanford
Baton Rouge, LA
Sue Bird
G C F C
Syosset, NY Jamaica, NY Tampa, FL Houston, TX
Tina Charles
Candice Dupree Brittney Griner Angel McCoughtry
Australia
Spain
G/F
Baltimore, MD Lawrenceville, GA
Maya Moore
F F
Nnemkadi Ogwumike
Cypress, TX Irving, TX
Odyssey Sims Breanna Stewart Diana Taurasi Lindsay Whalen
G
Tulsa Shock/Baylor n/a/Connecticut
FINAL STANDINGS
F/C
North Syracuse, NY
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (6-0)
G G
Phoenix Mercury/Connecticut Minnesota Lynx/Minnesota
Chino, CA
Hutchinson, MN
Spain (5-1)
Head Coach: Geno Auriemma, University Of Connecticut Assistant Coach: Doug Bruno, Depaul University Assistant Coach: Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx Assistant Coach: Dawn Staley, University of South Carolina Team Physician: Dave Walden, Colorado Springs, Colorado Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Australia (5-1) Turkey (4-2) Canada (4-3) China (3-4) France (4-3) Serbia (3-4) Czech Rep. (2-2
9.
2014 USA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
10. Belarus (2-2) 11. Brazil (1-3) 12. Cuba (1-3) 13. S. Korea (0-3) 14. Japan (0-3) 15. Mozambique (0-3) 16. Angola (0-3)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
A BLK STL
Moore Griner Charles Taurasi Whalen Augustus
6/6 6/6 6/6 6/0 6/6 6/0 6/0 6/0 6/0 5/0 6/6 6/0
37-70 30-45 29-54 25-45 18-38 20-35 17-29 16-32 14-27
.529 .667 .537 .556 .474 .571 .586 .500 .519 .833 .421 .250
14-27
.519
4-5
.800 .609 .500 .750 .625 .917 .625 1.000
36/6.0 37/6.2 50/8.3 22/3.7 14/2.3 20/3.3 29/4.8 13/2.2 21/3.5 5/1.0 13/2.2 11/1.8
92/15.3 74/12.3 64/10.7 56/9.3 53/8.8 50/8.3 45/7.5 39/6.5 34/5.7 16/3.2 19/3.2 11/1.8
21
1
4 3 4 2 3 1 3 5 4 1 5 0
0-0 0-1 2-4 0-0 0-0 2-4 0-0 8-20
.---
14-23
8
12
.000 .500 .400
6-12 4-4 9-12
13
3
10 1 27 1 16 0
.--- .---
10-16 11-12
Ogwumike McCoughtry
6 7 8 4
0 1 1 0 0 1
.500
5-8 6-9 2-2 7-7
Dupree
.---
.667 .833
Sims Bird
5-6
1-1 1-6 0-2
1.000 5-6
8-19
.167 .000 .431 .306
1.000 1.000
13
Stewart
2-8
1
USA OPP.
6 6
221-408 .542 140-434 .323
28-65 38-124
83-116 62-80
.716 .775
305/50.8 186/31.0
553/92.2 380/63.3
134 21 65 5
35 45
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