USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM 2002 RESULTS
The USA survived a close call against the Russians in the final game to finish 9-0 and claim a record seventh gold medal. Selected as the 2002 World Cham- pionship MVP, Lisa Leslie’s 17.2 points and 8.1 rebounds led the Americans in its quest for gold. Additionally, Leslie was joined on the All-World Team by U.S. guard Shannon Johnson. Opening preliminary round play, the United States dismantled 1998 World Championship silver medalist Russia 89-55 as Leslie scored 20 and Sheryl Swoopes pitched in 17 points. The U.S. earned a lopsided victory over Taiwan 80-39 as Natalie Williams’ 16 points led four players who scored in double digits. Closing out the first round with a 105-48 thrashing of Lithuania, the USA offense was spurred by 20 points from Swoopes and 15 from Leslie. For preliminary second round action, the Americans ran through Cuba 87-44, behind the one-two punch of Leslie and Swoopes, who scored 20 and 19 points, respectively. Paced by 17 points apiece from Tamika Catchings and Swoopes, the US crushed South Korea 91-53. Finishing off France 101-68 as Katie Smith and Swoopes shared high scoring honors with 19 points each, the U.S. advanced to the medal round as the only undefeated team. It was Shannon Johnson’s night as she accounted for 20 points off the bench to lead the United States to a 94-55 victory over Spain in the quarterfinals. The semifinals pitted the U.S. against Australia. The Americans, receiving 24 points and 13 rebounds from Leslie, persevered through a tough battle and advanced to the gold medal game after claiming a 71-56 victory. In a rematch of the 1998 gold medal game, the United States again survived a Russian fourth quarter rally and came away with a 79-74 win behind 18 and 17 points from Swoopes and Leslie, respectively. Although the U.S. carried a 10-point, 65-55, lead into the final 10 minutes, Russia cut the U.S. advantage to 72-71 with 3:28 remaining. Leslie made one of two free throws to go 73-71 with 3:05 to play. Johnson made a steal, which led to Leslie being fouled with 1:26 remaining, and after Leslie made one of two, the lead stood at 74-71. Russia missed on its next possession and Leslie came away with the rebound, then hit a jumper with 54 seconds left to push the U.S. lead to 76-71. Baranova made one free throw to make the score 76-72 with 37.1 left. Swoopes was fouled and made one of two to make it 77-72. Russia made a pair of free throws with 12.1 seconds left to cut the deficit to 77-74, but on the USA’s following possession, Swoopes was fouled with 8.9 left and, after making both shots, the U.S. moved ahead 79-74. The U.S. finished among the top five in every major statistical category. Ranked at the top of the 16-nation field in scoring offense (88.6 ppg) and defense (54.7 ppg) and rebounds (41.9 rpg). The U.S. finished second in free throw percentage (.779) and third in field goal percentage (.488) and rebounding margin (10.8). The USA’s defense also resulted in the lowest U.S. opponent’s scoring average dating back to 1964. ZHANGJIAGANG, CHANGZHOU & NANJING, CHINA • SEPTEMBER 14-25, 2002
2002 USA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM ROSTER
2002 USA RESULTS (9-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION
SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Russia Taiwan
W, 89-55 W, 80-46 W, 105-48 W, 87-44 W, 91-47 W, 101-68 W, 94-55 W, 71-56 W, 79-74
Sue Bird
G
5-9 6-0 5-9 6-3 5-7 6-5 6-1 6-1 5-11 5-6 6-0 6-2
150 166 148 180 144 170 172 200 181 134 145 217
21 22 26 38 28 30 27 33 28 32 31 31
Seattle Storm Indiana Fever
Connecticut ‘02 Tennessee ‘01
Syosset, NY
Tamika Catchings Tamecka Dixon Jennifer Gillom Shannon Johnson DeLisha Milton Tari Phillips Katie Smith Dawn Staley Sheryl Swoopes Natalie Williams Lisa Leslie
F
Duncanville, TX Linden, NJ Abbeville, MS Hartsville, SC Hawthorne, CA Riceboro, GA Orlando, FL Logan, OH Philadelphia, PA Brownfield, TX Taylorsville, UT
Lithuania
G
Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury Orlando Miracle Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks New York Liberty Minnesota Lynx Charlotte Sting Houston Comets
Kansas ‘97
Cuba
F/C
Mississippi ‘86 South Carolina ‘96
South Korea
G C F C G G
France
USC ‘94
Florida ‘97
FINAL ROUND
Central Florida ‘92 Ohio State ‘96
Spain
Australia
Virginia ‘92
G/F
Texas Tech ‘93
Russia
F
Utah Starzz
UCLA ‘94
Head Coach: Van Chancellor, Houston Comets Assistant Coach: Anne Donovan, Charlotte Sting
FINAL STANDINGS
Assistant Coach: Marianna Freeman, Syracuse University (N.Y.) Assistant Coach: Gail Goestenkors, Duke University (N.C.) Team Physician: Dave Walden, Colorado Springs, Colorado Athletic Trainer: Missy Leget, Houston Comets
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (9-0)
Russia (7-2) Australia (7-2) S. Korea (4-5) Spain (6-3) China (5-4) Brazil (6-3) France (4-5)
2002 USA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
A BLK STL
9. Cuba (3-5) 10. Argentina (2-6) 11. Lithuania (3-5) 12. Yugoslavia (2-6) 13. Japan (2-3) 14. Taiwan (1-4) 15. Senegal (1-4) 16. Tunisia (0-5)
Leslie
9/9 9/9 9/9 9/0 9/9 9/0 8/0 9/9 7/0 7/0 9/0 7/0
67-128 66-127 33- 59 29- 61 20- 55 22- 38 17- 26 15- 32 11- 26 9- 27 13- 31 11- 31
0.523
1- 5
0.2
20- 28
0.714 0.667 0.688 0.792
73/ 8.1 37/ 4.1 51/ 5.7 15/ 1.7 27/ 3.0 31/ 3.4 11/ 1.2 10/ 1.4 43/ 4.8 12/ 1.7 7/ 1.0
155/17.2 152/16.9 90/10.0 82/ 9.1 54/ 6.0 52/ 5.8 47/ 5.9 44/ 4.9 37/ 5.3 30/ 4.3 30/ 3.3 24/ 3.4 797/88.6 492/54.7
9
8
18 24 22 13
Swoopes Catchings Johnson Smith Milton Staley Gillom Williams
0.52
12- 29 13- 27 5- 18 12- 35
0.414 8- 12 0.481 11- 16 0.278 19- 24 0.343 2- 2
18 1
0.559 0.475 0.364 0.579 0.654 0.423 0.333 0.419 0.355
9
0
18 1
1
15
0 4 3 0 0 2 0
7
0- 1 0- 0
0
8- 9
0.889
2 1 1 3 7 5
13
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13- 19
0.684 37/ 4.6
7
0.469 7- 13
0.538 7- 7 0.444 11- 14 0.333 8- 8
1
24 0
10
4- 9 4- 12 0- 0
0.786
2 6 8 6
Bird
1 1 1
Phillips Dixon
.---
4- 4 2- 2
0- 2
0
USA OPP.
9 9
313-641 .488 175-497 .352
58-151 31-122
.384 .254
113-145 111-155
.779 .716
377/41.9 280/31.1
112 19 55 6
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