USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
U.S. WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM 2020 RESULTS
TOKYO, JAPAN • JULY 23-AUGUST 8, 2021
USA Basketball put together a program ahead of the 2020 Olympics that gave athletes and coaches an opportunity to train at camps and competitions from September 2019 through April 2020. After posting a 17-1 mark against national and international competition, plans were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the delay, the 2020 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team traveled to Tokyo and claimed a seventh-straight gold medal, a streak accomplished just once before by a traditional team sport (U.S. Olympic men’s basketball, 1936-1968). Led by Opening Ceremony flag bearer Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, both of whom own a record five Olympic basketball gold medals, and four- time Olympic gold medalist Sylvia Fowles, the U.S. swept its competition for a perfect 6-0 mark. Behind A’ja Wilson’s and Brittney Griner’s double-doubles, and the formidable presence of Taurasi and Bird, the U.S. opened with an 81-72 win over Nigeria on July 27. It was the 50th consecutive Olympic victory, a streak that began when the Americans won bronze at the 1992 Barce- lona Olympics. In her Olympic debut, Wilson had 19 points and 13 rebounds, while Griner finished with 13 point and 10 boards. Taurasi had 10 first-half points. Though Bird didn’t score, she had 13 assists and four rebounds. The USA defeated Japan 86-69 on July 30 as Wilson posted her second double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds. In a tight contest throughout, the USA held off France for a 93-82 win on Aug. 2. Wilson had 22 points and seven rebounds. The USA took control early with a 17-0 first quarter run and went on to secure a 79-55 win over Australia in the quarterfinals behind 23 points from Breanna Stewart. Griner led the USA with 15 points and 12 rebounds as the USA secured a double-digit lead in the first quarter and was in control throughout a 79-59 win over Serbia in the Olympic semifinals. Meeting Japan again in the gold medal game, Bird scored the first two points and the U.S. never trailed on its way to the 90-75 victory. Griner scored a game-best 30 points, a U.S. Olympic gold medal game record and the second most ever scored by a U.S. woman at the Olympics. Wilson celebrated her 25th birthday by tallying 19 points, seven rebounds, five assists and a U.S. Olympic women’s single game record five blocks.
2020 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER
2020 USA RESULTS (6-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
Nigeria Japan France
W, 82-71 W, 86-69 W, 93-82 W, 79-55 W, 79-59 W, 90-75
Ariel Atkins
G G C G C G C G
5-11 5-9 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-6 5-11 6-9 5-11 6-4 6-0 6-5
161 150 192 183 165 212 170 205 150 170 163 197
25 40 32 24 31 35 28 30 27 26 39 24
Washington Mystics/Texas ’18 Seattle Storm/Connecticut ‘02 Washington Mystics/Connecticut ‘10 Minnesota Lynx/Connecticut ’19 Phoenix Mercury/Notre Dame ‘13 Minnesota Lynx/Louisiana State ‘08 Las Vegas Aces/Duke ‘14 Phoenix Mercury/Baylor ‘13 Seattle Storm/Notre Dame ’15 Seattle Storm/Connecticut ‘16 Phoenix Mercury/Connecticut ‘04 Las Vegas Aces/South Carolina ’18
Dallas, TX Syosset, NY Jamaica, NY O’Fallon, MO South Bend, IN Manteca, CA Houston, TX Lincolnwood, IL Miami, FL
Sue Bird
Tina Charles
MEDAL ROUND
Napheesa Collier Skylar Diggins-Smith
G/F
Australia
Serbia Japan
Sylvia Fowles Chelsea Gray Brittney Griner Breanna Stewart Diana Taurasi Jewell Loyd
F
North Syracuse, NY
G
Chino, CA Hopkins, SC
FINAL STANDINGS
A’ja Wilson
F
Head Coach: Dawn Staley, University of South Carolina Assistant Coach: Dan Hughes Assistant Coach: Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx Assistant Coach: Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut Sun Team Physician: Riley Williams, Hospital for Special Surgery Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, Andrews Institute (Fla.)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (6-0)
Japan (4-2) France (4-2) Serbia (3-3) China (3-1) Spain (3-1) Belgium (2-2) Australia (1-3)
2020 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
9. Canada (1-2) 10. South Korea (0-3) 11. Nigeria (0-3) 12. Puerto Rico (0-3)
NAME G/S MIN
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
A TO BLK STL
Wilson Griner Stewart
6/6 23.7 6/6 22.2 6/6 31.8 6/0 19.0 6/6 18.8 6/6 25.0 6/0 10.3 6/0 18.5 6/0 17.2 5/0 6.6
38-64 42-61 34-71 18-31 11-29 12-31 12-19 12-31 12-34
0.594 0-0 0.689 0-0 0.479 9-25
0 0
23-29 15-19 13-16
0.793 0.789 0.813 0.714
44/7.3 43/7.2 60/10.0 10/1.7 16/2.7 15/2.5 25/4.2 16/2.7 18/3.0 4/0.8 1/0.2 3/0.8
99/16.5 99/16.5 90/15.0 44/7.3 35/5.8 33/5.5 30/5.0 29/4.8
15 10 11
4 4 6 4 4 7 2 4 3 2 2 0
7
12 9
0.36
28 10 9
Gray
0.581 0.379
3-7
0.429 5-7 0.333 6-8 0.391 0-0 0.313 0-0 0.375 0-0 0.167 4-4 0.333 3-5 0 6-7
19 11
0
Taurasi
7-21
0.75
21 10 0
Bird
0.387 9-23 0.632 0-0 0.387 5-16
0
35 8
0 1 1 0 0 0
Fowles
0.857
3
7
Loyd
0 0 1
15 18 2
Charles Atkins
0.353 0.25
3-8 1-6
27/4.5 9/1.8 8/1.6 5/1.3
10 7
2-8 2-7 1-3
1 2 0
3 1 3
Diggins-Smith 5/0 6.6
0.286 1-3
0.6
Collier
4//0 3.8
0.333
1-2
0.5
2-2
1
USA OPP.
6 6
1200 1200
196-389 155-458
0.504 39-111 0.338 42-166
0.351 77-97 0.253 60-72
0.794 273/45.5 0.833 223/37.2
508/84.7 412/68.7
156 101 33 101 75 7
42 55
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