USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
U.S. WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM 2016 RESULTS
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL • AUGUST 5-21, 2016
The 2016 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team captured the USA’s sixth-straight and eighth-overall Olympic gold medal. Led by a trio of four-time Olympic gold medalists, Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings and Diana Taurasi, the team swept its Olympic competition by a margin of victory of 37.2 points and hit the century mark a record six times in eight games. Orchestrated by head coach Geno Auriemma, the USA’s high-octane offense, which produced 102.1 points a game, masked a dominating defensive effort by the red, white and blue. While the USA shot a blistering 57.7% from the field and hauled in 45.2 rebounds a game, its defense held opponents to 37.1% from the field and allowed them just 27.3 boards per contest. Further, the team out 28.0 assists on 40.5 field goals. In addition to veteran co-captains Bird, Catchings and Taurasi, the U.S. squad featured three-time Olympians Seimone Augustus and Sylvia Fowles; two-time Olympians Tina Charles, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore and Lindsay Whalen; as well as three young, up-and-coming stars, Elena Delle Donne, Brittney Griner and Breanna Stewart. The USA beat its five preliminary round opponents by 40.2 points per game, beginning with a 121-56 victory over Senegal. The U.S. also defeated 2014 FIBA World Championship silver medalist Spain 103-63, earned a 110-84 victory over 2015 European champion Serbia, took down 2015 Americas champion Canada 81-51 and closed preliminary play with a 105-62 rout of China. Facing 2015 FIBA Asia gold medalist Japan in quarterfinals, the U.S. earned a lopsided 110-64 victory, then triumphed 86-67 over 2012 Olym- pic silver medalist France in the semifinals, before the USA pulled away to earn gold with a 101-72 victory in a rematch against Spain. In seven of the USA’s eight games Taurasi led or shared as the team’s high scorer and finished the tournament averaging a team-best 15.6 points, while also dishing out 3.3 assists and shooting 57.9% from beyond the arc.
2016 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER
2016 USA RESULTS (8-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE WNBA TEAM
COLLEGE
HOMETOWN
Senegal
W, 121-56 W, 103-63 W, 110-84 W, 81-51 W, 105-62 W, 110-64 W, 86-67 W, 101-72
Spain Serbia
Seimone Augustus
G/F
6-0 5-9 6-1 6-4 6-5 6-6 6-8 6-1 6-0 6-4 6-0 5-9
166 150 167 198 188 200 199 160 176 175 163 169
32 35 37 27 26 30 25 29 27 21 34 34
Minnesota Lynx Seattle Storm Indiana Fever New York Liberty Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Atlanta Dream Minnesota Lynx Chicago Sky Seattle Storm Phoenix Mercury Minnesota Lynx
Louisiana State Connecticut Tennessee Connecticut
Baton Rouge, LA
Sue Bird
G F C C C
Syosset, NY
Tamika Catchings
Duncanville, TX Jamaica, NY Wilmington, DE Houston, TX Baltimore, MD Miami, FL
Canada
Tina Charles
China
Elena Delle Donne
G/F
Delaware
MEDAL ROUND
Sylvia Fowles Brittney Griner
Louisiana State
Baylor
Japan France
Angel McCoughtry
G/F
Louisville
Maya Moore
F
Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut Minnesota
Lawrenceville, GA North Syracuse, NY
Spain
Breanna Stewart Diana Taurasi Lindsay Whalen
F/C
G G
Chino, CA
Hutchinson, MN
FINAL STANDINGS
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: Lisa Callahan, Hospital for Special Surgery Team Physician: Dave Walden, Colorado Springs, Colorado Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (8-0)
Spain (6-2) Serbia (4-4) France (4-4) Australia (5-1) Turkey (3-3) Canada (3-3) Japan (3-3)
2016 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
9. Belarus (1-4) 10. China (1-4) 11. Brazil (0-5) 12. Senegal (0-5)
Taurasi Moore Griner Charles
8/8 8/8 8/8 8/8 8/0 8/0 7/0 8/0 8/0 8/1 7/7 8/0
41-72 39-75 36-52 33-59 31-51 29-42 20-40 22-30 26-47 27-48 11-26
.569 .520 .692 .559 .608 .690 .500 .733 .553 .563 .423 .450 .577 .371
33-57
.579 .381 .000
10-11 10-13 11-13 11-14 15-25 15-17 6-8 18-22 11-16
.909 .769 .750 .846 .786 .600 .882 .818 .688
20/2.5 45/5.6 45/5.6 37/4.6 29/3.6 45/5.6 23/3.3 18/2.3 15/1.9 26/3.3 16/2.3
125/15.6 96/12.0
26 34 25 14 4 19 10 25 26 31 3
0 2 3 1 3 4 5 0 0 0 0
6
8-21 0-1 0-0 2-7 0-0 5-15
16
78/9.8 77/9.6 75/9.4 73/9.1 60/8.6 65/8.1 63/7.9 54/6.8 26/3.7 25/3.1
11
3 7 6 4 3 4 8 7 8 7
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McCoughtry
.286
Fowles
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Delle Donne
.333 .429 .000 .000 .308 .600 .453 .388
Stewart Whalen
3-7 0-1 0-1
Augustus
0-0 0-0 4-4
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Bird
4-13
Catchings
9-20
3-5
1.000 20/2.5
7
USA OPP.
8 8
324-562 192-518
58-128 59-152
111-143 76-102
.776 .745
362/45.2 218/27.3
817/102.1 224
29 14
79 51
519/64.9
132
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