USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM 2012 RESULTS
LONDON, ENGLAND • JULY 28-AUGUST 11, 2012
The U.S. entered the 2012 London Olympics as four-time defending champions, something no other women’s traditional team sport had done in the history of the Games. Led by tri-captains and three-time Olympic gold medalists Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings and Diana Taurasi, the U.S. left no doubt in anyone’s mind that it was the best team in the tournament as it moved its fifth-straight Olympic title. In going 8-0, the USA’s Olympic winning streak, which dates to the 1992 bronze medal game, improved to 41 games. In scoring an average of 90.6 points and limiting opponents to 56.2 points, the USA’s scoring margin of +34.4 points nearly 30 points better than the next team’s scoring margin. Australia, which claimed the bronze and ranked second in this category, owned a +5.2 scoring margin. In addition to scoring, it was No. 1 in field goal percentage, rebounding, defensive rebounding, blocks, assists and steals. Individually, the well-rounded effort saw 10 players average between 6.0 and 12.4 points a game and every player averaged fewer than 25 minutes a contest. The U.S. won its five preliminary round games by an average of 36.6 points, beginning with an 81-56 victory over Croatia as Tina Charles paced the U.S. with 14 points in her Olympic debut. Candace Parker then posted 14 points to lead the USA to a 90-38 rout of Angola; while Angel McCoughtry shot 10-of-11 from the line and finished with a team-best 18 points as the U.S. defeated Turkey 89-58. The U.S., behind 18 points (4-8 3FG) by Taurasi, erased an early 10-0 deficit and took down the Czech Republic 88-61. Closing preliminary play on Aug. 5. with a 114-66 victory over China, the USA was again led by Taurasi, who scored 22 points. Advancing to the quarterfinals, the U.S. received a team-high 15 points from Taurasi en route to dispatching Canada 91-48. Meeting Australia in the semifinals, the Americans trailed at halftime for the first time since the third game of the 2000 Olympics, but came back and claimed their closest victory of the tournament, 86-73, behind 14 points apiece from Charles and Taurasi. In the gold medal game, the U.S. faced unbeaten France, which was no match for the Americans as they collected an 86-50 and the gold medal behind a 21-point, 11-rebound performance from Parker.
2012 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER
2012 USA RESULTS (8-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE AFFILIATION (SCHOOL)
HOMETOWN
Croatia Angola Turkey
W, 81-56 W, 90-38 W, 89-58 W, 88-61 W, 114-66 W, 91-48 W, 86-73 W, 86-50
Seimone Augustus
F
6-1 5-9 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-6 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-0 5-9
170 150 162 166 193 200 196 170 160 172 165 150
28 31 32 33 23 26 32 23 25 26 30 30
Minnesota Lynx / Louisiana State Seattle Storm / Connecticut Chicago Sky / Connecticut Indiana Fever / Tennessee Connecticut Sun / Connecticut Chicago Sky / Louisiana State Connecticut Sun / Connecticut Minnesota Lynx / Connecticut Atlanta Dream / Louisville Los Angeles Sparks / Tennessee Phoenix Mercury / Connecticut Minnesota Lynx / Minnesota
Baton Rouge, LA
Sue Bird Swin Cash
G
Syosset, NY
F F
McKeesport, PA Duncanville, TX Jamaica, NY Miami, FL Piscataway, NJ Lawrenceville, GA
Czech Republic
Tamika Catchings
China
Tina Charles Sylvia Fowles Asjha Jones Maya Moore
C C F F F
MEDAL ROUND
Canada Australia
Angel McCoughtry Candace Parker Diana Taurasi Lindsay Whalen
Baltimore, MD Naperville, IL
France
F/C/G 6-4
G/F
Chino, CA
G
Hutchinson, MN
FINAL STANDINGS
Head Coach: Geno Auriemma, University of Connecticut Assistant Coach: Doug Bruno, DePaul University Assistant Coach: Jennifer Gillom, Washington Mystics Assistant Coach: Marynell Meadors, Atlanta Dream Team Physician: Don Roberts, Portland Trailblazers Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (8-0)
France (7-1)
Australia (6-2) Russia (4-4) Turkey (4-2) China (3-3) Czech Rep. (2-4)
2012 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
Canada (2-4)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
9. Brazil (1-4) 10. Croatia (1-4) 11. Great Britain (1-4) 12. Angola (0-5)
Taurasi
8/8 8/0 8/6 8/3 8/5 8/0 8/0 8/8 8/8 5/0 7/0 7/2
30- 66 31- 50 36- 82 38- 75 32- 69 24- 45 28- 65 20- 45 21- 43 11- 18 7- 17 11- 22
.455 .620 .439 .507 .464 .533 .431 .444 .488 .611 .412 .500 .484 .329
15- 35
.429 .200
24- 25 24- 31 12- 18 8- 14 16- 19 4- 6 8- 16 0- 0 8- 10 2- 3
.960 .774 .667 .571 .667 .842 .667 .500 .800 .818 .---
24/ 3.0 37/ 4.6 59/ 7.4 62/ 7.8 45/ 5.6 23/ 2.9 20/ 2.5 39/ 4.9 17/ 2.1 18/ 3.6 10/ 1.4 12/ 1.7
99/12.4 87/10.9 84/10.5 84/10.5 72/9.0 64/8.0 62/7.8 49/6.1 49/6.1 30/6.0 23/3.3 22/3.1
23 17 14 16 21 19 11 17 36
2 6 5 3 0 2 5 0 2 2 4
7
McCoughtry
1- 5 0- 0 0- 0
20
Charles Parker Moore Whalen
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5 4 8 6 2 2 2 3
10
6- 24 0- 4 2- 10 1- 6 7- 21 0- 0 0- 0
.250 .000 .200 .167 .333
12
Augustus Catchings
13
Bird
Fowles Cash Jones
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2 3 6
9- 11 0- 0
0- 0
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USA OPP.
8 8
289-597 170-517
32-105 41-149
.305 .275
115-153 69- 95
.752 .726
404/50.5 266/33.2
725/90.6 450/56.2
185 110
41 17
84 40
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