USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM 2000 RESULTS
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA • SEPTEMBER 15-OCTOBER 1, 2000
After earning a 38-2 pre-Olympic exhibition record, the United States rolled to an 8-0 record and the gold medal after defeating host Australia 76-54 in the final contest in Sydney. The squad averaged 81.0 points a game, while holding opponents to 59.3 points. The Americans limited their opponents to 37.7% shooting from the floor, while shooting 50.8%. Pacing the American effort were Lisa Leslie (15.8 ppg), Sheryl Swoopes (13.4 ppg) and Yolanda Griffith (11.5 ppg). The U.S. team competed with just 11 members after an MRI on Sept. 15 revealed the start of a stress fracture in Chamique Holdsclaw’s right foot. The gold medal game marked the end of a brilliant 20-year career which included five Olympic Games for Teresa Edwards. Edwards, who played since 1981 on 22 USA teams, had previously announced that it would be her final international competition. She capped her career with a grand total of 2,008 points and as the USA’s all-time Olympic career leader for games (32), assists (143) and steals (59). The USA won all five of its preliminary round games in convincing fashion, defeating South Korea 89-75; Cuba 90-51; Russia 88-77; New Zealand 93-42; and Poland 76-57. Advancing as the top seed in Group B, the United States earned a 58-43 quarterfinal win over Slovakia, with the help of 18 points and five rebounds from Leslie and 13 points and 11 rebounds from Griffith. In the semifinal, after leading 42-40 at halftime, the USA dominated the second half and defeated South Korea 78-55. Swoopes led all scorers with 19 points. The USA capped its brilliant eight game run with a rousing 76-54 victory over host Australia to win the gold medal. With Australia trailing by three, 26-23 at the 8:43 mark, the U.S. reeled off nine straight points to take a 35-23 advantage with 4:44 remaining until halftime. By half, the USA’s lead was 43-30. The second half saw the U.S. continue to increase its lead as it ran away with the gold.
2000 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER
2000 USA RESULTS (8-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE WNBA TEAM
COLLEGE
HOMETOWN
South Korea
W, 89-75 W, 90-61 W, 88-77 W, 93-42 W, 76-57 W, 58-43 W, 78-65 W, 76-54
Cuba
Ruthie Bolton Teresa Edwards Yolanda Griffith Lisa Leslie Nikki McCray DeLisha Milton Chamique Holdsclaw
G G
5-8 5-11 6-3 6-2 6-5 5-11 5-11 5-6 6-0 6-2 6-1
150 155 175 166 170 158 170 173 125 145 177 210
33 36 30 23 28 28 26 26 30 29 29 25
Sacramento Monarchs
Auburn ‘89 Georgia ‘86
McClain, MS
n/a
Cairo, GA
Russia
F F
Sacramento Monarchs Washington Mystics Los Angeles Sparks Washington Mystics Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx
Florida Atlantic ‘94 Chicago, IL
New Zealand
Tennessee ‘99 Southern Cal ‘94 Tennessee ‘95
Astoria, NY
Poland Slovakia
F/C
Hawthorne, CA Collierville, TN Riceboro, GA Philadelphia, PA Brownfield, TX Taylorsville, UT Holliston, MA Logan, OH
G C G G F C
Florida ‘97
South Korea
Katie Smith Dawn Staley
Ohio State ‘96
Australia
Charlotte Sting Houston Comets
Virginia ‘92
Sheryl Swoopes Natalie Williams Kara Wolters
G/F
Texas Tech ‘93
Utah Starzz Indiana Fever
UCLA ‘94
FINAL STANDINGS
6-7
Connecticut ‘97
Head Coach: Nell Fortner, USA Basketball Assistant Coach: Geno Auriemma, University of Connecticut Assistant Coach: Peggie Gillom, Texas A&M University USA National Team Assistant Coach: Julie Plank, Indiana Fever Team Physician: Dave Walden, Colorado Springs, Colorado Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, U.S. Olympic Committee
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (8-0)
Australia (7-1)
Brazil (4-4)
S. Korea (4-4) France (5-2) Russia (3-4) Slovakia (3-4) Poland (3-4)
2000 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
9. Cuba (2-4) 10. Canada (2-4) 11. New Zealand (1-5) 12. Senegal (0-6)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A PCT REB AVG AST BLK
STL PTS AVG
Leslie
8-8 8-8 8-8 8-0 8-0 8-8 8-8 8-0 8-0 8-0 6-0
48-98 46-89 37-54 22-39 20-39 19-31 16-40 15-46 16-31
.490 .517 .685 .564 .513 .613 .400 .326 .516 .474 .417
3-7
.429 .316 .000 .000 .600 .500 .500 .259 .000 .500 .000
27-39
.692 63 .692 37 .750 70 .680 47 .667 5 .800 15 .800 7 .500 16 .500 19 1.000 10 .000 12
7.9 4.6 8.8 5.9 0.6 1.9 0.9 2.0 2.6 1.3 2.0
11 24
9 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 2
8 8 8 6 4 3 3 8 6 7 1
126 107
15.8 13.4 11.5
Swoopes Griffith Williams Edwards McCray Bolton Milton Staley Wolters Smith Holdsclaw
6-19 0-0 0-0
9-13
18-24 17-25
3 8 9
92 61 54 49 41 40 36 32 10
7.6 6.8 6.1 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.0 1.7
12-20
2-3
3-6 1-2
8-10 8-10
27
9
7-27 0-0 2-4 0-0
3-6 4-8
14
0
9-19 5-12
12-12
29
0-3
0
DNP -- Injured
USA OPP
8 8
253-498 169-448
.508 .377
34-85 32-103
.400 .311
108-153
.706 301
37.6 22.9
134
22 12
61 36
648 474
81.0 59.3
104-132 .788 183
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