USA BASKETBALL HISTORY
USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM 1996 RESULTS
ATLANTA, GEORGIA • JULY 20-AUGUST 3, 1996
After 10 months of preparation that included 52 games in seven countries and over 100,000 miles of travel, the 1996 U.S. squad dominated its competition to reclaim the Olympic gold medal at home. Rolling to an 8-0 Olympic mark, the USA, which began training on Oct. 2, 1995, compiled a 52-0 record during its pre-Olympic competition to finish with a 60-0 record. The USA drew a record 202,556 fans during the Olympics for an average of 25,320 a game. In the first of two sold-out games, the USA began pool play with a 101-84 rout of Cuba. The U.S. fell behind Cuba by seven points in the game’s early goings, however, Lisa Leslie’s 24 points led a USA charge that saw all 12 players score. Ruthie Bolton’s 21 points helped the USA follow up with a 98-65 win over Ukraine. Paced by Jennifer Azzi’s 18 points, the U.S. conducted an offensive clinic as they blasted Zaire 107-47 and posted a USA Olympic record 60-point victory margin. Witnessed by a record crowd of 33,952, four-time Olympian Teresa Edwards put on a highlight reel performance in the USA’s 96-76 victory over Australia. Edwards recorded 20-points and a record-setting 15-assists. The USA’s winning ways continued as Nikki McCray scored 16 points to lead the USA to a 105-64 rout of South Korea to finish pool play with a 5-0 record. In the quarterfinals, the USA turned to its inside game to dominate a smaller Japanese team 108-93 as Leslie recorded a USA single game Olympic scoring record with 35 points and Katrina McClain equaled the USA’s single-game Olympic rebounding record (16). Facing a rematch with Australia in the semifinals, the Aussies jumped out to an 18-10 lead in the first six minutes. But the U.S. stormed back with a 27-4 offensive spurt that put the U.S. squad in control as the USA earned the 93-71 win. Leslie, 22 points and 13 rebounds, and Mc- Clain, 18 points and 15 rebounds, paced the offense. Facing a 7-0 Brazil in the gold medal game, played in front of 32,987 spectators, the U.S. was red-hot from the opening tip. Hitting 71.9% (23-32 FG) of its shots from the field in the first half, by the midpoint, the U.S. led 57-46. The USA scored the second half’s first eight points and Brazil never again got closer than 12 points as the U.S. went on to lead by as many as 31 points before claiming the gold medal with the 111-87 victory. The U.S. shot a USA single game Olympic record 66.2% from the field.
1996 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER
1996 USA RESULTS (8-0)
NAME
POS HGT WGT AGE SCHOOL
HOMETOWN
Cuba
W, 101-84 W, 98-65 W, 107-47 W, 96-79 W, 105-64 W, 108-93 W, 93-71 W, 111-87
Ukraine
Jennifer Azzi Ruthie Bolton Teresa Edwards Venus Lacey Rebecca Lobo Katrina McClain Nikki McCray Carla McGhee Lisa Leslie Dawn Staley Katy Steding Sheryl Swoopes
G G G C
5-8 5-8 5-11 6-4 6-5 6-4 6-2 5-11 6-2 5-6 6-0 6-0
140 150 155 190 170 180 180 158 165 125 160 145
27 29 32 29 24 22 30 24 28 26 28 25
Stanford Auburn Georgia
Oak Ridge, TN McClain, MS Atlanta, GA Inglewood, CA Southwick, MA Ruston, LA Atlanta, GA Collierville, TN Philadelphia, PA Lake Oswego, OR Brownfield, TX Peoria, IL
Zaire
Australia
Louisiana Tech
South Korea
F/C F/C
Southern California
Japan
Connecticut
F
Georgia
Australia
G
Tennessee Tennessee
Brazil
C/F
G
Virginia Stanford
F
FINAL STANDINGS
G/F
Texas Tech
HEAD COACH: Tara VanDerveer, Stanford University ASSISTANT COACH: Ceal Barry, University of Colorado ASSISTANT COACH: Nancy Darsch, Ohio State University ASSISTANT COACH: Marian Washington, University of Kansas TEAM PHYSICIAN: Bruce Moseley, Houston Rockets ATHLETIC TRAINER: Gina Larence Konin, Lewes, Delaware
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
United States (8-0)
Brazil (7-1)
Australia (5-3) Ukraine (4-4) Russia (6-2) Cuba (3-5)
Japan (3-5) Italy (3-5)
1996 USA WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
9. China (3-4) 10. South Korea (3-4) 11. Canada (1-6) 12. Zaire (0-7)
NAME
G/S
FGM-A
PCT
3PM-A
PCT
FTM-A
PCT
REB
PTS
AST
BLK
STL
Leslie
8/8 8/8 8/8 8/8 8/0 8/8 8/0 8/0 8/0 8/0 8/0 8/0
64- 98 51- 69 47- 86 36- 81 28- 43 24- 40 18- 28 17- 30 6- 18 11- 19 10- 26 10- 25
0.653 0.739
0- 1 0- 0
0
28- 44 11- 17
0.636 58/ 7.3 0.647 66/ 8.3
156/ 19.5 113/ 14.1 104/ 13.0 102/ 12.8
19 15 31 16
3 5 5 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 0 0
9 8
McClain Swoopes Bolton McCray Edwards
.---
0.547 7- 20 0.444 15- 34
0.35
3- 4
0.75
28/ 3.5 34/ 4.3
12 23
0.441 15- 21 0.333 18- 26
0.714
0.651
1- 3 1- 4 4- 6 2- 5 1- 3 0- 0
0.692 28/ 3.5 0.462 30/ 3.8
75/ 9.4 55/ 6.9 53/ 6.6 47/ 5.9 33/ 4.1 31/ 3.9 25/ 3.1 25/ 3.1
9
4 8 3 4 9 5 2 7
0.6
0.25
6- 13 17- 25
64
Lacey
0.643 0- 0
.---
0.68 0.818 0.727 0.556 0.375 0.67 0.66
35/ 4.4 10/ 1.3 16/ 2.0 14/ 1.8 19/ 2.4
1
Azzi
0.567 0.333 0.579 0.385
0.667 9- 11
15 28
Staley Lobo
0.4
19- 23
0.826 5/ 0.6
0.333 8- 11
5 2 2
McGhee Steding
.--- 0.2
5- 9 3- 8
0.4
2- 10
USA OPP.
8 8
322-563 224-575
0.572 33- 86
0.384 142-212 0.274 97-147
343/42.9 222/27.8
819/102.4 207 590/ 73.8 130
21 10
94 60
0.39
45-164
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