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2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team

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2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team
Head coachCheryl Reeve
2024 Summer Olympics
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The 2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad held in Paris, France. Led by coach Cheryl Reeve, the team won its ninth gold medal, and eighth consecutive, at the event.[1]

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 4 Jewell Loyd 30 – (1993-10-05)October 5, 1993 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Seattle Storm United States
G 5 Kelsey Plum 29 – (1994-08-24)August 24, 1994 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Las Vegas Aces United States
G 6 Sabrina Ionescu 26 – (1997-12-06)December 6, 1997 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) New York Liberty United States
G/F 7 Kahleah Copper 29 – (1994-08-24)August 24, 1994 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Phoenix Mercury United States
G 8 Chelsea Gray 31 – (1992-10-08)October 8, 1992 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Las Vegas Aces United States
F 9 A'ja Wilson 27 – (1996-08-08)August 8, 1996 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Las Vegas Aces United States
F 10 Breanna Stewart 29 – (1994-08-27)August 27, 1994 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) New York Liberty United States
F 11 Napheesa Collier 27 – (1996-09-23)September 23, 1996 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Minnesota Lynx United States
G 12 Diana Taurasi 42 – (1982-06-11)June 11, 1982 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Phoenix Mercury United States
G 13 Jackie Young 26 – (1997-09-16)September 16, 1997 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Las Vegas Aces United States
F 14 Alyssa Thomas 32 – (1992-04-12)April 12, 1992 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Connecticut Sun United States
C 15 Brittney Griner 33 – (1990-10-18)October 18, 1990 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Phoenix Mercury United States
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    in July 2024
  • Source(s): [2][3][4]

Results

Group stage

29 July 2024
21:00
United States  102–76  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 28–24, 29–18, 23–19
Pts: Wilson 24
Rebs: Wilson 13
Asts: Gray 13
Pts: Takada 24
Rebs: four players 3
Asts: Machida, Yamamoto 5
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 13,040
Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Viola Györgyi (NOR), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
1 August 2024
21:00
Belgium  74–87  United States
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 15–23, 15–14, 21–27
Pts: Meesseman 24
Rebs: Delaere, Linskens 5
Asts: Delaere 8
Pts: Stewart 26
Rebs: Wilson 13
Asts: Ionescu 5
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 25,044
Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Luis Castillo (ESP), Ariadna Chueca (ESP)
4 August 2024
17:15
Germany  68–87  United States
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 10–25, 17–28, 22–18
Pts: S. Sabally 15
Rebs: Geiselsöder 8
Asts: Peterson 4
Pts: Young 19
Rebs: Collier 7
Asts: three players 5
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 25,844
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Viola Györgyi (NOR)

Quarterfinal

7 August 2024
21:30
Nigeria  74–88  United States
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 16–26, 15–24, 26–12
Pts: Amukamara 19
Rebs: Kunaiyi-Akpannah 8
Asts: Kalu 7
Pts: Wilson 20
Rebs: Wilson 11
Asts: Thomas 6
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,437
Referees: Viola Györgyi (NOR), Juan Fernández (ARG), Yann Davidson (MAD)

Semifinal

9 August 2024
17:30
United States  85–64  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 25–11, 21–13, 19–24
Pts: Young 14
Rebs: Wilson 8
Asts: three players 5
Pts: Borlase 11
Rebs: Smith 7
Asts: three players 3
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 11,919
Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Viola Györgyi (NOR), Péter Praksch (HUN)

Gold Medal final

11 August 2024
15:30
France  66–67  United States
Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 16–10, 18–20, 23–22
Pts: Williams 19
Rebs: Williams 7
Asts: Badiane 3
Pts: Wilson 21
Rebs: Wilson 13
Asts: Gray, Plum 4
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,126
Referees: Boris Krejić (SLO), Viola Györgyi (NOR), Martin Vulić (CRO)

See also

References

  1. ^ Summers, Juana (August 11, 2024). "U.S. women's basketball team defeats France to win eighth straight Olympic gold medal". NPR.
  2. ^ "2023 USA Women's AmeriCup Roster Announced". usab.com. June 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "Team Roster: United States". fiba.basketball. July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "5x5 Women's Olympics".