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Women's basketball was first introduced to the Olympic program in 1976, and two U.S. Olympic women’s records still stand after 44 years.

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The 2016 USA Basketball Women's U18 National Team took time before flying to Chile for a team photo shoot.

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The complete list is below. Download the full listing (PDF) to find out who played on or coached for which USA Basketball team.

NCAA Schools Represented
Arizona State Auburn Baylor Connecticut California DePaul Florida State Indiana Iowa Iowa State Kentucky	Louisville Maryland Miami Michigan Michigan State Mississippi State North Carolina Notre Dame Oregon Oregon State Princeton	Rice Rutgers South Carolina Stanford Tennessee Texas Texas A&M UCLA
Athletes
Bella Alarie (Princeton) Kristine Anigwe (California) Janelle Bailey (North Carolina) Erin Boley (Oregon) Jaelyn Brown (California) Jenna Brown (Stanford) Kalani Brown (Baylor) Kennedy Burke (UCLA) Recee Caldwell (California) Chennedy Charter (Texas A&M) Charli Collier (Texas) Napeesha Collier (Connecticut) Sidney Cooks (Michigan State) Lauren Cox (Baylor) Crystal Dangerfield (Connecticut) Aquira DeCosta (Baylor) Maya Dodson (Stanford) Asia Durr (Louisville) Andra Espinoza-Hunter (Mississippi State) Dana Evans (Louisville) Oti Gildon (Oregon) Tyasha Harris (South Carolina) Ruthy Hebard (Oregon) Destanni Henderson (South Carolina) Nazahrah Hillmon-Baker (Michigan)	Rhyne Howard (Kentucky) Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon) Alexis Jennings (South Carolina) Ashley Joens (Iowa State) Paris Kea (North Carolina) Destiny Littleton (Texas) Katie Lou Samuelson (Connecticut) Marina Mabrey (Notre Dame) Teaira McCowan (Mississippi State) Lauryn Miller (UCLA) Taylor Mikesell (Maryland) Beatrice Mompremier (Miami) Nancy Mulkey (Rice) Taylor Murray (Kentucky) Valencia Myers (Florida State) Olivia Nelson-Ododa (Connecticut) Arike Ogunbowale (Notre Dame) Ali Patberg (Indiana) Sedona Prince (Texas)	Abby Prohaska (Notre Dame) Reili Richardson (Arizona State) Honesty Scott-Grayson (Baylor) Jessica Shepard (Notre Dame) Destiny Slocum (Oregon State) NaLyssa Smith (Baylor) Alecia Sutton (Texas) Brianna Turner (Notre Dame) Destinee Walker (North Carolina) Megan Walker (Connecticut) Evina Westbrook (Tennessee) Jatarie White (Texas) Christyn Williams (Connecticut) Anna Wilson (Stanford)
Coaches
Geno Auriemma (Connecticut) Courtney Banghart (Princeton) Kim Barnes Arico (Michigan) Gary Blair (Texas A&M) Lisa Bluder (Iowa) Doug Bruno (DePaul) Jamie Carey (Texas) Cori Close (UCLA) Bill Fennelly (Iowa State)	Kelly Graves (Oregon) Sylvia Hatchell (North Carolina) Muffett McGraw (Notre Dame) Katie Meier (Miami) Kim Mulkey (Baylor) Carol Owens (Notre Dame) Scott Rueck (Oregon State) Sue Semrau (Florida State)	Dawn Staley (South Carolina) C. Vivian Stringer (Rutgers) Charli Turner Thorne (Arizona State) Tara VanDerveer (Stanford) Jeff Walz (Louisville) Holly Warlick (Tennessee) Terri Williams-Flournoy (Auburn)

Mexico City, Mexico • Aug. 1-7, 2018

The 2018 USA team, led by Jeff Walz, topped six straight opponents by an average of 47.5 points per game on its way to a gold medal from Aug. 1-7 in Mexico City.

2018 USA Results

USA	87	Argentina	42
USA	115	Chile	39
USA	103	Puerto Rico	59
USA	87	El Salvador	27
USA	83	Colombia	47
USA	84	Canada	60

2018 U18 CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL STANDINGS

1. *USA (6-0)	5. Puerto Rico (3-3)
2. *Canada (5-1)	6. Chile (1-5)
3. *Argentina (4-2)	7. Mexico (2-4)
4. *Colombia (3-3)	8. El Salvador (0-6)
*Qualified for the 2019 FIBA U19 World Championship.

The USA opened with a 87-42 win over Argentina in which it forced 30 turnovers and shot 60.0 percent from the field (36-60 FGs). The USA got 13 points and four assists from Aijha Blackwell; 13 points and six rebounds from NaLyssa Smith; a game-high five assists from Jenna Brown; and a game-best nine rebounds from Sedona Prince.

In its second game, the USA was impressive in a 115-39 victory over Chile – compiling a 78-27 rebounding advantage, 34 second-chance points and 49 fast break points to earn the win. The USA’s depth also was on display as 83 points came off the bench, and six players finished in double-digit scoring. Christyn Williams paced the USA with 19 points and 10 rebounds; Maori Davenport added 17 points and nine rebounds; Blackwell scored 13 points and recorded five assists and five steals; and Prince was credited with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Trailing Puerto Rico midway through the first quarter of its final preliminary round game, the USA changed the momentum with a 22-4 run to close the period, and then went on to secure a 103-59 victory. Smith led the USA with 24 points and seven rebounds; Ashley Joens contributed 11 points and eight rebounds; Rhyne Howard; scored 11 points to go with her six steals; and Nazahrah Hillmon-Baker and Olivia Nelson-Ododa each finished with 10 points.

Capitalizing on its eight advantage over El Salvador, the USA held its opponent to just 14.3 percent shooting from the field in a quarterfinal 87-27 win on Aug. 5. The USA also compiled a 58-25 rebounding advantage, shot 56.1 percent from the field and featured three players in double-digit scoring. Davenport set a USA women’s U18 single-game record with six blocked shots. Nelson-Ododa finished with 14 points and eight rebounds; Hillmon-Baker contributed 13 points and seven rebounds; and Joens added 12 points.

A 17-0 run to close the second quarter gave the USA the momentum it needed to defeat Colombia 83-47 in the semifinals. Brown led the USA in scoring with 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting; Joens and Howard each contributed 14 points; and Nelson-Ododa added 12 points.

Trailing 18-14 after the first quarter of the gold medal game against Canada, the USA stepped up its defensive pressure and ran away in the second half with an 84-60 victory.

Rhyne Howard was named tournament MVP, and Davenport joined her on the all-tournament team, along with Canada’s Christina Morra, Argentina’s Florencia Natalia Chagas and Colombia’s Mayra Caicedo.

By virtue of their top four finishes, the USA, Argentina, Canada and Colombia all qualified for the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup.

2018 USA U18 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER

NO	NAME	POS	HGT	WGT	AGE	SCHOOL	HOMETOWN
8	Aijha Blackwell	G	6-0	150	17	Whitfield School	Berkeley, MO
7	Jenna Brown	G	5-10	155	17	The Lovett School/*Stanford	Smyrna, GA
5	Desiree Caldwell	G	5-8	135	18	Byron P. Steele II H.S./*Southern California	Cibolo, TX
10	Maori Davenport	G	6-4	175	17	Charles Henderson H.S.	Troy, AL
14	Nazahrah Hillmon-Baker	F	6-1	190	18	Gilmour Academy/*Michigan	Cleveland, OH
13	Rhyne Howard	G	6-2	180	18	Bradley Central H.S./*Kentucky	Cleveland, TN
4	Ashley Joens	G	5-11	150	18	Iowa City H.S./*Iowa State	Iowa City, IA
9	Olivia Nelson-Ododa	G	6-5	175	17	Winder-Barrow H.S./*Connecticut	Winder, GA
6	Anaya Peoples	G	5-10	160	17	Schlarman H.S./#Notre Dame	Danville, IL
15	Sedona Prince	F	6-7	195	18	Liberty Hill H.S./*Texas	Liberty Hill, TX
12	NaLyssa Smith	F	6-3	180	17	East Central H.S./*Baylor	Converse,TX
11	Christyn Williams	G	5-11	170	18	Central Arkansas Christian School/*UConn	Little Rock, AR
HEAD COACH: Jeff Walz, University of Louisville
ASSISTANT COACH: Natasha Adair, University of Delaware
ASSISTANT COACH: Cori Close, UCLA
TEAM PHYSICIAN: Jeff Bytomski, Duke University
ATHLETIC TRAINER: Casi Dailey, North Carolina State University

2018 USA U18 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM CUMULATIVE STATISTICS

NAME	G/S	FGM-FGA	PCT	3PM-3PA	PCT	FTM-FTA	PCT	REB/AVG	PTS/AVG	AST	BLK	STL
Smith	6/1	27-52	.519	2-8	.250	10-16	.625	37/ 6.2	66/ 11.0	6	4	8
Joens	6/1	21-43	.488	9-20	.450	13-21	.619	27/ 4.5	64/ 10.7	13	0	7
Hillmon-Baker	6/1	23-34	.676	0-0	.---	16-21	.762	34/ 5.7	62/ 10.3	0	1	8
Blackwell	6/4	22-46	.478	5-9	.556	7-13	.538	22/ 3.7	56/ 9.3	16	0	12
Nelson-Ododa	6/4	22-44	.500	0-1	.000	11-19	.579	27/ 4.5	55/ 9.2	7	6	4
Howard	6/5	20-44	.455	7-22	.318	4-5	.800	28/ 4.7	51/ 8.5	18	8	11
Williams	5/4	16-40	.400	2-8	.250	8-16	.500	27/ 5.4	42/ 8.4	13	1	6
Davenport	6/4	18-28	.643	0-1	.000	11-21	.524	42/ 7.0	47/ 7.8	6	16	8
Brown	6/1	16-28	.571	4-10	.400	9-16	.563	14/ 2.3	45/ 7.5	17	0	12
Prince	3/2	9-18	.500	0-0	.---	4-6	.667	20/ 6.7	22/ 7.3	1	4	0
Peoples	6/2	12-35	.343	1-5	.200	7-12	.583	22/ 3.7	32/ 5.3	18	2	15
Caldwell	6/1	6-15	.400	0-0	.---	5-5	1.000	21/ 3.5	17/ 2.8	8	0	10
Team								31/ 5.2
USA	6	212-427	.496	30-84	.357	105-171	.614	352/ 58.7	559/ 93.2	123	42	101
OPP.	6	90-360	.250	28-141	.199	66-114	.579	175/ 29.2	274/ 45.7	61	17	49

Outscoring Canada 50-22 in the second and third quarters, the USA women claimed an 84-60 win and the FIBA Americas U18 Championship gold medal.

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