May 26-30, 2021 • Graz, Austria

The USA finished 6-0 at the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament from May 26-30 in Graz, Austria, and, most importantly, qualified the USA to compete in the inaugural Olympic 3x3 competition.  

In the USA’s first game against Indonesia on May 27, the Americans cruised to a 21-7 win when Allisha Gray capped the contest with a made free throw with 4:03 left on the clock. Stefanie Dolson and Gray combined to help the USA get out to a 7-0 lead as the USA sank six 2-pointers against Indonesia. Dolson finished with eight points, Gray had seven and Kelsey Plum added four.

Against France in its second game, the USA faced FIBA’s No. 1. ranked women’s federation (the USA women were No. 12), and fought its way to a 21-17 victory that included five tied scores and three lead changes. The USA trailed 5-1 but rode a 9-3 run to make it 10-8 in the USA’s favor at 5:51. A 2 gave France the lead back, but the USA pushed ahead to 16-14 with points from Gray, Katie Lou Samuelson and Dolson. After a France score, Gray drove to the basket and Samuelson sank a 2-pointer to put the USA up 19-15. France threatened at 19-17, but Plum closed out the win with a driving basket at 40.0 and the free throw to end the game.

In its final day of preliminary games on May 29, the USA started with a 21-12 win over Germany. The USA led 6-2, but with her third 2-pointer to start the game, Germany’s Satou Sabally, the No. pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft and a Dallas Wings teammate of USA guard Gray, pulled her team even at 6-6 at 6:34. A free throw from Samuelson and 2 from Gray gave the USA a 9-6 advantage, but Germany closed the margin to 10-9 at 5:11. Samuelson and Dolson added points to make it 12-9, and that was the start of a 9-3 USA run to close the game. Plum scored all seven of her points among the USA’s last nine scores, including the game-winning free throw with 54.5 seconds on the clock to seal the victory. Samuelson added six points, Gray had five and Dolson had three.

The USA next secured a 22-5 win over Uruguay that saw Dolson, Gray and Samuelson each score six points and Plum add four. The USA jumped ahead 7-0 and never looked back. By the time Dolson made a 2 at 5:41, all four U.S. team members had made a 2-pointer, and the USA led 14-3. The USA would make six 2s in the game, including Gray’s final 2, which gave the USA the 22-5 win with 3:05 on the clock.

Entering the quarterfinals as No. 1 seed, the USA took on Belarus and earned a 21-10 win. It took a minute for either team to get going, but the USA built a 6-1 lead at the first media timeout at 6:26. Unlike previous games, the USA scored by 1s only until the 3:35 mark. Samuelson, who finished with five points, made a 2 to bring the score to 14-6. Gray had four of her six points in the final few minutes, alternating scores with Plum, who made her second 2 to end the game at 21-10 with 1:41 on the clock. Plum finished with seven points, Gray had six and Dolson had three.

Against Spain in the semifinal, the USA got out to a 6-2 lead, but with a 2-pointer at 6:30 Spain pulled within one point, 7-6. The USA immediately responded, and Dolson, Plum and Gray added points to push the Americans in front 13-6. From there Spain would get no closer than four points, 14-10 at 2:34. To cap the win, Plum dished to Dolson for a score inside that made it 21-13 with 21.2 seconds on the clock. Dolson and Gray each finished with seven points, Plum had four and Samuelson scored all three of her points from the line. The USA only gave up two 2s to Spain in the game.

The USA and France, which won the other semifinal, as well as Japan, which was the winner of the third-place game, earned historic Olympic berths.

The U.S. offense was balanced overall. Gray led with a total of 39 points (6.5 ppg.), Dolson totalled 34 (5.7 ppg.), Plum recorded 32 points (5.3 ppg.) and Samuelson had 22 (3.7 ppg.) – averaging a total of 21.2 ppg. as a team.

Plum was named to the all-tournament team, where she was joined on the three-member team by Migna Touré of France and Japan's Stephanie Mawuli, who also was MVP.

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May 26-30, 2021 • Graz, Austria

In the inaugural FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament from May 26-30 in Graz, Austria, the USA came up short and saw its dream of qualifying for the inaugural Olympic 3x3 competition dashed with a 21-16 loss. The USA finished 3-2 and in sixth place.

The USA opened play with an exciting, 21-20, come-from-behind win over Lithuania. The USA got five defensive stops in the final minutes, including with 20 seconds left, when Joey King stole the ball, dribbled to behind the arc and made a 2-pointer to claim the USA comeback win with 16 seconds remaining on the clock.

Early on, the USA led 7-3 before Lithuania reeled off an 8-0 run to go ahead 11-7 at 5:32. Over the next three minutes, Kareem Maddox scored six of his eight points to help the USA pull within one point, 17-16, at 2:25. Lithuania quickly scored three points to lead 20-16 and looked to be on the verge of an important win. King scored to make it 20-17, and a timeout was called. After the break, Maddox drove the lane for a dunk, followed by King who turned the corner for a lay-in, and it was 20-19, with the USA down by one point and 28 seconds left. That is when King got the USA’s biggest defensive stop of the game, followed by the 2-pointer for the win.

After its hard-fought win against Lithuania, the USA led from start to finish in a 21-3 win over South Korea that saw King score seven, Maddox added six, Dominique Jones added five and Robbie Hummel scored three points. The USA made seven 2-pointers overall while giving up just three made baskets.

The USA topped Kazakhstan and fell to Belgium to close out pool play on May 29, and in spite of the loss, emerged as Pool B’s No. 1 seed.  

What started out as a game the USA had in hand saw Kazakhstan come back from 20-13 to make it 20-19 before the USA sealed the 22-19 win with a 2-pointer from Hummel at 1:08. The USA was ahead 20-13 at 3:30 before Kazakhstan started to climb back, making six 2-pointers overall. The USA struggled to make shots down the stretch as it looked for a score from deep to earn a 22-point win, but Jones dished to Hummel for a 2-pointer at 1:08 to complete the 22-19 U.S. win. Hummel and King each had seven points, Maddox had five and Jones had three.

The USA entered the game against Belgium knowing it would need to score 16 points to secure its advancement to the quarterfinals, and it did just that in a tight loss to Belgium that featured 11 tied scores. A made 2-pointer gave Belgium a 12-11 edge at 2:58, but the USA responded with scores from Jones, King and Maddox to go ahead 14-12. Belgium put together two 2s and swung back in front 16-14. King pulled the USA back to 16-16, but Belgium again had an answer and made two more 2s to earn the win 20-16 as time ran out.

Finishing preliminary play in a three-way tie with Belgium and Lithuania (3-1) in Pool B, the USA scored the 16 points it needed against Belgium to break the tie in its favor.

In the quarterfinals, Netherlands made four 2-pointers in the last 3:38, accounting for eight of its final 11 points to hold off the USA. Four times the USA led, including 6-5 at 6:39. Netherlands evened the score, 6-6, at 6:29, and proceeded to build a 12-8 lead at 4:42. The USA tied it 12-12 with two points from King and Maddox, who made the USA’s only 2. Two quick 2s by Netherlands put them up 16-12, and the USA got no closer than three points, 19-16, with 1:25 to play. With the USA in the foul penalty, Netherlands made two free throws to end the game 21-16 with 1:04 on the clock. The USA was led by eight points from King, and Hummel and Jones each had two points. Netherlands finished the game shooting 14-25 overall, including 5-of-13 from 2-point, while the USA shot 15-of-25 but was just 1-of-6 from 2-point.

Netherlands went on to qualify for the Olympics after beating France in the semifinals. Poland beat Latvia to earn the other semifinal berth, and Latvia beat France in the third-place game to earn the final men’s Olympic spot awarded at the tournament.

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates • August 8-16, 2014

Heading to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as the two-time defending FIBA U17 World Championship for Men gold medalists, the 2014 USA U17 squad shook off the pressure of keeping the USA’s U17 winning streak alive and came away with a perfect 7-0 record and the gold medal.

Led by USA head coach Don Showalter, who upped his overall U17 record to 23-0 after having led the 2010 and 2012 squads to gold, the U.S. was paced by eventual FIBA U17 MVP Malik Newman’s 14.9 points and 3.0 assists a game. Joining Newman on the five-member U17 World Championship All-Tournament Team was Diamond Stone, who added 13.4 points and a team-best 9.7 rebounds per game.

The USA, which had a well-rounded scoring effort that saw five players average in double-digits, never trailed in its first five games and lagged behind for just 8:19 in its final two contests.
Paced by Stone’s 22 points and 10 boards, the U.S. earned an 83-73 opening victory over a strong Greek squad on Aug. 8.

The USA ran away with a 99-56 win over Angola as all 12 athletes scored, led by 14 points from Harry Giles on Aug. 10.

Closing preliminary play on Aug. 11, the USA earned a 124-64 victory over Philippines, paced by 16 points apiece from Josh Jackson and Newman.

Behind Jayson Tatum’s 19 points, the U.S. jumped out 22-0 and dispatched Japan 122-38 in its Aug. 12 round of 16 game.

The Americans downed China 113-71 in the Aug. 14 quarterfinals behind 21 points and 10 rebounds from 6-foot-10 Henry Ellenson.

After holding onto a narrow 39-36 edge at halftime, the U.S. broke away from previously unbeaten Serbia to take an 89-68 semifinal win behind a team-high 15 points from Newman.

Advancing to the finals against an Australian squad that came back from a 22-point deficit to earn an 80-74 overtime win over Spain in its semifinal game, the U.S. had its work cut out for it. However, behind 21 points and 11 rebounds from Newman, the red, white and blue held off Australia 99-92 to claim the gold medal.

The USA fell behind by 10 points early, but slowly chipped away at Australia’s lead and went up for good, 28-27, to close out the first quarter. However, each time the USA tried to pull away, Australia, which hit 11 3s in the game, battled back. It was no different when the USA held its final double-digit lead of the game, 92-82. Australia again began launching 3-pointers, three of which hit their mark and with 30.1 seconds left the USA’s edge was down to 96-91. However, the Americans would not let the Aussies any closer and held on for the gold medal victory.

Serbia earned the bronze medal after a narrow 62-59 victory over Spain.

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Puerto Aysen, Chile - June 16-22, 2019

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Buenos Aires, Argentina - June 7-11, 2017

In its first game against Colombia on June 7, the USA recorded a 91-33 rout. Aliyah Boston had 17 points and nine rebounds; Samantha Brunelle added 13 points, five assists and seven boards; Caitlin Clark was 3-of-3 from 3-point on her way to 11 points; and Paige Bueckers and Kylee Watson each scored 10 points. The USA outrebounded Colombia 64-36 and forced 25 turnovers.

After a one-point lead in the first quarter, the USA relied on a full-court press to pull away from Mexico for a 100-37 win on June 8, which was the first 100-point win by a USA U16 women’s team since 2013, when it defeated Mexico 101-29. Bueckers set a U.S. single-game record for field goal percentage, shooting 7-of-7 on her way to 15 points. Brunelle had 18 points and 11 rebounds; Fran Belibi tallied 12 points and seven boards; and Boston added 10 rebounds. The USA had 23 assists and just 12 turnovers.

The USA easily defeated Puerto Rico 79-32 on June 9 to wrap up preliminary round play. Despite shooting 30.9 percent from the field and turning the ball over 27 times, the USA compiled a 70-38 rebounding advantage and scored 30 points in transition while forcing Puerto Rico into 43 turnovers. The U.S. set an American women’s U16 record for steals with 25, while Boston, who finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds, tied the record for free throw percentage with a 5-of-5 performance from the line.

The USA played its way into the gold medal game with a 98-42 win over host Argentina on June 10. The USA led 40-27 at halftime but  ran away with the game in the third quarter. At 3:58 in the third, the USA mounted a 39-0 run while holding Argentina scoreless from 4:33 in the third until 4:31 in the fourth – at total of 10:02. After setting a record for steals the day before, the U.S. team upped that high, tallying 27 steals. The U.S. also set a record for free throws attempted with 37. All 12 U.S. players scored. Zia Cooke and Celeste Taylor each had 12 points; Clark and Jordan Horston added 11; and Brunelle had 10 points.

A 20-0 run to close the second quarter helped propel the USA to a 91-46 win over Canada in the gold medal game on June 11. The U.S. defense held Canada to just 29.0 percent shooting from the field (18-62 FGs) and forced 31 turnovers. Azzi Fudd led the USA with 18 points; Cooke had 15 points; Bueckers added 11; and Diamond Miller contributed 10 points.

Boston, who finished with 15 points and six rebounds against Canada, averaged team-highs of 11.8 points and 8.6 rebounds per game throughout the tournament and was named MVP.

Argentina outlasted Colombia 59-52 in overtime to earn bronze. The USA, Canada, Colombia and Argentina qualified for the 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup.

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Indianapolis, Indiana • November 29-30, 2020

Playing the November 2020 window of Group D AmeriCup Qualifying games in a "bubble" in Indianapolis, Indiana, the USA picked up a pair of impressive home wins and secured its spot in the AmeriCup 2020. Due to COVID-19 precautions, team and coaches were tested daily and no spectators or outsiders were permitted to attend the games. Again under the direction of former NBA head coach Mike Fratello, the USA defeated Bahamas 99-59 and Mexico 94-78 to improve its record to 4-0.

The USA earned its third straight AmeriCup Qualifying victory with an 99-59 romp over the Bahamas on Nov. 29 in its first game of the second window of FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying play at the Indianapolis Convention Center in Indianapolis.

Never trailing versus Bahamas, the first quarter saw the USA methodically compile a 24-14 lead. The USA came out with the hot hand in the second quarter – sinking four 3-pointers in the first 3:50 to go up 42-23, and by halftime the USA pushed its lead to 24 points, 53-29.The USA opened the second half with back-to-back 3s and rolled in unthreatened for the 99-59 win.

They tried to show a zone. They started zone, switched to man, they switched everything, and you can only do so many things in a game when you have a limited number of bodies, said USA head coach Mike Fratelloof the Bahamas, which suited up just eight players. “And I was really happy with the way our guys recognized whatever it was, attacked it. And defensively, I thought we were good. If I'm right, I think at halftime we did not have any turnovers. And that's obviously vital to you being able to score, because if you don't turn the ball over, you give yourself more opportunities to score the basketball. But we had a number of people, five, six people, in double figures and one or two that were close to being in double figures. I like the unselfishness that we played with and passing the ball to the open man. But for me, the players know this, I start at the defensive end, and we're doing well at the defensive end of the floor.”

The USA shot 51.4% from the field (38-74 FGs) and 41.4% from 3-point (12-29 3pt FGs), dished out 22 assists, committed just seven turnovers, including no turnovers in the first half, and 11 players put points on the board.

Amile Jefferson led the USA with 17 points and 11 rebounds; Tyler Hall, who was 4-of-6 from 3-point on his way to 12 points and four assists; John Jenkins added 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from 3-point; Levi Randolph, finished with 11 points and seven rebounds; and Travis Trice was credited with 10 points and six assists.

“For a lot of guys, you know, this is their first game, real actual game playing since March,” Jefferson said. “So, to be back out there after a great week of practicing and getting to know each other and building chemistry was amazing. And the fact that we're playing for USA, it's something bigger than ourselves, makes it all that much better. So, I thought our guys played really hard and aggressive, and I thought the coaches put in a great game plan. We executed, so I was really happy with our performance today.”

Facing 2-1 Mexico, who had defeated Puerto Rico x the night before, the USA fended off a resilient Mexico team to earn a 94-78 victory on Nov. 30 at the Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. The victory assured the United States its berth into the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 by virtue of at least a top-three finish in its FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying Group D.

“Winning the two games was great in window number one, but that didn't get us in. That didn’t qualify us,” said Fratello. “And when they invited me back to coach window two, I was very excited and happy, because I wanted to be part of helping the United States move on, qualify for the next thing. So that the fact that we were able to do that was very rewarding to me. I love to see young guys get together, form a team, work together, play defense together, pass the ball together and then have success. And that's what this week, last two weeks has been all about, trying to grow together and get better.”

The first quarter featured six lead changes, and the USA ended the period leading 23-20. The American squad outscored Mexico 29-14 in the second quarter to pull away and led by as many as 26 points in the third quarter, but Mexico fought back to within 11 points in the fourth quarter. The USA fended off the charge, however, helped by its 54.4 shooting percentage and by its 21-of-27 shooting from the free throw line. 

Yante Maten led the USA with 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field to go with nine rebounds; Josh Magette, who missed game one because of an injury, added 19 points and was 7-of-7 from the free throw line; Jenkins finished with 16 points; Trice contributed 14 points and six assists; and Randolph compiled 12 points, five rebounds and four assists.

“We're all talented basketball players, and so we just read what the defense gave us and then just executed from there and played unselfishly,” Maten said. “I think that's was the biggest thing was that led to us winning.

"It means a lot," added Maten on his opportunity to represent the United states, "just because I get to represent from our country. I think everyone can represent in a different way, and I represent mine through basketball. And so, I'm very honored to be here and get to say that I helped accomplish something big.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. • February 20-23, 2020

The 2020-21 FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying Tournament got underway in an impressive way for the USA as the squad earned a pair of convincing victories over Puerto Rico in February.

Former NBA head coach Mike Fratello was head coach of the USA Team, and the roster featured 11 players who were active in the NBA G League in 2019-20.

The USA, which led from wire-to-wire, sprinted to a 27-point halftime lead and held off Puerto Rico (0-1) in the  second half to take a 83-70 victory on Feb. 20 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ten U.S. players put points on the board, led by a double-double of  16 points and 11 rebounds from Jalen Jones. Also scoring in double digits were James Webb III with 13, Justin Anderson added 11 points and Jaylen Adams, who shot a perfect 4-of-4 from the field and had a pair of 3s, chipped in 10 points.

“Our team effort in the first half sensational. It was about as good of a first half as you can play. We defended and we shot the ball well,” said Fratello. “Jalen (Jones) is an inspiration to us. Jalen is a guy who when he is on top and talking, he’s a glue, he brings our team together. And then when he steps up and makes a big shot at the right time, or a couple free throws when we need it, they're the keys to us being able to hang on.

“We’ve been putting in so much work like coach said,   practice after practice, a lot of film sessions and we knew this wasn’t going to be an easy game,” said Jones. “The coaches did a great job of preparing us for this, we knew it was going to be a battle, knew it was going to be a fight. I’m just glad we were able to win. Puerto Rico came out with a great competitive spirit and it was a great game. 

The USA men topped Puerto Rico 95-73 to cap off play in the first window of FIBA AmeriCup Qualifying play on Feb. 23 at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. Fogg led the USA with 18 points and a game-high eight assists; Anderson finished with 17 points and seven rebounds; Jones added 14 points; Josh Magette had 11 points; and Eric Mika tallied 10 points.

“I was very proud of the (USA’s) performance,” said Fratello. “Puerto Rico came out very tough, very determined, but we wanted to try and finish what our mission was, and that was to go play two games against Puerto Rio and try to win both of them.

The U.S. limited Puerto Rico to 37.7% shooting from the field (23-61 FGs) and, led by 10 rebounds from Webb III, out-rebounded Puerto Rico 47-36. While the USA shot 44.4% from deep (16-36 3pt FGs), Puerto Rico was limited to just 25.0% from 3-point (6-of-24 3pt FGs). The USA bench outscored Puerto Rico’s 33 to 17.

“The toughest thing we did was to respond like we did and play the way we played in Puerto Rico and not get too high on our ourselves,” Anderson said.  “I think we did a really good job of  coming together, and we were locked in from the jump. We knew that Puerto Rico was going to come out with a lot of       intensity, so as far as how we played, Coach emphasized a couple of things. He gave us a comparison in our meetings about rebounding and assists. Well, today it looks like we won both of those battles, and as a team if we can do that time in and time out with our  athleticism, with our talent and our ability to share the ball, rebound the ball, we’re a tough team to beat, and I think we did a really good job of displaying that as a collective group.

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La Jolla, California • June 22-26, 1992

When USA Basketball began its planning for the 1992 U.S. Olympic men's team training, it decided that the squad's best interest would be served if it had a team to scrimmage during its initial June 22-26 training camp in La Jolla, Calif.

In assembling a scrimmaging partner that could challenge the Dream Team and imitate the international style of play, USA Basketball looked for players that would get the ball up and down the court quickly, penetrate and pass back out to the perimeter and take plenty of 3-point shots.

Ultimately, an eight-member all-star collegiate team was selected and was headlined by four Atlantic Coast Conference players, two from NCAA champ Duke and one from North Carolina and Wake Forest.

Selected for the USA Developmental Team were guards Anfernee Hardaway (Memphis State/Memphis, Tenn.); Allan Houston (Tennessee/Louisville, Ky.); Bobby Hurley (Duke/Jersey City, N.J.); forwards Grant Hill (Duke/Reston, Va.); Jamal Mashburn (Kentucky/New York, N.Y.); Rodney Rogers (Wake Forest/Durham, N.C.); and Chris Webber (Michigan/Detroit, Mich.); and center Eric Montross (North Carolina/Indianapolis, Ind.).

University of Southern California head coach George Raveling, an assistant coach to the 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic teams, served as head coach. He was assisted by University of Kansas mentor Roy Williams.

Scrimmaging daily against the Dream Team, the Developmental squad proved right from the start that this was not some star-dazed team and proved to be some of the best competition that the legendary team would face.

Amazingly, in a 20-minute scrimmage against the '92 Olympic men on June 24, the Developmental squad managed the unlikely by defeating the Dream Team 62-54 on the strength of its 3-point shooting. While lasting only half the time of a regulation 40-minute game, the Developmental team had delivered a crucial wake-up call to the U.S. Olympic Team.

"We got killed today," Michael Jordan said. "They beat us and they played well. We're so out of sync and so unsure about things that we feel comfortable with in normal situations. We don't have any continuity at all."

"These young kids were killing us," Scottie Pippen recalled years later. "We didn't know how to play with each other."

"Some of these college players should be probably be playing on this team," Larry Bird said afterward.

"If they were in the Olympics," Jordan said, "they'd win the silver medal."

"Our purpose is to help them get ready to win the gold medal and to improve our own game," Webber said. "But we're not going to back down. I'm not even nervous out here playing with these guys. I'm out here talking trash just like I always do. They're doing the same thing. They talk a lot more trash."

"Houston hit 10 threes in the scrimmage. They couldn't do anything with Webber. I'm telling you, Webber was killing these guys," said the Developmental Team's Hill. "We all had our moments. Bobby Hurley though, they couldn't keep him out of the paint."

The next day's meeting between the Dream Team and the Developmental team was completely different from the first. The Dream Team dominated that game and looked like the best team in the world.

"The next day, we couldn't get the ball over half-court," admitted Hill.

The Dream Team went on to cruise through the 1992 Tournament of the Americas and qualify for the 1992 Olympic Games, then of course went on to dominate its opponents (winning its eight game by an average margin of 43.8 points a game) and win gold in the Barcelona Olympics Games.

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