Izmir, Turkey • August 11-21, 2005

Unselfish play and an offensive game that fired on all cylinders catapulted the 2005 USA Women's World University Games Team to the gold medal with a 7-0 record at 2005 World University Games in Izmir, Turkey. The USA, coached by Harvard University's (Mass.) Kathy Delaney-Smith, completely dominated the competition, winning by an average margin of 43.4 ppg. and scoring at a clip of 97.7 ppg. in its seven games. The gold, the sixth the USA has earned overall, is the 13th medal in 14 appearances in Games play. With the seven victories in Turkey, the U.S. raised its overall Games mark to 85-15 (.845).

The U.S. breezed through preliminary play with victories over the Czech Republic, South Africa, China and Poland to enter the quarterfinals with a 4-0 mark.

Againt the Czech Republic, the U.S. relied on 14 points from Megan Duffy to pace the squad to an 88-64 opening victry on Aug. 10. The next day the American women rolled over South Africa 92-22 as Seimone Augustus paved the way with 18 points. Cruising past China 107-54 on Aug. 12, the U.S. received a game high 23 points from Sylvia Fowles and closed out preliminary round action wtih an 89-63 win as Duffy again paced the red, white and blue with 13 points.

Taiwan was overmatched 109-57 in the quarterfinals as Candice Dupree stepped up with 16 points in the USA's attack. Behind 25 points from Fowles, Russia was dispatched in the semifinals on Aug. 17 by a commanding 118-67 margin and in the title game, the U.S. was as dominant as ever and rolled to a perfect 7-0 record and the gold medal with a 79-53 win over Serbia & Montenegro as Augustus scored a team-best 18 points on Aug. 19.

A balanced attack allowed the U.S. to score 97.7 ppg. as a team. Fowles led the squad in scoring with 15.0 ppg. and was joined in double figures by Augustus' 14.2 ppg. and Jessica Davenport's 10.7 ppg. Fowles also grabbed a team-high 7.2 rpg., followed by Liz Shimek, who brought down 6.6 rpg. Brooke Smith shot a staggering 79.2 percent from the floor, with Fowles (.722), Davenport (.617) and Augustus (.615) closely behind. Augustus averaged a team-best 2.5 spg., while Shimek and Lisa Willis both nabbed 2.1 spg. Also leading the USA were Cappie Pondexter's 3.3 apg. and Dupree's 1.0 bpg.

2005 USA Women's World University Games Cumulative Statistics