USA (2-0) Vs. France (1-1)
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2020 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM USA (2-0) vs. France (1-1) JULY 30, 2021 | SAITAMA SUPER ARENA | 1:40 PM JT | 12:40 AM ET | USA NETWORK PROBABLE STARTERS 2019-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (20-3) NO NAME PPG RPG APG CAPS 6 Sue Bird 1.5 4.0 9.5 153 2019 FIBA AMERICUP (6-0) 15 Brittney Griner 14.0 7.5 2.5 41 9/22 USA 110, Paraguay 31 10 Breanna Stewart 12.0 12.0 5.0 95 9/24 USA 88, Colombia 46 12 Diana Taurasi 10.5 1.5 1.5 140 9/25 USA 100, Argentina 50 9 A’ja Wilson 19.5 11.5 2.0 52 9/26 USA 89, Brazil 73 RESERVES 9/28 USA 78, Puerto Rico 54 9/29 USA 67, Canada 46 NO NAME PPG RPG APG CAPS 7 Ariel Atkins 0.0 0.0 0.0 16 2019 FALL TOUR (3-1) 14 Tina Charles 3.0 3.5 2.0 96 11/2 USA 95, No. 3 Stanford 80 11 Napheesa Collier 0.0 0.0 0.0 54* 11/4 USA 81, No. 7/6 Oregon State 58 5 Skylar Diggins-Smith 1.0 0.0 0.0 53* 11/7 USA 93, Texas A&M No. 6/7 63 13 Sylvia Fowles 6.5 4.5 0.5 89 11/9 No. 1/1 Oregon 93, USA 86 8 Chelsea Gray 6.0 2.0 3.0 16 4 Jewell Loyd 10.0 4.5 1.5 36* 2019 FIBA AMERICAS PRE-OLYMPIC NOTES: QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (3-0) • Stats listed are from the 2020 Olympic Games. • CAPS are games played in a USA Basketball uniform. 11/14 USA 76, Brazil 61 • *Includes 3x3 games, 17 for Collier, nine for Loyd and nine for 11/16 USA 91, Argentina 34 Diggins-Smith. 11/17 USA 104, Colombia 48 USA (2-0) VS. FRANCE (1-1) 2020 WINTER TOUR (2-0) • In Tokyo: Despite 18 points and nine rebounds from 1/27 USA 79, No. 4/5 Connecticut 64 Sandrine Gruda and 12 points and six rebounds from 2/2 USA 97, 5/4 Louisville 54 Endene Miyem, France was clipped by host Japan 74-70 in its Olympic opener. France came back strong against 2020 OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (3-0) Nigeria, recording an 87-62 victory behind 14 points and 2/6 USA 88, Serbia 69 nine rebounds from Gruda and 13 from four different 2/8 USA 124, Mozambique 49 players. 2/9 USA 76, Nigeria 71 • FIBA World Ranking: 5 • Olympic Qualification Path: Silver medalists at the 2019 2021 EXHIBITION GAMES (1-2) FIBA EuroBasket, France finished with a 3-0 mark at the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in France. 7/14 WNBA All-Stars 93, USA 85 • Top Olympic Finish: Silver medal in 2012. 7/16 Australia 70, USA 67 • All-Time Olympic Finishes: Silver medal, fourth place 7/18 USA 93, Nigeria 62 (2016) and fifth place (2000). 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES (2-0) • All-Time Olympic Record: 16-7 • All-Time Record v USA in Olympic History: USA 2, 7/27 USA 82, Nigeria 71 France 0 7/30 USA 86, Japan 69 • All-Time Record vs. USA in *Major International Events: 8/2 France 12:40 a.m. EDT USA USA 27, France 2 8/3-4 Quarterfinals 9 p.m., 12:40 a.m., TV TBD • Players to Watch: Sandrine Gruda, Endene Miyem and 4:20 a.m. and 8 a.m. EDT Gabby Williams. 8/6 Semifinals 12:40 a.m. and 7 a.m. EDT NBC • Last Time Out: Ahead of the 2018 FIBA World Cup, the 8/7 Bronze Medal 3 a.m. EDT CNBC USA earned a 77-60 exhibition victory over France in 8/7 Gold Medal 10:30 p.m. EDT NBC Antibes, France. Diana Taurasi led the USA with 16 points, six assists and five rebounds and was named MVP of the NOTE: Broadcast information for the medal round will be available four-team, round-robin tournament (Canada and Senegal following the conclusion of the previous round. were the other two teams). Gruda led France with 12 points and Helena Ciak and Marine Johannes chipped in 11 points (A.P. Poll/USA Today Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll) apiece. • 2018 FIBA World Cup Finish: fifth place (5-2) *FIBA events, R. William Jones Cup, World University Games 2020 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM - ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO NAME POS HGT WGT AGE WNBA TEAM UNIVERSITY HOMETOWN 7 Ariel Atkins G 5-11 161 24 Washington Mystics Texas ’18 Dallas, TX 6 Sue Bird G 5-9 150 40 Seattle Storm Connecticut ‘02 Syosset, NY 14 Tina Charles C 6-4 192 32 Washington Mystics Connecticut ‘10 Jamaica, NY 11 Napheesa Collier G/F 6-1 183 24 Minnesota Lynx Connecticut ’19 O’Fallon, MO 5 Skylar Diggins-Smith G 6-0 165 30 Phoenix Mercury Notre Dame ‘13 South Bend, IN 13 Sylvia Fowles C 6-6 212 35 Minnesota Lynx Louisiana State ‘08 Miami, FL 8 Chelsea Gray G 5-11 170 28 Las Vegas Aces Duke ‘14 Manteca, CA 15 Brittney Griner C 6-9 205 30 Phoenix Mercury Baylor ‘13 Houston, TX 4 Jewell Loyd G 5-11 150 27 Seattle Storm Notre Dame ’15 Lincolnwood, IL 10 Breanna Stewart F 6-4 170 26 Seattle Storm Connecticut ‘16 North Syracuse, NY 12 Diana Taurasi G 6-0 163 39 Phoenix Mercury Connecticut ‘04 Chino, CA 9 A’ja Wilson F 6-5 197 24 Las Vegas Aces South Carolina ’18 Hopkins, SC STAFF: Head Coach: Dawn Staley, University of South Carolina Assistant Coach: Dan Hughes Assistant Coach: Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx NUMERICAL ROSTER Assistant Coach: Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut Sun Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, Andrews Institute (Fla.) 4 Jewell Loyd 5 Skylar Diggins-Smith 6 Sue Bird 7 Ariel Atkins PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 8 Chelsea Gray 9 A’ja Wilson Ariel Atkins AIR-ee-ul 10 Breanna Stewart Napheesa Collier nuh-FEE-suh 11 Napheesa Collier Skylar Diggins-Smith SKIE-lur 12 Diana Taurasi Sylvia Fowles FOULS 13 Sylvia Fowles Breanna Stewart bre-ANN-na (not bree-AHN-na) 14 Tina Charles Diana Taurasi tuh-rah-SEE 15 Brittney Griner A’ja Wilson A-zhuh (like the continent, Asia) USA BASKETBALL WNT MEDIA CONTACTS For information and questions about the USA 2020 FRANCE OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER Women’s National Team, contact Caroline NO NAME POS AGE HGT TEAM Williams or another member of the USA Basketball 4 FAUTHOUX Marine PG 20 5-9 LDLC ASVEL FEMININ press team listed below. Craig Miller is the primary 5 MIYEM Endene (C) PF 33 6-2 FLAMMES CAROLO men’s team press officer and Jenny Johnston 6 CHARTEREAU Alexia PF 22 6-3 BOURGES BASKET leads the 3x3 women’s publicity efforts. 7 GRUDA Sandrine C 34 6-4 SCHIO (ITA) 8 CIAK Helena C 31 6-6 ASVEL FEMININ Primary Contact 10 MICHEL Sarah SG 32 5-11 BOURGES BASKET Caroline Williams 11 VUKOSAVLJEVIC Valeriane SF 27 6-0 BASKET LANDES • [email protected] | +1-719-330-3310 12 RUPERT Iliana C 20 6-4 BOURGES BASKET Secondary Contacts 15 WILLIAMS Gabrielle F 24 5-11 SOPRON (HUN) Craig Miller 23 JOHANNES Marine SG 26 5-10 ASVEL FEMININ • [email protected] | +1-719-339-6593 39 DUCHET Alix PG 23 5-6 BOURGES BASKET Jenny Johnston 93 TCHATCHOUANG Diandra SF 30 6-2 BASKET LATTES MONTPELL. • [email protected] | +1-719-271-4197 Team Average 26.8 6-1 Head Coach: Valerie GARNIER Assistant Coaches: Gregroy HALIN Gregory, Olivier LAFARGUE 2020 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM vs. FRANCE • 2 USA VS. FRANCE IN OLYMPIC & WORLD CUP GAMES THE NUMBERS GAME USA 9, France 1 • The USA's Olympic winning streak is 51 games, dating from the W 86-67 2016 Olympics 1992 bronze medal game through the second game in Tokyo. W 94- 72 2014 World Cup • The USA’s World Cup winning streak is 22-0, dating from the W 86- 50 2012 Olympics 2006 bronze medal game through the USA’s gold medal victory W 81- 60 2010 World Cup over Australia in 2018. W 76- 41 2006 World Cup • The USA National Team’s winning streak in official FIBA W 101- 68 2002 World Cup competitions is 65 games (2006 FIBA World Cup bronze medal W 80- 59 1979 World Cup game and 21-0 in the 2010, 2014 and 2019 FIBA World Cups; L 51- 68 1971 World Cup 26-0 in the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics; 11-0 in the W 48- 37 1964 World Cup 2007 and 2019 FIBA AmeriCups; 3-0 in the 2019 FIBA W 41- 37 1953 World Cup Americas Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament; and 3-0 in the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament). NEXT UP: QUARTERFINALS • Since 1996, the highly successful USA Basketball Women’s • The USA will find out its quarterfinal match-up following the National Team program, currently ranked No. 1 in the world by draw that will be held after the final preliminary round game is FIBA, has posted a 114-1 slate in major international played. competitions, and includes the team’s first two victories in Tokyo, an amazing six consecutive Olympic gold medals (1996, RECORD WATCH 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016), five FIBA World Cup golds (1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018), one FIBA World Cup bronze • With each game played, Diana Taurasi adds to the all-time medal (2006), two FIBA AmeriCup gold medals (2007, 2019), a most women’s Olympic basketball games played record.