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USA WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM • 2019 FALL TOUR USA vs. Oregon State NOV. 3, 2019 | GILL COLISEUM | 7 PM PST | PAC-12 NETWORKS PROBABLE STARTERS 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (7-0) NO NAME PPG RPG APG CAPS 2019 FIBA AMERICUP (6-0) 5 Seimone Augustus 10.8 1.8 2.6 105 6 Sue Bird 10.1 1.7 7.1 140 9/22 USA 110, Paraguay 31 13 Sylvia Fowles 13.6 8.9 1.5 73 9/24 USA 88, Colombia 46 16 Nneka Ogwumike 16.1 8.8 1.8 48 9/25 USA 100, Argentina 50 12 Diana Taurasi 20.7 3.5 5.3 132 9/26 USA 89, Brazil 73 9/28 USA 78, Puerto Rico 54 9/29 USA 67, Canada 46 RESERVES 2019 FALL TOUR (1-0) NO NAME PPG RPG APG CAPS 23 Layshia Clarendon 4.8 1.8 2.2 21 11/2 USA 95, No. 3 Stanford 80 Pac-12 Networks 24 Napheesa Collier 13.1 6.6 2.6 40* 11/4 Oregon State (7/6)7 pm Pac-12 Networks 17 Skylar Diggins-Smith 17.9 3.3 6.2 38* 11/7 Texas A&M (6/7) 7 pm TBA 35 Allisha Gray 10.6 4.1 2.3 3 11/9 Oregon (1/1) 4 pm Pac-12 Networks 18 Chelsea Gray 14.5 3.8 5.9 0 2019 FIBA AMERICAS PRE-OLYMPIC 9 A’ja Wilson 16.5 6.4 1.8 39 QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT NOTES: 11/14 USA vs. Brazil Bahía Blanca, ARG • Stats listed for most athletes are from the 2019 WNBA 11/16 USA vs. Argentina Bahía Blanca, ARG season. Stats for Augustus, Clarendon, Bird, Diggins- 11/17 USA vs. Colombia Bahía Blanca, ARG Smith and Taurasi are from the 2018 WNBA season 2020 WINTER TOUR due to either limited or no games played in 2019. • CAPS are games played in a USA Basketball uniform. Sites & Dates TBA • *Includes 3x3 games, 13 for Collier and nine for Diggins-Smith. OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT Feb. 2-10 @ Site TBD FRIENDS TO FOES 2020 SPRING TOUR At the 2015 FIBA World Cup, on a USA team Sites & Dates TBA coached by USA National Team head coach Dawn Staley, current USA National Team members 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES Napheesa Collier and A’ja Wilson, teamed up with OSU’s Destiny Slocum to win gold in Moscow, Russia. July 24 - Aug. 9 @ Tokyo, Japan Not originally named to the team, Slocum was a last-minute replacement for Katie Lou Samuelson, who *All times are local. withdrew due to a family illness. Without hesitation, she (Associated Press Poll/USA Today Women’s Basketball boarded a plane in Idaho on July 17, deplaned in Coaches Poll) Moscow the next evening and arrived to the gym in time the USA’s warm-up prior to its first game, a 72-57 victory over Spain. Click here for the 2015 USA U19 World Cup Team’s online recap. NOTABLE Tonight’s game against Oregon State will mark Chelsea Gray’s first in a USA Basketball uniform. 2019 USA BASKETBALL WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM • FALL TOUR ROSTER NO NAME POS HGT WGT AGE WNBA TEAM UNIVERSITY HOMETOWN 5 Seimone Augustus F 6-0 170 35 Minnesota Lynx Louisiana State ‘06 Baton Rouge, LA 6 Sue Bird G 5-9 150 38 Seattle Storm Connecticut ’02 Syosset, NY 23 Layshia Clarendon G 5-9 140 28 Connecticut Sun California ‘13 San Bernardino, CA 24 Napheesa Collier G/F 6-1 183 22 Minnesota Lynx Connecticut ’19 O’Fallon, MO 17 Skylar Diggins-Smith G 6-0 165 28 Dallas Wings Notre Dame ’13 South Bend, IN 13 Sylvia Fowles C 6-6 212 33 Minnesota Lynx Louisiana State ‘08 Miami, FL 35 Allisha Gray G 6-0 167 24 Dallas Wings South Carolina ’17 Sandersville, GA 18 *Chelsea Gray G 5-11 170 27 Los Angeles Sparks Duke ‘14 Manteca, CA 16 Nneka Ogwumike F 6-2 188 29 Los Angeles Sparks Stanford ‘12 Cypress, TX 25 *Kelsey Plum G 5-8 145 25 Las Vegas Aces Washington ‘17 Poway, CA 12 Diana Taurasi G 6-0 164 37 Phoenix Mercury Connecticut ‘04 Chino, CA 9 A’ja Wilson F 6-5 197 23 Las Vegas Aces South Carolina ’18 Hopkins, SC Lead Coach: Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx Coach: Dan Hughes, Seattle Storm Court Coach/Scout: Vickie Johnson, Las Vegas Aces Athletic Trainer: Jessica Cohen, Portland Trail Blazers Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, Andrews Institute (Fla.) Athletic Trainer/Massage Therapist: Britta Ottoboni, Potential Energy, Inc. (Mich.) Recovery/Conditioning Coach: Susan Borchardt, Seattle Storm *Kelsey Plum will not play in the USA vs. Oregon State contest due to a previous personal commitment. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Seimone Augustus seh-MOAN Layshia Clarendon LAY-shuh CLAIR-en-dun Napheesa Collier nuh-FEE-suh Skylar Diggins-Smith SKIE-lur Sylvia Fowles FOULS Nneka Ogwumike NEH-kuh Oh-gwoo-MIH-kay Diana Taurasi tuh-rah-SEE A’ja Wilson A-zhuh (like the continent, Asia) Click to see how the USA National Team members are committed to growing the game. NUMERICAL PRACTICE TWITTER ROSTER & ONLINE BIOS NUMBERS Seimone Augustus @SeimoneAugustus usab.com/SeimoneAugustus 5 Seimone Augustus Sue Bird @S10Bird usab.com/SueBird 6 Sue Bird Layshia Clarendon @LayshiaC usab.com/LayshiaClarendon 9 A’ja Wilson Napheesa Collier @PHEEsespieces usab.com/NapheesaCollier 12 Diana Taurasi Skylar Diggins-Smith @SkyDigg4 usab.com/SkylarDiggins-Smith 13 Sylvia Fowles Sylvia Fowles @SylviaFowles usab.com/SylviaFowles 27 Allisha Gray Allisha Gray @Graytness_15 usab.com/AllishaGray 36 Kelsey Plum Chelsea Gray @CGray209 usab.com/ChelseaGray 41 Layshia Clarendon Nneka Ogwumike @Nnemkadi30 usab.com/NnekaOgwumike 40 Skylar Diggins-Smith Kelsey Plum @KelseyPlum10 usab.com/KelseyPlum 53 Chelsea Gray Diana Taurasi @DianaTaurasi usab.com/DianaTaurasi 54 Napheesa Collier A’ja Wilson @_ajawilson22 usab.com/AjaWilson 56 Nneka Ogwumike 2019 USA Basketball Women’s National Team vs. Oregon State • 2 OREGON STATE - USA BASKETBALL CONNECTIONS Oregon States boasts one Olympic gold medalist in Carol Menken-Schaudt, who helped lead the USA to its first Olympic women’s basketball gold in 1984. She also collected a gold medal at the 1983 World University Games after earning a silver medal at the 1981 World University Games. More recently, 2017-20 USA National Team pool member Sydney Wiese helped lead the 2015 USA World University Games Team to gold and participated in a pair of USA National Team training camps in 2018. Additionally Aleah Goodman and Destiny Slocum participated in the 2019 Red Bull USA Basketball 3X Nationals in Las Vegas. Both were invited as part of select teams, Goodman played on Defend and Slocum on Drive. HEAD COACH SCOTT RUECK Served as assistant coach for the 2015 USA Pan American Games Team that featured 2019-20 USA National Team members Tiffany Mitchell, Kelsey Plum and Breanna Stewart. Year/Position Record Medal/Finish 2015 USA Pan American Games Team Assistant Coach 4-1 Silver Medal ALEAH GOODMAN BETWEEN TWO BIRDS • Competed in five of the FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series Have you seen the latest YouTube hit series Between stops over the summer, which helped earn valuable Two Birds? If not, you’re missing out on some of the most points for the USA. Those points were crucial in entertaining content on the web! Click the image to helping USA Basketball secure a spot in the 2020 watch. FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament. • Traveled over the summer for the FIBA 3x3 Women’s Seris to (in order): Chengdu (CHN), Turin (ITA), Ekaterinburg (RUS), Voiron (FRA), Montreal (CAN) and Edmonton (CAN). • Currently ranks No. 40 in FIBA’s world 3x3 rankings and second in the USA, behind Connecticut’s Christyn Williams. MIKAYLA PIVEC (2019 PAG) • Silver Medal: 2019 Pan American Games. • Member of the 2019 USA Pan American Games Team that finished with a 4-1 record at the Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru. DESTINY SLOCUM • Gold Medal: 2015 FIBA U19 World Cup. • Participated in the 2017 USA U23 National Team training camp July 31-Aug. 4 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. • Member of the 2015 USA Basketball Women’s U19 World Cup Team that compiled a 7-0 record and captured the gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Chekhov, Russia; averaged 1.9 ppg. and 2.4 apg. • Added to the USA U19 World Cup Team on July 17, 2015, and arrived in Moscow a few hours prior to the USA’s first game on July 18. • 2019 USA National Team Connection: The head coach of the 2015 U19 World Cup Team was USA National Team head coach Dawn Staley and the team included USA National Team members Napheesa Collier and A’ja Wilson. L-R: Mariya Moore, Destiny Slocum and Lauren Cox. 2019 USA Basketball Women’s National Team vs. Oregon State • 3 2019-20 USA BASKETBALL WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM POOL NAME POS HGT WGT AGE TEAM SCHOOL HOMETOWN Seimone Augustus G/F 6-0 170 35 Minnesota Lynx Louisiana State ‘06 Baton Rouge, LA Sue Bird G 5-9 150 39 Seattle Storm Connecticut ’02 Syosset, NY Jordin Canada G 5-6 134 24 Seattle Storm UCLA ‘18 Los Angeles, CA Tina Charles C 6-4 192 30 New York Liberty Connecticut ’10 Jamaica, NY Layshia Clarendon G 5-9 140 28 Connecticut Sun California ’13 San Bernardino, CA Napheesa Collier G/F 6-1 183 23 Minnesota Lynx Connecticut ’19 O’Fallon, MO Elena Delle Donne F/G 6-5 188 30 Washington Mystics Delaware ’13 Wilmington, DE Diamond DeShields G 6-1 155 24 Chicago Sky Tennessee ‘17 Norcross, GA Skylar Diggins-Smith G 6-0 165 29 Dallas Wings Notre Dame ’13 South Bend, IN Stefanie Dolson C/F 6-5 214 27 Chicago Sky Connecticut ’14 Port Jervis, NY Asia Durr G 5-10 153 22 New York Liberty Louisville ’19 Douglasville, GA Sylvia Fowles C 6-6 212 34 Minnesota Lynx Louisiana State ‘08 Miami, FL Allisha Gray G 6-0 167 24 Dallas Wings South Carolina ’17 Sandersville, GA Chelsea Gray G 5-11 170 27 Los Angeles Sparks Duke ’14 Manteca, CA Brittney Griner C 6-9 205 29 Phoenix Mercury Baylor ‘13 Houston, TX Tiffany Hayes G 5-10 155 30 Atlanta Dream Connecticut ‘12 Lakeland, FL Jewell Loyd G 5-11 150 26 Seattle Storm Notre Dame ’15 Lincolnwood, IL Kayla McBride G 5-11 174 27 Las Vegas Aces Notre Dame ’14 Erie, PA Angel McCoughtry G/F 6-1 160 33 Atlanta Dream Louisville ‘09 Baltimore, MD Kelsey Mitchell F 5-8 154 23 Indiana Fever Ohio State ’18 Cincinnati, OH Tiffany Mitchell G 5-9 154 25 Indiana Fever South Carolina