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2020 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM USA vs. Nigeria JULY 27, 2021 | SAITAMA SUPER ARENA | 1:40 PM JST | 12:40 AM EDT | USA NETWORK PROBABLE STARTERS 2019-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (18-3) NO NAME PPG RPG APG CAPS 2019 FIBA AMERICUP (6-0) 6 Sue Bird 5.0 1.7 3.3 151 15 Brittney Griner 12.0 4.7 0.7^ 39 9/22 USA 110, Paraguay 31 10 Breanna Stewart 15.3 7.3 3.3 93 9/24 USA 88, Colombia 46 12 &Diana Taurasi 6.4 2.4 2.7 138 9/25 USA 100, Argentina 50 9 A’ja Wilson 12.0 5.7 2.7 50 9/26 USA 89, Brazil 73 9/28 USA 78, Puerto Rico 54 RESERVES 9/29 USA 67, Canada 46 NO NAME PPG RPG APG CAPS 2019 FALL TOUR (3-1) 7 Ariel Atkins 5.7 2.3 1.3 14 14 Tina Charles 3.7 5.7 1.7 94 11/2 USA 95, No. 3 Stanford 80 11 Napheesa Collier 2.0 2.0 0.7 53* 11/4 USA 81, No. 7/6 Oregon State 58 5 Skylar Diggins-Smith 5.3 1.3 1.0 52* 11/7 USA 93, Texas A&M No. 6/7 63 13 Sylvia Fowles 8.7 4.0 1.0^ 87 11/9 No. 1/1 Oregon 93, USA 86 8 Chelsea Gray 6.7 3.0 3.7 14 4 Jewell Loyd 5.3 3.3 2.0 34* 2019 FIBA AMERICAS PRE-OLYMPIC NOTES: QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (3-0) • Stats listed are from the 2021 USA exhibition 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 11/16 USA 91, Argentina 34 for Diggins-Smith. 11/17 USA 104, Colombia 48 • ^Blocked shots 2020 WINTER TOUR (2-0) • &Stats listed are from 2019-20 USA National Team games. 1/27 USA 79, No. 4/5 Connecticut 64 USA (0-0) VS. NIGERIA (0-0) 2/2 USA 97, 5/4 Louisville 54 Nigeria in the 2018 FIBA World Cup became the first 2020 OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (3-0) African team to ever advance to the quarterfinals in a FIBA women’s event. 2/6 USA 88, Serbia 69 • FIBA World Ranking: 17 2/8 USA 124, Mozambique 49 • Olympic Qualification Path: Gold medalists at the 2019 2/9 USA 76, Nigeria 71 FIBA Africa Championship, Nigeria finished with a 2-0 record at the 2019 FIBA Africa Pre-Olympic Qualifying 2021 EXHIBITION GAMES (1-2) Tournament and 2-1 at the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying 7/14 WNBA All-Stars 93, USA 85 Tournament in Serbia. 7/16 Australia 70, USA 67 • Top Olympic Finish: 11th place in 2004. 7/18 USA 93, Nigeria 62 • All-Time Olympic Finishes: This marks Nigeria’s second Olympic berth. 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES • All-Time Olympic Record: 1-5 7/27 Nigeria 12:40 a.m. EDT USA • All-Time Record vs. USA in Olympic History: The two 7/30 Japan 12:40 a.m. EDT USA nations have never met in the Olympics. 8/2 France 12:40 a.m. EDT USA • All-Time Record vs. USA in FIBA Events: USA 3, 8/3-4 Quarterfinals 9 p.m., 12:40 a.m., 4:20 a.m. and 8 Nigeria 0 a.m. EDT TV TBD • Players to Watch: Promise Amukamara, Oderah 8/6 Semifinals 12:40 a.m. and 7 a.m. EDT Chidom, Ezinne Kalu, Erinma Ogwumike. 8/7 Bronze Medal 3 a.m. EDT TV TBD • Last Time Out: The USA, behind A’ja Wilson’s 16- 8/7 Gold Medal 10:30 p.m. EDT NBC point, 10-rebound double-double, cruised to a 93-62 victory over Nigeria in exhibition play on July 18 in Las NOTE: Broadcast information for the medal round will be available Vegas. following the conclusion of the previous round. • 2018 FIBA World Cup Finish: Eighth place (3-4) (A.P. Poll/USA Today Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll) RECORD WATCH Seven women sit atop the Olympic record books for most basketball games played with 32. Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are on the cusp of breaking that record today. 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 NUMERICAL ROSTER Assistant Coach: Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx 4 Jewell Loyd Assistant Coach: Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut Sun 5 Skylar Diggins-Smith Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, Andrews Institute (Fla.) 6 Sue Bird 7 Ariel Atkins PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 8 Chelsea Gray Ariel Atkins AIR-ee-ul 9 A’ja Wilson Napheesa Collier nuh-FEE-suh 10 Breanna Stewart Skylar Diggins-Smith SKIE-lur 11 Napheesa Collier Sylvia Fowles FOULS 12 Diana Taurasi Breanna Stewart bre-ANN-na (not bree-AHN-na) 13 Sylvia Fowles Diana Taurasi tuh-rah-SEE 14 Tina Charles A’ja Wilson A-zhuh (like the continent, Asia) 15 Brittney Griner USA BASKETBALL WNT MEDIA CONTACTS 2021 NIGERIA OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER For information and questions about the NO NAME POS HGT DOB TEAM USA Women’s National Team, contact Caroline 00 Amy Okonkwo F 6-1 8/26/1996 Nigeria National Team Williams or another member of the USA 3 Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah C 6-2 7/12/1997 Faenza Basket Project Basketball press team listed below. Craig Miller 4 Elizabeth Balogun G 6-1 9/9/2000 Duke University is the primary men’s team press officer and 9 Aisha Balarabe Mohammad C 6-3 10/21/1995 Kosovo Jenny Johnston leads the 3x3 women’s 10 Promise Amukamara G 5-8 6/22/1993 Charnay publicity efforts. 11 Adaora Elonu F 6-1 4/28/1990 Nadezhda Orenburg 21 Atonye Nyingifa G 6-0 12/8/1990 Tenerife Primary Contact 22 Oderah Chidom F 6-4 7/9/1995 Anger, France Caroline Williams 23 Ezinne Kalu G 5-8 6/26/1992 Landerneau Bretagne • [email protected] | +1-719-330-3310 25 Victoria Macaulay F 6-4 8/7/1990 Bursa, Turkey Secondary Contacts 31 Erica Ogwumike G 5-9 9/26/1997 Nigeria National Team Craig Miller 52 Ify Ibekwe G 6-2 10/5/1989 Nigeria National Team • [email protected] | +1-719-339-6593 Jenny Johnston Head Coach: Otis Hughley Jr. • [email protected] | +1-719-271-4197 Assistant Coaches: Ruthie Bolton, Calvin Cochran, Jessie Kenlaw, Bob Medina 2020 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM vs. NIGERIA • 2 2020 TOKO OLYMPIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE OLYMPIC PRELIMINARY ROUND GROUPS Group A W-L Group B W-L Group C W-L Serbia 1-0 France 0-0 Australia 0-0 Spain 1-0 Japan 0-0 Belgium 0-0 Canada 0-1 Nigeria 0-0 China 0-0 South Korea 0-1 USA 0-0 Puerto Rico 0-0 PRELIMINARY ROUND QUARTERFINALS Monday, July 26 Wednesday, Aug. 4 Spain 73, South Korea 65 10 a.m. 9 p.m.* TBD Serbia 72, Canada 68 1:40 p.m. 12:40 a.m. TBD 5:20 p.m. 4:20 a.m. TBD Tuesday, July 27 9 p.m. 8 a.m. TBD 10 a.m. 9 p.m.* Japan - France 1:40 p.m. 12:40 a.m. Nigeria - USA (USA) SEMIFINALS 5:20 p.m. 4:20 a.m. Australia - Belgium Friday, Aug. 6 9 p.m. 8 a.m. Puerto Rico - China 1:40 p.m. 12:40 a.m. TBD 8 p.m. 7 a.m. TBD Thursday, July 29 10 a.m. 9 p.m.* Canada - South Korea BRONZE MEDAL GAME 5:20 p.m. 4:20 a.m. Spain - Serbia Saturday, Aug. 7 4 p.m. 3 a.m. TBD (CNBC) Friday, July 30 10 a.m. 9 p.m.* Belgium - Puerto Rico GOLD MEDAL GAME 1:40 p.m. 12:40 a.m. USA - Japan (USA) 5:20 p.m. 4:20 a.m. France - Nigeria Sunday, Aug. 8 9 p.m. 8 a.m. China - Australia 11:30 a.m. 10:30 p.m.* TBD (NBC) Sunday, Aug. 1 NOTES: 10 a.m. 9 p.m.* Canada - Spain • Times listed above first are local, second are EDT. 9 p.m. 8 a.m. South Kore - Serbia • *Game played the date before in EDT. • Following the preliminary round, teams will be seeded, and Monday, Aug.