2020 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM USA (3-0) vs. Australia (1-2) AUG. 4, 2021 | SAITAMA SUPER ARENA | 1:40 PM JT | 12:40 AM ET PROBABLE STARTERS 2019-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (21-3) NO NAME PPG RPG APG CAPS 6 Sue Bird 3.0 3.0 7.7 154 2019 FIBA AMERICUP (6-0) 15 Brittney Griner 13.0 6.0 1.7 42 9/22 USA 110, Paraguay 31 10 Breanna Stewart 13.7 10.3 5.7 96 9/24 USA 88, Colombia 46 12 Diana Taurasi 8.0 1.0 1.7 141 9/25 USA 100, Argentina 50 9 A’ja Wilson 20.3 10.0 2.3 53 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 7.0 3.0 3.0 97 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 2.0 0.5 0.0 54* 11/7 USA 93, Texas A&M No. 6/7 63 13 Sylvia Fowles 7.3 3.7 0.3 90 11/9 No. 1/1 Oregon 93, USA 86 8 Chelsea Gray 5.7 2.3 3.0 17 4 Jewell Loyd 7.3 3.0 3.7 37* 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 (3-0) VS. AUSTRALIA (1-2) 2020 WINTER TOUR (2-0) • In Tokyo: Australia, which got 20 points and eight boards 1/27 USA 79, No. 4/5 Connecticut 64 from Ezi Magbegor and 12 points and 10 boards from 2/2 USA 97, 5/4 Louisville 54 Cayla George, dropped its first game to Belgium 85-70. In its second game, Austalia fought back from a 55-47 deficit to 2020 OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (3-0) China heading into the fourth quarter and tied the game at 2/6 USA 88, Serbia 69 74-all with two seconds remaining. However, a pair of free 2/8 USA 124, Mozambique 49 throws sealed the 76-74 win for China. Magbegor again top 2/9 USA 76, Nigeria 71 scored for the Opals with 15 points. In its final game against Puerto Rico, Autstralia had to win by 25 points in order to 2021 EXHIBITION GAMES (1-2) advance. Puerto Rico made it tough, but a 51-25 second- half effort by Australia gave the Aussies the 27-point, 96-69 7/14 WNBA All-Stars 93, USA 85 win. Marianna Tolo’s 26-point, 17-rebound performance led 7/16 Australia 70, USA 67 the way. 7/18 USA 93, Nigeria 62 • FIBA World Ranking: 2 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES (3-0) • Olympic Qualification Path: Australia, silver medalists at the 2018 FIBA World Cup, finished in third place at the 2019 7/27 USA 82, Nigeria 71 FIBA Asia Cup, went 3-0 at the 2019 Asia-Oceania Pre- 7/30 USA 86, Japan 69 Olympic Qualifying Tournament and posted a 2-1 slate at 8/2 USA 93, France 82 the 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Bourges, 8/4 Quarters: Australia 12:40 a.m. TV TBD France, to qualify for Tokyo. 8/6 Semifinals 12:40 a.m. or 7 a.m. EDT NBC • Top Olympic Finish: Silver medals in 2000, 2004 and 8/7 Bronze Medal 3 a.m. EDT CNBC 2008. 8/7 Gold Medal 10:30 p.m. EDT NBC • All-Time Olympic Finishes: Australia, which has competed in eight women’s Olympic basketball competitions, captured NOTE: Broadcast information for the medal round will be available three silver medals and two bronze medals (1996, 2012), following the conclusion of the previous round. while finishing in fourth place in 1988 and fifth place in 1984 and 2016. (A.P. Poll/USA Today Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll) • All-Time Olympic Record: 41-18 (includes Tokyo) • All-Time Record vs. USA in Olympic History: USA 7, Australia 0 • All-Time Record vs. USA in *Major International Events: USA 34, Australia 3 (Continued on page 3) 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 25 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 31 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 AUSTRALIA OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER Women’s National Team, contact Caroline NO NAME POS AGE HGT TEAM Williams or another member of the USA Basketball 4 O'HEA Jenna (C) G 34 6-1 Southside FLyers (AUS) press team listed below. Craig Miller is the primary 5 MITCHELL Leilani G 36 5-5 Washington Mystics men’s team press officer and Jenny Johnston 6 TALBOT Steph SF 27 6-2 Seattle Storm leads the 3x3 women’s publicity efforts. 7 MADGEN Tess G 30 5-11 Melbourne Boomers (AUS 8 BLICAVS Sara Kirsti PF 28 6-2 Southside FLyers (AUS Primary Contact 9 ALLEN Bec SF 28 6-2 New York LIberty Caroline Williams 10 EBZERY Katie G 31 5-10 Perth Lynx (AUS), • [email protected] | +1-719-330-3310 11 SMITH Alanna F 24 6-3 Phoenix Mercury Secondary Contacts 12 LAVEY Tess PG 28 5-8 Bendigo Spirit (AUS) Craig Miller 13 MAGBEGOR Ezi F 21 6-4 Seattle Storm • [email protected] | +1-719-339-6593 14 TOLO Marianna C 32 6-5 Canberra Capitals (AUS) Jenny Johnston 15 GEORGE Cayla F 32 6-4 Melbourne Boomers (AUS) • [email protected] | +1-719-271-4197 Team Average 29.3 6-1 Head Coach: BRONDELLO Sandy Assistant Coaches: LANGE Olaf (GER), GORISS Paul 2020 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM vs. AUSTRALIA • 2 USA VS. AUSTRALIA (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) ppg., 2.3 rpg., 4.7 apg.) are China's top scorers, while veteran Xu Han (7.7 ppg., 7.7 rpg., 2.0 bpg.) leads China on the glass. • Players to Watch: Five of Australia’s team members currently • Last Time Out: The last time the USA faced China was at the are on WNBA teams, including Bec Allen (New York Liberty), 2018 FIBA World Cup, and the USA came away with a hard- Ezi Magbegor (Seattle Storm), Leilani Mitchell (Washington fought, 100-88 victory. Breanna Stewart paced all scorers with Mystics), Alanna Smith (Phoenix Mercury) and Steph Talbot 23 points, A’ja Wilson notched 20, Tina Charles had 16 and (Seattle Storm). Diana Taurasi chipped in 13 points. Han scored a team-high 20 • Last Time Out: The USA dropped an exhibition game to points and Sun added 16 for China. Australia 70-67 on July 16 in Las Vegas. Breanna Stewart led • 2018 FIBA World Cup Finish: sixth place (4-3). the USA with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Ezi Magbegor shot 6- of-7 from the field and led Australia with 17 points. More on that USA VS. CHINA IN OLYMPIC & WORLD CUP GAMES game can be found online here. USA 13, China 0 • Last Time Out in a FIBA Event: The last time the USA and W 100-88 2018 World Cup Australia faced off in an international major was in the 2018 W 105-62 2016 Olympic FIBA World Cup gold medal game, won by the USA, 73-56. In W 87- 56 2014 World Cup that contest, Brittney Griner posted 15 points and was named W 114- 66 2012 Olympic the FIBA Player of the Game after holding Liz Cambage, who W 108- 63 2008 Olympic entered the game averaging 27.2 ppg., to just seven points.