2021 USA WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM • PRE-OLYMPIC EXHIBITION USA vs. Australia JULY 16, 2021 | MICHELOB ULTRA ARENA | 11:30 AM PDT | 2:30 PM EDT | NBCSN PROBABLE STARTERS 2019-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (17-3) NO NAME PPG RPG APG CAPS 2019 FIBA AMERICUP (6-0) 6 Sue Bird 4.6 1.7 6.0 149 15 Brittney Griner 15.3 6.3 1.3 37 9/22 USA 110, Paraguay 31 4 Jewell Loyd 4.3 3.0 5.0 32* 9/24 USA 88, Colombia 46 10 Breanna Stewart 9.0 3.8 1.8 91 9/25 USA 100, Argentina 50 9 A’ja Wilson 13.9 6.6 2.1 48 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 6.3 2.3 0.7 12 14 Tina Charles 8.6 7.6 3.3 92 11/2 USA 95, No. 3 Stanford 80 11 Napheesa Collier 5.2 5.8 1.4 51* 11/4 USA 81, No. 7/6 Oregon State 58 5 Skylar Diggins-Smith 7.3 2.1 3.4 50* 11/7 USA 93, Texas A&M No. 6/7 63 13 Sylvia Fowles 12.9 6.5 1.2 85 11/9 No. 1/1 Oregon 93, USA 86 8 Chelsea Gray 8.4 3.8 5.8 12 12 Diana Taurasi 6.4 2.4 2.7 138 2019 FIBA AMERICAS PRE-OLYMPIC NOTES: QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (3-0) • Stats listed are from the 2019-20 USA National Team games listed at left. 11/14 USA 76, Brazil 61 • CAPS are games played in a USA Basketball uniform. 11/16 USA 91, Argentina 34 • *Includes 3x3 games, 17 for Collier, nine for Loyd and nine 11/17 USA 104, Colombia 48 for Diggins-Smith. 2020 WINTER TOUR (2-0) USA VS. NIGERIA 1/27 USA 79, No. 4/5 Connecticut 64 Next up on the USA’s exhibition schedule is Nigeria, and 2/2 USA 97, 5/4 Louisville 54 the last time the two nations squared off was in the 2020 FIBA 2020 OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (3-0) Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia. It took nearly all 40 minutes for the USA to earn its 76-71 2/6 USA 88, Serbia 69 victory over Nigeria. 2/8 USA 124, Mozambique 49 Brittney Griner led the USA offense with 18 points on 7- 2/9 USA 76, Nigeria 71 of-9 shooting from the field. The USA trailed 57-50 headed into the final quarter but 2021 EXHIBITION GAMES (0-2) outscored Nigeria 26-14 to take the game 76-71. Down 63-55 7/14 WNBA All-Stars 93, USA 85 with 7:22 to play, the USA mounted a furious comeback, and 7/16 Australia 70, USA 67 capped by two free throws from Katie Lou Samuelson, 7/18 Nigeria 2:30 p.m. PDT Olympic Channel posted a 15-5 scoring run over five minutes to pull ahead 70-68 and never again trailed. 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In international play overall, spanning all age groups, the 7/27 Nigeria 12:40 a.m. EDT TV TBD USA is 3-0 over Nigeria. The two wins prior to 2020 were in 7/30 Japan 12:40 a.m. EDT TV TBD the 2006 (79-46) and 2018 (71-40) World Cups. 8/2 France 12:40 a.m. EDT TV TBD RECORD WATCH 8/3-4 Quarterfinals 9 p.m., 12:40 a.m., 4:20 a.m. and 8 a.m. EDT TV TBD Since the launch of the 1995-96 USA Women’s National 8/6 Semifinals 12:40 a.m. and 7 a.m. EDT Team program, the USA WNT has won 199 exhibition games. 8/7 Bronze Medal 3 a.m. EDT TV TBD A win today would make it an even 200. 8/7 Gold Medal 10:30 p.m. EDT TV TBD NOTE: Broadcast information for the medal round will be available following the conclusion of the previous round. (A.P. Poll/USA Today Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll) 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 2021 NIGERIA ROSTER NO NAME POS HGT DOB TEAM USA BASKETBALL WNT MEDIA 10 Promise Amukamara G 5-8 6/22/1993 Charnay 5 Upe Atosu G 5-9 4/21/1993 Colorado State University CONTACTS 9 Aisha Balarabe C 6-3 10/21/1995 Kosovo For information and questions about the 4 Elizabeth Balogun G 6-1 9/9/2000 Duke University USA Women’s National Team, contact Caroline 22 Oderah Chidom F 6-4 7/9/1995 Anger, France Williams or another member of the USA 11 Adaora Elonu F 6-1 4/28/1990 Nadezhda Orenburg Basketball press team listed below. Craig Miller 33 Nicole Enabosi F 6-1 3/26/1997 Nigeria National Team is the primary men’s team press officer and 52 Ifunanya Ibekwe G 6-2 10/5/1989 Nigeria National Team Jenny Johnston leads the 3x3 women’s 24 Sarah Imovbioh C 6-3 5/24/1992 Nigeria National Team publicity efforts. 23 Ezinne Kalu G 5-8 6/26/1992 Landerneau Bretagne 3 Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah C 6-2 7/12/1997 Faenza Basket Project Primary Contact 25 Victoria Macaulay F 6-4 8/7/1990 Bursa, Turkey Caroline Williams 21 Atonye Nyingifa G 6-0 12/8/1990 Tenerife • [email protected] | +1-719-330-3310 7 Sarah Ogoke G 5-8 6/25/1990 Ferroviaro de Maputo Secondary Contacts 15 Chiney Ogwumike F 6-3 3/21/1992 Los Angeles Sparks Craig Miller 31 Erica Ogwumike G 5-9 9/26/1997 Nigeria National Team • [email protected] | +1-719-339-6593 30 Nneka Ogwumike F 6-2 7/2/1990 Los Angeles Sparks Jenny Johnston 00 Amy Okonkwo F 6-1 8/26/1996 Nigeria National Team • [email protected] | +1-719-271-4197 1 Elizabeth Williams F/C 6-3 6/23/1993 Atlanta Dream Head Coach: Otis Hughley Jr. Assistant Coaches: Ruthie Bolton, Calvin Cochran, Jessie Kenlaw, Bob Medina 2021 USA Basketball Women’s National Team vs. WNBA All-Stars • 2 2020 TOKO OLYMPIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE OLYMPIC PRELIMINARY ROUND GROUPS Group A W-L Group B W-L Group C W-L Canada 0-0 France 0-0 Australia 0-0 Serbia 0-0 Japan 0-0 Belgium 0-0 South Korea 0-0 Nigeria 0-0 China 0-0 Spain 0-0 USA 0-0 Puerto Rico 0-0 PRELIMINARY ROUND QUARTERFINALS Monday, July 26 Wednesday, Aug. 4 10 a.m. 9 p.m.* South Korea - Spain 10 a.m. 9 p.m.* TBD 5:20 p.m. 4:20 a.m. Serbia - Canada 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.