USA WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM • 2020 WINTER TOUR USA vs. Connecticut JAN. 27, 2020 | XL CENTER | 7 PM EST | ESPN2 PROBABLE STARTERS 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (12-1) NO NAME PPG RPG APG CAPS 2019 FIBA AMERICUP (6-0) 6 Sue Bird 4.6 2.0 6.6 144 14 Tina Charles 9.0 7.3 3.0 90 9/22 USA 110, Paraguay 31 13 Sylvia Fowles 13.2 6.7 1.1 76 9/24 USA 88, Colombia 46 12 Diana Taurasi 6.4 2.4 2.7 138 9/25 USA 100, Argentina 50 10 Breanna Stewart 20.0 8.8 2.9 86 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) 23 Layshia Clarendon 1.8 2.5 2.3 27 17 Skylar Diggins-Smith 7.3 2.4 3.6 44* 11/2 USA 95, No. 3 Stanford 80 18 Chelsea Gray 9.2 3.3 5.0 6 11/4 USA 81, No. 7/6 Oregon State 58 11/7 USA 93, Texas A&M No. 6/7 63 32 Kayla McBride 13.3 4.2 2.6 8 11/9 No. 1/1 Oregon 93, USA 86 16 Nneka Ogwumike 15.7 7.1 2.1 54 25 Kelsey Plum 6.2 1.6 2.0 32 2019 FIBA AMERICAS PRE-OLYMPIC 33 Katie Lou Samuelson 8.0 4.5 1.5 39* QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (3-0) 9 A’ja Wilson 15.8 6.4 2.0 45 11/14 USA 76, Brazil 61 NOTES: 11/16 USA 91, Argentina 34 • Stats listed for most athletes are from the 2019 USA 11/17 USA 104, Colombia 48 National Team games listed at left. Stats for McBride 2020 WINTER TOUR (2019) and Stewart (2019) are from their most recent WNBA season. 1/27 No. 3/5 Conn. 7 p.m. Hartford, CT (ESPN2) • CAPS are games played in a USA Basketball uniform. 2/2 No. 5/3 Louisville 2 p.m. Louisville, KY (ESPN) • *Includes 3x3 games, nine for Diggins-Smith and 21 2020 OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT for Samuelson. USA VS. UCONN Feb. 6 Serbia 2 p.m. Belgrade, Serbia Feb. 8 Mozambique 2 p.m. Belgrade, Serbia Today’s game marks the third time a USA National Feb. 9 Nigeria 2 p.m. Belgrade, Serbia Team will face a Connecticut team on one of its four 2020 ADDITIONAL TRAINING TBA college tours dating to 1995. In the more recent of the two contests, Lisa Leslie TBD scored a game-high 19 points to lead the USA to a 90-74 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES victory on Nov. 2, 2007. Heading the charge for the Huskies was Renee Montgomery, who notched 17 points. July 24 - Aug. 9 @ Tokyo, Japan The first time the two teams met was seven years earlier and the 83-47 USA victory also was powered by *All times are EST. Leslie, who poured in 20 points. Jamelle Elliott, who (Associated Press Poll/USA Today Women’s Basketball served as a scout/court coach for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Coaches Poll) Team, was UConn’s top scorer that night with 13 points. Also playing in that game was 2020 U.S. Olympic Team assistant coach Jennifer Rizzotti, who put up an impressive 12 points, dished out three points and had a team-best four steals. For more on the connections between USA Basketball and Connecticut team members for those two games, see page 7. 2020 USA BASKETBALL WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM • WINTER TOUR ROSTER NO NAME POS HGT WGT AGE WNBA TEAM UNIVERSITY HOMETOWN 6 Sue Bird G 5-9 150 39 Seattle Storm Connecticut ’02 Syosset, NY 14 *Tina Charles C 6-4 192 31 New York Liberty Connecticut ’10 Jamaica, NY 23 Layshia Clarendon G 5-9 140 28 Connecticut Sun California ‘13 San Bernardino, CA 17 Skylar Diggins-Smith G 6-0 165 29 Dallas Wings Notre Dame ’13 South Bend, IN 13 Sylvia Fowles C 6-6 212 34 Minnesota Lynx Louisiana State ‘08 Miami, FL 18 Chelsea Gray G 5-11 170 27 Los Angeles Sparks Duke ‘14 Manteca, CA 32 Kayla McBride G 5-11 174 27 Las Vegas Aces Notre Dame ‘14 Erie, PA 8 *Angel McCoughtry G/F 6-1 160 33 Atlanta Dream Louisville ‘09 Baltimore, MD 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 33 Katie Lou Samuelson G/F 6-3 165 22 Chicago Sky Connecticut Huntington Bch., CA 10 Breanna Stewart F 6-4 170 25 Seattle Storm Connecticut ‘16 North Syracuse, NY 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 STAFF: Lead Coach: Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx Co-Coach: Dan Hughes, Seattle Storm Co-Coach: *Jennifer Rizzotti, George Washington University Court Coach/Scout: Vickie Johnson, Las Vegas Aces Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, Andrews Institute (Fla.) Athletic Trainer/Massage Therapist: Britta Ottoboni, Potential Energy, Inc. (Mich.) Recovery/Conditioning Coach: Susan Borchardt, Seattle Storm *Charles and Rizzotti are only on the roster for the game against Connecticut and McCoughtry will only play against Louisville. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Layshia Clarendon LAY-shuh CLAIR-en-dun Skylar Diggins-Smith SKIE-lur Sylvia Fowles FOULS Angel McCoughtry mc-CAW-tree Nneka Ogwumike NEH-kuh Oh-gwoo-MIH-kay Breanna Stewart bree-ann-na (not bree-AHN-na) Diana Taurasi tuh-rah-SEE A’ja Wilson A-zhuh (like the continent, Asia) Click above to see how the USA National Team members are committed to growing the game. NUMERICAL PRACTICE TWITTER ROSTER & ONLINE BIOS NUMBERS Sue Bird @S10Bird usab.com/SueBird 6 Sue Bird Tina Charles @TinaCharles31 usab.com/TinaCharles 8 Angel McCoughtry Layshia Clarendon @LayshiaC usab.com/LayshiaClarendon 9 A’ja Wilson Skylar Diggins-Smith @SkyDigg4 usab.com/SkylarDiggins-Smith 10 Breanna Stewart Sylvia Fowles @SylviaFowles usab.com/SylviaFowles 12 Diana Taurasi Chelsea Gray @CGray209 usab.com/ChelseaGray 13 Sylvia Fowles Kayla McBride @kaymac_2123 usab.com/KaylaMcBride 14 Tina Charles Angel McCoughtry @angel_35 usab.com/AngelMcCoughtry 32 Kayla McBride Nneka Ogwumike @Nnemkadi30 usab.com/NnekaOgwumike 36 Kelsey Plum Kelsey Plum @KelseyPlum10 usab.com/KelseyPlum 40 Skylar Diggins-Smith Katie Lou Samuelson @33katielou usab.com/KatieLouSamuelson 41 Layshia Clarendon Breanna Stewart @Bre_Stewart30 usab.com/BreannaStewart Diana Taurasi @DianaTaurasi usab.com/DianaTaurasi 46 Katie Lou Samuelson A’ja Wilson @_ajawilson22 usab.com/AjaWilson 53 Chelsea Gray 56 Nneka Ogwumike 2020 USA Basketball Women’s National Team vs. Connecticut • 2 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT - USA BASKETBALL CONNECTIONS In 1996, former University of Connecticut star Rebecca Lobo became the first UConn player to win a medal at the Olympic Games when she helped the 1996 U.S. Women’s Olympic Team strike gold with an 8-0 record in Atlanta. Since that time eight Huskies have won a combined 17 gold medals at the Olympic Games, including Sue Bird (2016, 2012, 2008, 2004), Swin Cash (2012, 2004), Tina Charles (2016, 2012), Asjha Jones (2012), Maya Moore (2016, 2012), Breanna Stewart (2016), Diana Taurasi (2016, 2012, 2008, 2004) and Kara Wolters (2000). Nine UConn athletes also have represented USA Basketball at FIBA World Cups, including Bird, who owns more World Cup hardware than anyone in history with her four gold medals (2002, 2006, 2010, 2018) and one bronze medal (2010). Also claiming gold medals at the World Cup are Cash (2010), Charles (2010, 2014, 2018), Jones (2010), Moore (2010, 2014), Taurasi (2010, 2014, 2018), Stewart (2014, 2018), Morgan Tuck (2018) and Wolters (1998). Taurasi also was a member of the 2006 USA squad that returned with a bronze medal, and Wolters was on the ‘94 squad that took the bronze. 2009-16 USA National Team head coach Geno Auriemma first coached for USA Basketball in 1993. Among his numerous coaching stints with the red, white and blue was as an assistant coach for the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team that won gold in Sydney. More recently, Auriemma piloted the 2010 and 2014 USA World Cup and 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic teams to gold medals. In addition to its nine Olympic gold medalists and eight World Cup gold medalists, UConn’s all-time roster is filled with numerous USA Basketball Junior National Team gold medalists, including recent graduates Moriah Jefferson, Stewart and Tuck, who won a combined 11 gold medals and two silver medals while competing on various USA Basketball junior teams. After playing on numerous USA junior squads, 2019 UConn grads Napheesa Collier and Katie Lou Samuelson earned spots on the 2017-20 USA National Team while still in college. This past fall the duo helped the USA collect the gold medal at the FIBA AmeriCup in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Collier returned in November to help the sqaud to a 6-1 record against college teams and Argentina, Brazil and Colombia’s national teams at the FIBA Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Not only is UConn prevalent among USA athlete rosters, three former Huskies have joined the USA Basketball coaching ranks. Carla Berube served as a head coach for the 2018 USA U17 World Cup Team that captured the gold medal after also claiming gold at the 2017 U16 FIBA Americas Championship. Jamelle Elliott twice has served as a court coach, both at the 2016 Olympics and the 2017 USA U23 National Team training camp, while Jennifer Rizzotti has been a head and assistant coach for numerous USA teams, most recently as an assistant coach for the 2018 USA World Cup Team that captured gold in Spain.