USA WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM • 2020 WINTER TOUR USA vs. Louisville FEB. 2, 2020 | YUM! CENTER | 2 PM EST | ESPN PROBABLE STARTERS 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (13-1) NO NAME PPG RPG APG CAPS 2019 FIBA AMERICUP (6-0) 6 Sue Bird 5.3 1.7 6.0 145 8 Angel McCoughtry 16.5 6.0 3.0 59 9/22 USA 110, Paraguay 31 13 Sylvia Fowles 13.6 6.6 1.1 77 9/24 USA 88, Colombia 46 16 Nneka Ogwumike 15.5 6.9 2.3 55 9/25 USA 100, Argentina 50 17 Skylar Diggins-Smith 6.9 2.3 3.3 45* 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) 10 Breanna Stewart 20.0 8.8 2.9 87 23 Layshia Clarendon 1.4 2.0 1.8 28 11/2 USA 95, No. 3 Stanford 80 18 Chelsea Gray 8.1 4.0 5.1 7 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 9 11/9 No. 1/1 Oregon 93, USA 86 25 Kelsey Plum 6.5 1.7 2.5 33 33 Katie Lou Samuelson 7.1 3.9 1.3 40* 2019 FIBA AMERICAS PRE-OLYMPIC 9 A’ja Wilson 15.8 6.4 2.0 45 QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (3-0) IR (BACK) 11/14 USA 76, Brazil 61 12 Diana Taurasi 6.4 2.4 2.7 138 11/16 USA 91, Argentina 34 11/17 USA 104, Colombia 48 NOTES: 2020 WINTER TOUR (1-0) • Stats listed for most athletes are from the 2019 USA National Team games listed at left. Stats for McBride, 1/27^ USA 79, No. 4/5 Connecticut 64 (2019), McCoughtry (2018) and Stewart (2018) are 2/2^ No. 5/4 Louisville 2 p.m. Louisville, KY (ESPN) from their most recent WNBA season. 2020 OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT • CAPS are games played in a USA Basketball uniform. • *Includes 3x3 games, nine for Diggins-Smith and 21 2/6 Serbia 2 p.m. Belgrade, Serbia (ESPN+) for Samuelson. 2/8 Mozambique 2 p.m. Belgrade, Serbia (ESPN+) 2/9 Nigeria 2 p.m. Belgrade, Serbia (ESPN+) USA VS. LOUISVILLE 2020 ADDITIONAL TRAINING TBA Today’s game marks the first time a USA National Team will face a Louisville team during one of its four TBD college tours dating to 1995. 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES HOMECOMING DANCE July 24 - Aug. 9 @ Tokyo, Japan The 2019-20 USA Basketball Women’s National Team’s fifth and final game against a college team marks *All times are EST. yet another homecoming for one of the USA’s athletes. ^Played using FIBA rules instead of NCAA rules: 24-second shot Two-time Olympic and two-time World Cup gold medalist clock, 8-second backcourt violation, further 3-point line and a 14- Angel McCoughtry will go up against the program she second shot clock reset following an offensive rebound. Also, timeouts may only be requested by the head coach to the table helped to the 2009 NCAA Championship game and four crew, and are only given after a deadball situation or after the NCAA Tournaments during her four-year career. opposite team scores. Also playing against their former collegiate programs were Nneka Ogwumike at Stanford and Sue Bird, Tina (Associated Press Poll/USA Today Women’s Basketball Coaches Charles, Katie Lou Samuelson, Breanna Stewart and Poll) Diana Taurasi at Connecticut. 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. Louisville • 2 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE - USA BASKETBALL CONNECTIONS Louisville boasts 2010 and 2014 FIBA World Cup and 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medalist Angel McCoughtry among its all-time roster. McCoughtry, who first donned a USA Basketball uniform in winning gold at the 2007 Pan American Games, received her first USA National Team nod in 2009. Recent Louisville standouts Sara Hammond and Bria Smith also took home gold medals from international competitions -- Hammond as a member of the 2014 USA 3x3 World Cup Team and Smith at the 2010 FIBA U17 World Cup. Additionally, Shoni Schimmel captured a gold medal as a member of the 2013 USA World University Games Team, while Cardinals head coach Jeff Walz took on his first USA Basketball coaching assignment as an assistant coach for the 2014 USA U18 National Team that finished 5-0 and in possession of the FIBA Americas U18 Championship gold medal. The team qualified USA Basketball for the 2015 FIBA U19 World Cup, and Walz served as an assistant coach for the USA U19 World Cup Team that also claimed gold. Walz was head coach of the 2017 USA U23 National Team that captured the inaugural U24 Four Nations Tournament championship in Tokyo, returned as a court coach for the 2017 USA Basketball Women’s National Team training camp Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Santa Barbara, California, and led the USA to gold at the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championship. This past summer, Walz led the 2019 USA U19 World Cup Team, which featured Louisville signee Hailey Van Lith, to a gold medal in Bangkok, Thailand. Recent Louisville standout Asia Durr is a member of the 2020 USA National Team pool and owns a 17-1 record in USA Basketball games played. Durr, the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 MVP, captured gold medas at the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship and 2014 FIBA U17 World Cup. She also helped the Walz-led U23 team to the 2017 U24 Four Nations Tournament Title and won the 2015 USA 3x3 U18 Nationals. She also was named to both the 2015 USA 3x3 U18 World Cup and 2015 USA U19 World Cup teams, but was injured and unable to compete. HEAD COACH JEFF WALZ Year/Position Record Medal/Finish 2019 USA U19 World Cup Team Head Coach 7-0 Gold Medal 2018 USA U18 National Team Head Coach 6-0 Gold Medal 2017 USA U23 National Team Head Coach 3-0 First Place 2015 USA U19 World Cup Team Assistant Coach 7-0 Gold Medal Exhibition Tournament 3-0 First Place 2014 USA U18 National Team Assistant Coach 5-0 Gold Medal Totals 31-0 (1.000) 4 Gold Medals, 2 International tournament titles DANA EVANS • Gold Medal: 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship. • Member of the 2016 USA U18 National Team that finished with a perfect 5-0 record, earned the gold medal at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Valdivia, Chile, and qualified the USA for the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup; dished out a USA third-best 3.4 apg.