2018 USA BASKETBALL WORLD CUP TEAM Record Watch USA (4-0) vs. Belgium (3-1) Whoever scores the USA’s first Sept. 29, 2018 • ESPN News @ 5:30 p.m. (12:30 p.m EDT) point in its semifinal game will Santiago Martin Arena, San Cristobal de la Laguna, Spain have also scored the USA’s All-time USA World Cup record: 107-21 10,000th point in World Cup USA World Cup winning streak: 20-0 competition. USA vs. Belgium in World Cup play: 0-0 Belgium has never before qualified for a World Cup. 2018 USA World Cup Team ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO NAME POS HGT WGT AGE TEAM SCHOOL HOMETOWN 6 Sue Bird G 5-9 150 37 Seattle Storm Connecticut ’02 Syosset, NY 14 Tina Charles C 6-4 192 29 New York Liberty Connecticut ’10 Jamaica, NY 7 Layshia Clarendon G 5-9 140 27 Connecticut Sun California ’13 San Bernardino, CA 11 Elena Delle Donne F/G 6-5 188 29 Washington Mystics Delaware ’13 Wilmington, DE 15 Brittney Griner C 6-9 205 27 Phoenix Mercury Baylor ‘13 Houston, TX 4 Jewell Loyd G 5-11 150 24 Seattle Storm Notre Dame ’15 Lincolnwood, IL 13 Nneka Ogwumike F 6-2 188 28 Los Angeles Sparks Stanford ‘12 Cypress, TX 5 Kelsey Plum G 5-8 145 24 Las Vegas Aces Washington ’17 Poway, CA 10 Breanna Stewart F 6-4 170 24 Seattle Storm Connecticut ‘16 North Syracuse, NY 12 Diana Taurasi G 6-0 164 36 Phoenix Mercury Connecticut ‘04 Chino, CA 8 Morgan Tuck F 6-2 200 24 Connecticut Sun Connecticut ‘16 Bolingbrook, IL 9 A’ja Wilson F 6-5 197 22 Las Vegas Aces South Carolina ’18 Hopkins, SC NUMERICAL ROSTER NO NAME POS HGT WGT AGE TEAM SCHOOL HOMETOWN 4 Jewell Loyd G 5-11 150 24 Seattle Storm Notre Dame ’15 Lincolnwood, IL 5 Kelsey Plum G 5-8 145 24 Las Vegas Aces Washington ’17 Poway, CA 6 Sue Bird G 5-9 150 37 Seattle Storm Connecticut ’02 Syosset, NY 7 Layshia Clarendon G 5-9 140 27 Connecticut Sun California ’13 San Bernardino, CA 8 Morgan Tuck F 6-2 200 24 Connecticut Sun Connecticut ‘16 Bolingbrook, IL 9 A’ja Wilson F 6-5 197 22 Las Vegas Aces South Carolina ’18 Hopkins, SC 10 Breanna Stewart F 6-4 170 24 Seattle Storm Connecticut ‘16 North Syracuse, NY 11 Elena Delle Donne F/G 6-5 188 29 Washington Mystics Delaware ’13 Wilmington, DE 12 Diana Taurasi G 6-0 164 36 Phoenix Mercury Connecticut ‘04 Chino, CA 13 Nneka Ogwumike F 6-2 188 28 Los Angeles Sparks Stanford ‘12 Cypress, TX 14 Tina Charles C 6-4 192 29 New York Liberty Connecticut ’10 Jamaica, NY 15 Brittney Griner C 6-9 205 27 Phoenix Mercury Baylor ‘13 Houston, TX USA Staff 2017-20 USA National Team Head Coach: Dawn Staley, University of South Carolina Assistant Coach: Dan Hughes, Seattle Storm Assistant Coach: Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx Assistant Coach: Jennifer Rizzotti, George Washington University Scout/Court Coach: Lisa Boyer, University of South Carolina Video Coordinator: Hudson Jacobs, University of South Carolina Team Physician: Dave Weinstein, Colorado Springs, Colorado Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, USA Basketball and Andrews Institute NOTE: Ages listed are as of Sept. 11, 2018. 2018-20 USA National Team Pool NAME POS HGT WGT AGE TEAM SCHOOL HOMETOWN Seimone Augustus G/F 6-0 170 34 Minnesota Lynx Louisiana State ‘06 Baton Rouge, LA Sue Bird G 5-9 150 37 Seattle Storm Connecticut ’02 Syosset, NY Tina Charles C 6-4 192 29 New York Liberty Connecticut ’10 Jamaica, NY Layshia Clarendon G 5-9 140 27 Connecticut Sun California ’13 San Bernardino, CA Napheesa Collier G/F 6-1 183 21 n/a Connecticut ’19 O’Fallon, MO Elena Delle Donne F/G 6-5 188 28 Washington Mystics Delaware ’13 Wilmington, DE Skylar Diggins-Smith G 6-0 165 28 Dallas Wings Notre Dame ’13 South Bend, IN Stefanie Dolson C/F 6-5 214 26 Chicago Sky Connecticut ’14 Port Jervis, NY Asia Durr G 5-10 153 21 n/a Louisville ’19 Douglasville, GA Sylvia Fowles C 6-6 212 32 Minnesota Lynx Louisiana State ‘08 Miami, FL Allisha Gray G 6-0 167 23 Dallas Wings South Carolina ’17 Sandersville, GA Chelsea Gray G 5-11 170 25 Los Angeles Sparks Duke ’14 Manteca, CA Brittney Griner C 6-9 205 27 Phoenix Mercury Baylor ‘13 Houston, TX Tiffany Hayes G 5-10 155 28 Atlanta Dream Connecticut ‘12 Lakeland, FL Jewell Loyd G 5-11 150 24 Seattle Storm Notre Dame ’15 Lincolnwood, IL Kayla McBride G 5-11 174 26 Las Vegas Aces Notre Dame ’14 Erie, PA Angel McCoughtry G/F 6-1 160 31 Atlanta Dream Louisville ‘09 Baltimore, MD Kelsey Mitchell F 5-8 154 22 n/a Ohio State ’18 Cincinnati, OH Tiffany Mitchell G 5-9 154 23 Indiana Fever South Carolina ’16 Charlotte, NC Maya Moore F 6-0 177 29 Minnesota Lynx Connecticut ‘11 Lawrenceville, GA Chiney Ogwumike F 6-4 173 26 Connecticut Sun Stanford ’14 Cypress, TX Nneka Ogwumike F 6-2 188 28 Los Angeles Sparks Stanford ‘12 Cypress, TX Kelsey Plum G 5-8 145 24 Las Vegas Aces Washington ’17 Poway, CA Katie Lou Samuelson G/F 6-3 165 21 n/a Connecticut ’19 Huntington Beach, CA Odyssey Sims G 5-8 160 26 Los Angeles Sparks Baylor ’14 Irving, TX Breanna Stewart F 6-4 170 24 Seattle Storm Connecticut ‘16 North Syracuse, NY Brittney Sykes G 5-9 146 24 Atlanta Dream Syracuse ‘17 Newark, NJ Diana Taurasi G 6-0 164 36 Phoenix Mercury Connecticut ‘04 Chino, CA Jasmine Thomas G 5-9 145 28 Connecticut Sun Duke ’11 Vienna, VA Morgan Tuck F 6-2 200 24 Connecticut Sun Connecticut ‘16 Bolingbrook, IL Sydney Wiese G 6-0 155 23 Los Angeles Sparks Oregon State ’17 Phoenix, AZ Elizabeth Williams C 6-3 192 25 Atlanta Dream Duke ‘15 Virginia Beach, VA A’ja Wilson F 6-5 197 22 n/a South Carolina ’18 Hopkins, SC 2018 USA World Cup Team - Single-Game World Cup Personal Bests NAME POINTS REBOUNDS ASSISTS STEALS BLOCKS Sue Bird 20 vs. CHN in 2006 4, 3x, last vs. NGR in 2018 7 vs RUS in 2006 5 vs. CZE in 2010 0 Tina Charles 18 2x, last vs. LAT in 2018 15 vs. NGR in 2018 4 vs. ESP in 2014 2 vs. AUS in 2014 2, vs. SEN in 2018 Layshia Clarendon 5 vs. LAT in 2018 5 vs. NGR in 2018 7 vs. LAT in 2018 4 vs. LAT in 2018 0 Elena Delle Donne 19 vs. SEN in 2018 6 vs. SEN in 2018 3 vs. NGR in 2018 1 vs. SEN in 2018 2 vs. SEN in 2018 Brittney Griner 17 vs. FRA in 2014 10 vs. SRB in 2014 3 vs. AUS in 2014 3, three times 4 vs. China in 2014 Jewell Loyd 11 vs. LAT in 2018 7 vs. LAT in 2018 4 vs. SEN in 2018 2 vs. NGR in 2018 0 Nneka Ogwumike 18 vs. ANG in 2014 10 vs. ANG in 2014 2, three times 1, three times 0 Kelsey Plum 6 vs. CHN in 2018 3 vs. CHN in 2018 5 vs. LAT in 2018 3 vs. SEN in 2018 0 Breanna Stewart 23 vs. CHN in 2018 8 vs. LAT in 2018 5 vs. NGR in 2018 1 twice in 2018 2 vs. CHN in 2018 Diana Taurasi 28 vs. BRA in 2006 7 vs. NGR in 2006 8 vs. ESP in 2014 3 vs. Canada in 2010 1, six times Morgan Tuck 8 vs. CHN in 2018 4 vs. CHN in 2018 3 vs. CHN in 2018 2 vs. CHN in 2018 0 A’ja Wilson 20 vs. CHN in 2018 8 vs. LAT in 2018 3 vs. LAT in 2018 3 vs. CHN in 2018 3 vs. CHN in 2018 @usabasketball #USABWNT 2 2018 USA World Cup Team Notes Final Four USA vs. Spain in World Cup & Olympic Games Of the four teams remaining in the hunt for gold, the USA USA 10, Spain 0 owns the most World Cup hardware with nine gold medals, 101- 72 2016 one silver medal and two bronze medals. After earning the first 103- 63 2016 two World Cup golds in 1953 and 1957, the U.S. returned to the 77- 64 2014 top of the podium in 1979, took home silver in 1983, and then 106- 70 2010 earned gold in 1986 and 1990, bronze in 1994, gold in 1998 and 93- 55 2008 2002, bronze in 2006 and gold in 2010 and 2014. Should the U.S. 71- 58 2004 claim gold in Tenerife, it would mark the first time the red, white 94- 55 2002 and blue has earned three-straight gold medals in World Cup 79- 68 1998 play. 92- 71 1994 Australia claimed gold in Brazil in 2006 and took home bronze medals in 1998, 2002 and 2014. 114- 59 1992 Spain has finished on the podium twice in World Cup history, and after bringing home bronze in 2010 and silver in 2014, is What’s at Stake? looking for its first gold in 2018. Winners of the past two FIBA World Cups, the USA Basketball Newcomers to the World Cup, Belgium wasn’t satisfied with Women’s National Team is hoping to make it three in a row later simply qualifying for the competition.