2020 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM USA (4-0) vs. Serbia (3-1) AUG. 6, 2021 | SAITAMA SUPER ARENA | 1:40 PM JT | 12:40 AM ET | NBC PROBABLE STARTERS 2019-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (22-3) NO NAME PPG RPG APG CAPS 6 Sue Bird 3.0 3.0 7.7 155 2019 FIBA AMERICUP (6-0) 15 Brittney Griner 13.5 6.5 1.3 43 9/22 USA 110, Paraguay 31 10 Breanna Stewart 16.0 9.0 5.0 97 9/24 USA 88, Colombia 46 12 Diana Taurasi 7.0 2.0 2.3 142 9/25 USA 100, Argentina 50 9 A’ja Wilson 17.8 8.5 2.0 54 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 1.0 1.0 0.0 17 2019 FALL TOUR (3-1) 14 Tina Charles 5.3 3.8 2.5 98 11/2 USA 95, No. 3 Stanford 80 11 Napheesa Collier 0.0 1.0 0.0 55* 11/4 USA 81, No. 7/6 Oregon State 58 5 Skylar Diggins-Smith 2.7 0.3 0.3 55* 11/7 USA 93, Texas A&M No. 6/7 63 13 Sylvia Fowles 6.5 4.5 0.5 91 11/9 No. 1/1 Oregon 93, USA 86 8 Chelsea Gray 6.0 2.8 3.8 18 4 Jewell Loyd 5.5 3.0 2.8 38* 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 (4-0) VS. SERB IA (2-1) 2020 WINTER TOUR (2-0) • In Tokyo: Serbia, the only team among the final four that 1/27 USA 79, No. 4/5 Connecticut 64 didn’t advance out of Group B, finished second in Group A 2/2 USA 97, 5/4 Louisville 54 play with a 72-68 victory over Canada, an 85-70 loss to Spain and edged South Korea 65-61 to claim the No. 2 slot 2020 OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (3-0) out of Group A. Serbia then handed China its first loss, a 2/6 USA 88, Serbia 69 77-70 effort in the quarterfinal round to advance to its 2/8 USA 124, Mozambique 49 second semifinals in as many Olympics, after capping its 2/9 USA 76, Nigeria 71 maiden Games with a bronze medal in Rio. • FIBA World Ranking: 8 2021 EXHIBITION GAMES (1-2) • Olympic Qualification Path: Bronze medalist at the 2019 FIBA EuroBasket, Serbia clinched its Olympic berth with a 7/14 WNBA All-Stars 93, USA 85 2-1 record at the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 7/16 Australia 70, USA 67 in Serbia. 7/18 USA 93, Nigeria 62 • Top Olympic Finish: Bronze medal (2016). 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES (3-0) • All-Time Olympic Finishes: Tokyo is Serbia’s second Olympic berth. 7/27 USA 82, Nigeria 71 • All-Time Olympic Record: 7-5 (including four games in 7/30 USA 86, Japan 69 Tokyo) 8/2 USA 93, France 82 • All-Time Record vs. USA in Olympic History: USA 1, 8/4 Quarters: USA 79, Australia 55 Serbia 0 (the USA and Serbia met in 2016 in the preliminary 8/6 Semifinals 12:40 a.m. or 7 a.m. EDT NBC round with the USA earning a 110-84 victory. Click here for 8/7 Bronze Medal 3 a.m. EDT CNBC the recap of that game). 8/7 Gold Medal 10:30 p.m. EDT NBC • All-Time Record vs. USA in *Major International Events: USA 4, Serbia 0 NOTE: Broadcast information for the medal round will be available • Players to Watch: Jelena Brooks (13.5 ppg., 3.0 rpg.) following the conclusion of the previous round. leads the balanced Serbian squad in scoring; Yvonne Anderson (11.3 ppg., 5.3 rpg.,3.3 apg.), a Serbian (A.P. Poll/USA Today Women’s Basketball Coaches Poll) newcomer, and Sonja Vasic (11.3 ppg., 7.3 rpg.) are teams other two double-digit scorers. Ana Dabovic (8.0 ppg., 4.3 rpg., 4.8 apg.) is another Serb to keep an eye on. 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 SERBIA OLYMPIC TEAM ROSTER Women’s National Team, contact Caroline NO NAME POS AGE HGT TEAM Williams or another member of the USA Basketball 5 VASIC Sonja SF 32 6-2 Spar Girona (ESP) press team listed below. Craig Miller is the primary 6 CADO Sasa SG 32 5-10 Carolo basket (FRA) men’s team press officer and Jenny Johnston 8 JOVANOVIC Nevena SG 31 5-10 Sopron basket (HUN) leads the 3x3 women’s publicity efforts. 9 BROOKS Jelena (C) PF 32 6-3 Sopron Basket (HUN) 10 BUTULIJA Dajana G 35 5-9 Primary Contact 11 CRVENDAKIC Aleksandra PF 25 6-2 Lyon Asvel (FRA) Caroline Williams 12 ANDERSON Yvonne PG 31 5-9 Reyer Venezia (ITA) • [email protected] | +1-719-330-3310 14 STANKOVIC Dragana C 26 6-5 USK Praha (CZE) Secondary Contacts 23 DABOVIC Ana SG 31 6-0 BLMA (FRA) Craig Miller 24 SKORIC Maja PF 31 6-0 Atomeromu Szekszard (HUN) • [email protected] | +1-719-339-6593 32 DUGALIC Angela PF 19 6-4 UCLA Jenny Johnston 33 KRAJISNIK Tina C 30 6-3 Galatasaray (TUR) • [email protected] | +1-719-271-4197 Team Average 29.6 6-1 Head Coach: MALJKOVIC Marina Assistant Coaches: PADEN Milos, VUKSANOVIC Vladimir 2020 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM vs. AUSTRALIA • 2 • Last Time Out: The USA, behind 16 points and seven a 102-83 victory over Nigeria. In its quarterfinal contest, Japan rebounds from A’ja Wilson and 15 points from Skylar Diggins- clipped Belgium 86-85 to advance to the semifinals for the first Smith, defeated Serbia 88-69 at the 2020 Olympic Qualifying time in Olympic history. Tournament in Belgrade. Four Serbians scored in double digits, • FIBA World Ranking: 10 led by 13 points apiece from Jelena Brooks and Ana Dabovic. • Olympic Qualification Path: Japan qualified as the host nation, Click here for that game recap. although its women’s team went through the FIBA Olympic • 2018 FIBA World Cup Finish: Did not qualify. qualification process and would have secured a 2020 slot, despite earning it as the host, after finishing third in the 2020 USA VS. SERBIA IN OLYMPIC & WORLD CUP GAMES Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgium. USA 2, Serbia 0 • Top Olympic Finish: Fifth place (out of six) in 1976. W 110-84 2016 Olympic • All-Time Olympic Finishes: Japan has competed in four W 94- 74 2014 World Cup Olympics and in addition to its fifth-place finish in 1976, finished in seventh place in 1996, 10th in 2004 and eighth in 2016. *FIBA events, R. William Jones Cup, World University Games • All-Time Olympic Record: 12-17 (includes four games in NEXT UP: FINALS Tokyo) • All-Time vs. USA in Olympic Games: USA 2, Japan 1 • The winner of today’s contest will take on the winner of the • All-Time Record vs. USA in *Major International Events: France (2-2) versus Japan (3-1) semifinal in Sunday’s gold USA 18, Japan 2 medal game. The losing sides will tip-off Saturday in the bronze • Players to Watch: Maki Takada leads Japan in scoring (14.8 medal game.