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 POSSIBLE STARTERS 2019-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (17-2) 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. AUSTRALIA 1/27 USA 79, No. 4/5 Connecticut 64 Today’s exhibition opponent is a familiar foe - Australia. 2/2 USA 97, 5/4 Louisville 54 The USA owns a 34-3 record over Australia in all ages of 2020 OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (3-0) official international competition, from the FIBA U17 World Cup through the Olympic Games. In exhibition games and 2/6 USA 88, Serbia 69 international invitationals played at the senior level since 1996, 2/8 USA 124, Mozambique 49 the U.S. holds a 21-7 record over Australia. 2/9 USA 76, Nigeria 71 The last time the two nations squared off in an exhibition contest was at Madison Square Garden in New York ahead of 2021 EXHIBITION GAMES (0-1 the 2016 Olympics. Diana Taurasi (20 points), Elena Delle 7/14 WNBA All-Stars 93, USA 85 Donne (19), Brittney Griner (15) and Angel McCoughtry 7/16 Australia 11:30 a.m. PDT NBCSN (12) helped lead the USA to a 104-89 victory. Liz Cambage 7/18 Nigeria 2:30 p.m. PDT Olympic Channel and Leilani Mitchell were Australia’s top two scorers with 22 and 18 points, respectively. 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The last time the two national teams faced each other in a 7/27 Nigeria 12:40 a.m. EDT TV TBD FIBA competition was in the 2018 FIBA World Cup gold medal 7/30 Japan 12:40 a.m. EDT TV TBD game when the USA clinched gold with a 73-56 victory. 8/2 France 12:40 a.m. EDT TV TBD Breanna Stewart earned MVP honors, Taurasi was on the all- 8/3-4 Quarterfinals 9 p.m., 12:40 a.m., 4:20 a.m. and 8 tournament team. Griner, who scored 15 points, listed as a.m. EDT TV TBD FIBA’s Player of the Game after holding Cambage, who 8/6 Semifinals 12:40 a.m. and 7 a.m. EDT averaged 27.2 ppg. heading into the contest, to seven points. 8/7 Bronze Medal 3 a.m. EDT TV TBD RECORD WATCH 8/7 Gold Medal 10:30 p.m. EDT TV TBD Since the launch of the 1995-96 USA Women’s National NOTE: Broadcast information for the medal round will be available Team program, the USA WNT has won 199 exhibition games. following the conclusion of the previous round. A win today would make it an even 200. (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 NUMERICAL ROSTER Assistant Coach: Dan Hughes 4 Jewell Loyd Assistant Coach: Cheryl Reeve, Minnesota Lynx 5 Skylar Diggins-Smith Assistant Coach: Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut Sun 6 Sue Bird Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, Andrews Institute (Fla.) 7 Ariel Atkins 8 Chelsea Gray PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 9 A’ja Wilson 10 Breanna Stewart Ariel Atkins AIR-ee-ul 11 Napheesa Collier Napheesa Collier nuh-FEE-suh 12 Diana Taurasi Skylar Diggins-Smith SKIE-lur 13 Sylvia Fowles Sylvia Fowles FOULS 14 Tina Charles Breanna Stewart bre-ANN-na (not bree-AHN-na) 15 Brittney Griner Diana Taurasi tuh-rah-SEE A’ja Wilson A-zhuh (like the continent, Asia) 2021 AUSTRALIA ROSTER USA BASKETBALL WNT MEDIA NO NAME POS HGT DOB TEAM CONTACTS 4 Jenna O'Hea G 6-1 6/6/87 Southside Flyers For information and questions about the 5 Leilani Mitchell G 5-5 6/15/85 Washington Mystics USA Women’s National Team, contact Caroline 6 Steph Talbot SF 6-2 6/15/94 Seattle Storm Williams or another member of the USA 7 Tess Madgen G 5-11 8/12/90 Melbourne Boomers Basketball press team listed below. Craig Miller 9 Bec Allen SF 6-2 11/6/92 New York Liberty is the primary men’s team press officer and 10 Katie Ebzery G 5-10 1/8/90 Perth Lynx Jenny Johnston leads the 3x3 women’s 11 Alanna Smith F 6-3 9/10/96 Phoenix Mercury publicity efforts. 12 Tess Lavey PG 5-8 3/29/93 Bendigo Spirit 13 Ezi Magbegor F 6-4 8/13/99 Seattle Storm Primary Contact 14 Maraianna Tolo C 6-5 7/2/89 CanberraCapitals Caroline Williams 15 Cayla George F 6-4 5/1/89 Melbourne Boomers • [email protected] | +1-719-330-3310 Secondary Contacts Head Coach: Sandy Brondello, Phoenix Mercury Craig Miller Assistant Coach: Olaf Lange, Chicago Sky • [email protected] | +1-719-339-6593 Assistant Coach: Paul Gorris, Uni of Canberra Capitals Jenny Johnston Assistant Coach: Cheryl Chambers, Southside Flyers • [email protected] | +1-719-271-4197 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. 4:20 a.m. France - Nigeria Sunday, Aug. 8 9 p.m. 8 a.m. China - Australia 11:30 a.m. 10:30 p.m.* TBD (NBC) Sunday, Aug. 1 NOTES: 10 a.m. 9 p.m.* Canada - Spain • Times listed above first are local, second are EDT.