So DiDi Richards didn't make the team?
She did not ...sadly IMHO.
More on the team from USA Basketball:
The 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship will be played June 24-28 in Puebla, Mexico, where the USA women will set their sights on a fourth-consecutive U16 gold medal, along with a berth into the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship, which will be awarded to the top four finishing teams.
- While the USA Basketball Women’s Developmental National Team Committee invited 10 of the team members to attend trials, Adams and Miller participated in trials as applicant athletes.
- Adams is the younger sibling of Jordan Adams, a 2009 U16, 2010 U17 gold and 2011 U19 medalist, while Caldwellis the younger sibling of Receé Caldwell, a 2011 USA U16 and 2014 U18 gold medalist.
- Six players are from the high school class of 2017, and six players will graduate high school in 2018.
- Espinoza-Hunter and Scott-Grayson are teammates at Blair Academy in New Jersey.
- Two players are listed on the ESPN HoopGurlz class of 2017 Terrific 25, including Morris 14th and Littleton 17th.
- Six players are included on the class of 2018 HoopGurlz espnW watch list, which features Caldwell, DeCosta, Myers, Prince, Scott-Grayson and Wallace.
The 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship will feature eight teams from North, South and Central America and the Caribbean.
The USA was drawn into preliminary round Group A, along with Argentina, Honduras and Mexico. Playing in preliminary round Group B will be Brazil, Canada, Cuba and Venezuela.
The USA opens play against Argentina on June 24, faces Honduras on June 25 and caps preliminary round play against host Mexico on June 26.
After playing each of the teams in its preliminary round group, the top two ranked teams from each group will advance to the semifinals, and the third and fourth-placed teams will compete for fifth-through-eighth places. The semifinals will be played on June 27, and the finals will be on June 28.
The USA owns three gold medals and is a perfect 15-0 all-time in U16 play, including most recently in 2013, when the USA topped teams by 63.9 points per game.
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