USA Basketball 3x3

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The same four played in Melilla and they defeated the Netherlands and a team under the host city banner that basically functioned as Spain's B team. That earned them a semifinal against three Americans functioning as club side Neftchi alongside one native Azeri, which they lost. Arica Carter is the American who does not have Azeri citizenship at this point with Alexy Mollenhauer and Brianna Fraser having been naturalized and their team ended up winning the other two knockout games to win the championship.

A U24 team of Azana Baines, Cameron Brink, Sydney Taylor, and Hailey Van Lith were sent to Quebec, where they defeated Romania and New Zealand, but lost to the hosts. That gave them the long path in the knockout rounds and they won against Chile and Germany, but lost to Canada again in the championship game.

 

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USA Basketball entered a U24 team consisting of Azana Baines, Teisha Hyman, Shyanne Sellers, and Kayla Wells into the tournament in Debrecen, Hungary. They defeated Ukraine, but lost to Neftchi in group play. That earned them a quarterfinal against Dusseldorf, a German club team with two locals and two Japanese players. They lost, but Neftchi ended up defeating Dusseldorf in the championship so I guess it was a solid effort.

 

[cancontent]

USA Basketball entered a U24 team consisting of Azana Baines, Teisha Hyman, Shyanne Sellers, and Kayla Wells into the tournament in Debrecen, Hungary. They defeated Ukraine, but lost to Neftchi in group play. That earned them a quarterfinal against Dusseldorf, a German club team with two locals and two Japanese players. They lost, but Neftchi ended up defeating Dusseldorf in the championship so I guess it was a solid effort.

Considering the team changed drastically within a week, I would think so. The only player who remained from the previous event was Baines.

 

[awhom111]

A lot of teams were in Pont du Gard so USA Basketball fielded two teams in Montreal, the last tournament before the final. The senior team was Cierra Burdick, Blake Dietrick, Carlie Littlefield, and Camille Zimmerman while the U24 team was Cameron Brink, Leilani Kapinus, Madison Scott, and Hailey Van Lith. The senior team defeated Romania and Chile, but lost to Germany while the U24 team defeated Poland and New Zealand before losing to Canada, meaning an extra game for either to win the tournament. The senior team defeated New Zealand and the U24 team defeated Romania and Germany before Canada eliminated both to win another tournament.

 

[awhom111]

USA Basketball qualified two teams to the Nations League finals and their U23 squad was Azana Baines, Teisha Hyman, Kylee Lewandowski, and Sydney Taylor while their U21 squad was Mara Braun, Christina Dalce, Morgan Maly, and Lucy Olsen.

The U21s swept through group play on Wednesday, but the U23s only defeated Germany's U21s while losing to Poland and hosts Mongolia on Thursday. Both teams won their quarterfinals so they met in the semifinals with the U21s winning 21-17 and then edging China in the championship game 19-18.

 

[JellyBean]

Mara Braun (University of Minnesota) is going to have a huge impact for the Gopher program this season.

 

[awhom111]

Right after the Nations League, Ulaanbaatar hosted the Women's Series final. The United States went with the Cierra Burdick, Blake Dietrick, Linnae Harper, Camille Zimmerman lineup. They defeated club sides Neftchi and Sichuan, but lost to China in the last game on Saturday. That meant an extra game on Sunday where they edged Germany, but old foes Canada defeated them in the semifinal and went on to win the championship.

 

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USA Basketball sent a team of Zia Cooke, Aquira DeCosta, Dyaisha Fair, and Dazia Lawrence to the U23 World Cup in Poland. Each team was guaranteed four games and they split on each day, defeating Austria, but losing to China in overtime on Wednesday and then losing to the Netherlands, but defeating Kenya on Friday. Since the top two teams advance, that was it for them.