FIBA Olympic Women’s Qualifying Tournament Results: USA defeats Senegal with 62 points and ends undefeated

Team USA had no problems Sunday, defeating Senegal 101-39 in the final game of the 2024 FIBA ​​Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament, finishing a perfect 3-0. Lyne Howard, who made her international debut in this tournament, was the top scorer with 25 points, while Nafeesa Collier added 22 points. These two alone surpassed Senegal.

By winning the 2022 FIBA ​​Women’s World Cup, Team USA had already qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, but in order to gain continuity and compete against highly qualified opponents, the U.S. team continued to advance to the event. participated in.

They were certainly tested in the opening game against Belgium, which they won in controversial fashion. Brianna Stewart saves the Americans from what would have been a historic defeat with a buzzer-beating tip-in.. However, this shouldn’t have counted as Kelsey Plumb went out of bounds seconds earlier. The referee missed the call, and Team USA escaped.

Here are the results for Team USA:

• February 8: Team USA 81, Belgium 79
• February 9: Team USA 100, Nigeria 46
• February 11: Team USA 101, Senegal 39

Here are 12 WNBA stars who represented Team USA in Belgium. It is important to note that these athletes are not necessarily her 12 athletes included on the Olympic roster.

Seven of the players on the roster have won Olympic gold medals: Atkins, Collier, Lloyd, Plumb, Stewart, Taurasi, and Young, and Copper, Ionescu, and Thomas have all won World Cup gold medals. I am. Boston and Howard, the youngest players in the team, made their first-team debuts in Antwerp.

Sheryl Reeve (Minnesota Lynx) served as Team USA’s head coach, with Kurt Miller (Los Angeles Sparks) and Mike Thibault (Washington Mystics GM) serving as assistants.