going undefeated throughout the entire tournament, along with the way they conducted themselves on the court and off the court, the USA Basketball 3x3 National Team Committee all agreed that this would be the best overall team to represent USA Basketball at the 2012 FIBA 3x3 World Championship in Athens, Greece,” said Johnson. “I appreciate even having the
opportunity to come here, then to go out with my teammates and fulfill that to the fullest, it’s a prestigious opportunity,” said Adesanya of being named to the USA Basketball 3x3 National Team. “We want to go out there (at the FIBA 3x3 World Championship) and represent and show them what we’re made of and come out with a win.” The women’s 2012 USA Basketball
3x3 National Team featured Skylar Diggins (University of Notre Dame/ South Bend, Ind.), Bria Hartley (University of Connecticut/ North Babylon, N.Y.), Chiney Ogwumike (Stanford University/Cypress, Texas) and Alyssa Thomas (University of Maryland/Harrisburg, Pa.), who went 3-0 in the women’s tournament on July 8 to capture gold. “The selected women’s team also
went undefeated throughout the 2012 USA Basketball 3x3 National Team Tournament and brought to the tourna- ment the level of intensity they are used
Four collegiate standouts banded together to take the USA Basketball Women’s 3x3 National Tournament title. Pictured (L-R) are Bria Hartley; Chiney Ogwumike; Joseph Lewandowski, team consultant; Travis Johnson, USA Basketball; Skylar Diggins; Alyssa Thomas.
to playing at, while also coming together as a team,” said Johnson. “The competi- tive edge they showed at the tournament is the starting point of how we expect them to perform at the FIBA 3x3 World Championship.” The women’s team chosen to the
USA Basketball 3x3 National Team also went undefeated to win gold and defeat- ed a team consisting of players from the University of Denver 21-10 in the title game. Diggins and Thomas each scored seven points to lead their team in the championship game.
Diggins, Hartley and Ogwumike all
boasted of prior USA Basketball experience. Diggins and Ogwumike were teammates on the 2011 USA World University Games Team, Hartley and Ogwumike were teammates on the 2010 USA FIBA Americas U18 Championship Team, Hartley played on the 2011 USA FIBA U19 World Championship Team and Diggins played on both the 2009 USA FIBA U19 World Championship Team and the 2008 USA FIBA Americas U18 Championship Team.
2012 USA Basketball Women’s 3x3 National Tournament Results Preliminary Round Final Standings W L
GROUP A 1. Team 3 2. Team 1 3. Team 2
Preliminary Round
Sunday, July 8 Round 1 Team 3: 21, Team 1: 5 Team 6: 21, Team 4: 17 Team 5: 13, Team 7: 4
Round 2 Team 1: 19, Team 2: 18 Team 5: 16, Team 4: 5 Team 6: 20, Team 7: 17
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GROUP B 1. Team 6 2. Team 5 3. Team 4 4. Team 3
Round 3 Team 3: 21, Team 2: 8 Team 4: 22, Team 7: 7 Team 6: 18, Team 5: 16
Finals
Sunday, July 8 5th/6th Place: Team 2: 21, Team 4: 12 Bronze Medal Game: Team 1: 16, Team 5: 11 Gold Medal Game: Team 3: 21, Team 6: 10