USA Women’s World University Games Team
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The USA Women’s World University Games Team is one of the teams under the auspices of the USA Basketball
organization. The Universiade
is an international, multi-sport event for university students, generally held every other year since 1959. It is second only to the Olympics in number of participants. The United States has participated in women's basketball since their first participation in 1973 at the VII Summer Universiade
. USA Basketball has organized the participation except for 2003 and 2007. In 2003 an All-Star team selected from the Big 12 Conference
represented the USA in Daegu, South Korea. In 2007, the Charlotte 49ers
, the basketball team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
, represented the USA in Bangkok, Thailand.
†USA represented by Big-12 All-Star team
‡USA Represented by UNC Charlotte
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Eligibility - The participants must be born between January 1, 1985 and December 31, 1991
But the USA did not have any difficulty in dispatching the Czech team, winning 115–78. The USA team had five players in double figures, led by Tina Charles with 20 points. USA head coach Charli Turner Thorne credited the rebounding, noting that the USA team out-rebounded the Czech team by 30. Tiffany Hayes (16), Danielle McCray (15), Ashley Houts (13), and Jantel Lavender (10) were the other double-digit scorers.
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USA Basketball
USA Basketball is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the United States Olympic Committee...
organization. The Universiade
Universiade
The Universiade is an International multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation . The name is a combination of the words "University" and "olympiad"...
is an international, multi-sport event for university students, generally held every other year since 1959. It is second only to the Olympics in number of participants. The United States has participated in women's basketball since their first participation in 1973 at the VII Summer Universiade
1973 Summer Universiade
The 1973 Summer Universiade, also known as the VII Summer Universiade, took place in Moscow, USSR.-Medal table:-Sports and venues at the 1973 Summer Universiade :...
. USA Basketball has organized the participation except for 2003 and 2007. In 2003 an All-Star team selected from the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
represented the USA in Daegu, South Korea. In 2007, the Charlotte 49ers
Charlotte 49ers
The Charlotte 49ers represent the NCAA Division I sports teams of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Charlotte joined the Atlantic 10 in 2005. The 49ers field 16 teams, 8 men and 8 women....
, the basketball team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte , also known as UNC Charlotte or simply Charlotte, is a public research university located in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States...
, represented the USA in Bangkok, Thailand.
Record
- 1973 5-3 2nd
- 1975 Not Held
- 1977 6-2 2nd
- 1979 7-0 1st
- 1981 6-1 2nd
- 1983 5-1 1st
- 1985 5-1 2nd
- 1987 4-1 5th
- 1989 Not Held
- 1991 8-0 1st
- 1993 6-2 3rd
- 1995 6-1 2nd
- 1997 6-0 1st
- 1999 4-2 2nd
- 2001 7-1 1st
- 2003† 3-4 6th
- 2005 7-0 1st
- 2007‡ 4-3 6th
- 2009 7-0 1st
†USA represented by Big-12 All-Star team
‡USA Represented by UNC Charlotte
2009 Roster
| Number | Name | Pos | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Grad. | School | Hometown |
| 12 | Tina Charles Tina Charles (basketball) Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft... | C | 6-3 | 193 | 05-Dec-1988 | 2010 | Connecticut | Jamaica,NY |
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| 5 | Alexis Gray-Lawson | G | 5-8 | 160 | 21-Apr-1987 | 2010 | California | Oakland,CA |
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| 8 | Tiffany Hayes Tiffany Hayes Tiffany Kiara Hayes plays guard for the UConn women's basketball team, the 2009 and 2010 NCAA National Champions.-Early life:Hayes was born 20 September 1989 in Fort Polk, a town in western Louisiana to Dorothy and Renard Hayes.... | G | 5-11 | 140 | 20-Sep-1989 | 2012 | Connecticut | Lakeland,FL |
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| 4 | Ashley Houts Ashley Houts Ashley Houts is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Daughter of Greg and Joni Houts. Her sister, Emily Houts, played collegiately at Gadsden State Community College and Chattanooga... | G | 5-6 | 144 | 31-Dec-1987 | 2010 | Georgia | Trenton,GA |
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| 14 | Jantel Lavender | C | 6-4 | 210 | 12-Nov-1988 | 2011 | Ohio State | Cleveland,OH |
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| 6 | Danielle McCray Danielle McCray Danielle McCray is a forward for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. McCray was born November 8, 1987 in Boynton Beach, Florida. McCray was selected 7th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. She played collegiately for the Kansas Jayhawks where she was named a second-team All-American during her senior season... | G/F | 5-11 | 169 | 08-Oct-1987 | 2010 | Kansas | Olathe,KS |
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| 13 | Jacinta Monroe Jacinta Monroe Jacinta Monroe is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-External links:*... | F/C | 6-5 | 166 | 04-Sep-1988 | 2010 | Florida State | Ft.Lauderdale,FL |
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| 9 | Maya Moore Maya Moore Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the... | F | 6-0 | 170 | 11-Jun-1989 | 2011 | Connecticut | Lawrenceville,GA |
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| 11 | Kayla Pedersen | G/F | 6-4 | 195 | 14-Apr-1989 | 2011 | Stanford | FountainHills,AZ |
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| 15 | Ta’Shia Phillips | C | 6-6 | 225 | 24-Jan-1989 | 2011 | Xavier | Indianapolis,IN |
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| 10 | Jeanette Pohlen | G | 5-11 | 168 | 02-May-1989 | 2011 | Stanford | Brea,CA |
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| 7 | Danielle Robinson | G | 5-8 | 130 | 10-May-1989 | 2011 | Oklahoma | SanJose,CA |
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| Head Coach | Charli Turner Thorne | Arizona State University |
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| Assistant Coach | Suzy Merchant | Michigan State University |
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| Assistant Coach | Julie Rousseau | Pepperdine University |
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| Team Doctor | Mark Hutchinson | University of Illinois–Chicago |
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| Athletic Trainer | Kelley Etheridge | Hiram, Georgia |
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Eligibility - The participants must be born between January 1, 1985 and December 31, 1991
Scrimmage
The twelve-player squad started the official games in Belgrade, Serbia one player down. Maya Moore, the consensus player of the year, sprained a knee in a scrimmage with Australia. She was listed as day-to-day, but was never cleared to play.USA vs France
The first official game was against France. The USA won easily 115–30, behind double-digit scoring from five players - Tina Charles (18), Jantel Lavender (16), Jacinta Monroe (16), Tiffany Hayes(15), and Alexis Gray-Lawson (14).USA vs Great Britain
On 2 July 2009, the USA team played Great Britain. As with the previous game against France, this game was not in much doubt after the first few minutes; USA prevailed 93–59. The USA team's offense was led by three double-digit scorers – Jantel Lavender (17), Danielle McCray (15) and Ta'Shia Phillips (11) – but USA coach Charli Turner Thorne credited the win to defense.USA vs Serbia
The third game was against the hosts, Serbia. The USA led at the end of the first quarter 20–14, the smallest lead at that point of the first three games. The USA team increased its lead, and ended with an 84–50 win.USA vs Poland
After a day off, USA would resume against Poland. The USA won 75–67 in their closest match so far. Tina Charles had double-digit scoring and double-digit rebounding (12 and 10), and Danielle McCray also scored 12 points.USA vs Czech Republic
After defeating Poland by nine, the USA team faced the Czech Republic, undefeated, with a 13-point win over Poland.But the USA did not have any difficulty in dispatching the Czech team, winning 115–78. The USA team had five players in double figures, led by Tina Charles with 20 points. USA head coach Charli Turner Thorne credited the rebounding, noting that the USA team out-rebounded the Czech team by 30. Tiffany Hayes (16), Danielle McCray (15), Ashley Houts (13), and Jantel Lavender (10) were the other double-digit scorers.
USA vs Australia
Early in the semifinal game against Australia, the USA team found itself behind 13–9. They went on a 25–0 run to open up a large lead, and went on to win 81–66 and headed to the Gold medal game.USA vs Russia
In the Gold Medal game, the USA team faced a Russian team that had played together for years. The first quarter would be close, with the Russian team leading 22-20 at the end of the first quarter, the first time in the tournament the USA team had been behind at the end of any quarter. Russia continued to build upon its lead, scoring six straight points to open the second quarter, but the USA team would follow with a 19-3 run to recapture the lead. The USA team went into halftime with an eight-point lead, and started the third quarter with a 9-0 run. The team was led by Tina Charles, scoring 28 points with 18 rebounds, characterized as a "monster performance" by sportswriters. Jantel Lavender and Kayla Petersen also contributed double-digit scoring.2009 Statistics
USA World University Games Team Statistics| # | Player | GP | GS | Min | Avg | Tot FG | Tot FGA | Tot Pct | 3FG | 3FGA | 3Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off R | Def R | Tot R | Avg R | PF | FO | A | TO | Blk | Stl | Pts | Avg |
| 12 | CHARLES, Tina | 7 | 5 | 133 | 19.0 | 47 | 94 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 19 | 29 | 0.655 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 8.1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 113 | 16.1 |
| 6 | McCRAY, Danielle | 7 | 5 | 122 | 17.4 | 32 | 57 | 0.561 | 7 | 15 | 0.467 | 13 | 16 | 0.813 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 3.7 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 84 | 12.0 |
| 14 | LAVENDER, Jantel | 7 | 4 | 114 | 16.3 | 24 | 51 | 0.471 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 25 | 29 | 0.862 | 15 | 35 | 50 | 7.1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 73 | 10.4 |
| 8 | HAYES, Tiffany | 7 | 0 | 132 | 18.9 | 20 | 49 | 0.408 | 9 | 22 | 0.409 | 12 | 20 | 0.600 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 2.9 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 61 | 8.7 |
| 4 | HOUTS, Ashley | 7 | 3 | 135 | 19.3 | 20 | 38 | 0.526 | 8 | 17 | 0.471 | 10 | 11 | 0.909 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1.9 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 58 | 8.3 |
| 5 | GRAY-LAWSON, Alexis | 7 | 3 | 141 | 20.1 | 18 | 45 | 0.400 | 8 | 17 | 0.471 | 11 | 12 | 0.917 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 7.9 |
| 13 | MONROE, Jacinta | 7 | 1 | 108 | 15.4 | 19 | 33 | 0.576 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 13 | 17 | 0.765 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 4.9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 7.3 |
| 11 | PEDERSEN, Kayla | 7 | 4 | 141 | 20.1 | 16 | 36 | 0.444 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 17 | 19 | 0.895 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 6.4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 7.1 |
| 10 | POHLEN, Jeanette | 7 | 6 | 161 | 23.0 | 11 | 26 | 0.423 | 7 | 19 | 0.368 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 35 | 5.0 |
| 15 | PHILLIPS, Ta'Shia | 7 | 0 | 66 | 9.4 | 13 | 29 | 0.448 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 8 | 19 | 0.421 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 4.9 |
| 7 | ROBINSON, Danielle | 7 | 4 | 147 | 21.0 | 12 | 34 | 0.353 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 8 | 15 | 0.533 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1.7 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 32 | 4.6 |
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| Total | 7 | 1400 | 232 | 492 | 0.472 | 40 | 93 | 0.430 | 142 | 193 | 0.736 | 134 | 205 | 339 | 48.4 | 119 | 1 | 113 | 116 | 12 | 97 | 646 | (92.3) | |||
| Opponents | 7 | 1400 | 152 | 400 | 0.380 | 23 | 95 | 0.242 | 87 | 116 | 0.750 | 58 | 135 | 193 | 27.6 | 152 | - | 71 | 155 | 11 | 56 | 414 | (59.1) |
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