Women’s Basketball | May 14, 2023
USC women’s basketball rising junior Rayah Marshall is one of eight locked-in roster members for the coming USA Basketball AmeriCup Team. The Trojan proved her worth in a three-day trials in Colorado Springs, and will play for Team USA at the 2023 FIBA AmeriCup in León, Mexico, from July 1-9.
The United States will face Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and Venezuela as part of Group A in the 2023 FIBA AmeriCup. The U.S. opens pool play against Venezuela on July 1, followed by Argentina on July 2, Brazil on July 4 and Cuba on July 5. If the USA advances, quarterfinals are scheduled for July 7 followed by semifinals on July 8 and the medal games on July 9. Game times and broadcast information will be announced later.
Since the event’s inception in 1993, the United States has captured four AmeriCup gold medals, including titles in 2019 and 2021. In addition to the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela will participate in the 2023 FIBA AmeriCup.
Marshall capped off her sophomore season with the Trojans by making history, setting a new USC record for single-season blocks with 98 stuffs tallied in 2022-23. She delivered seven in the NCAA First Round, extending her streak to 51 straight games with at least one block while marking up her 13th consecutive multi-block outing. With just two seasons under her belt at USC, Marshall ranks No. 4 all-time in career blocks with a total of 169 to date.
She delivered 14 double-doubles for the Trojans this past season — the most by a Trojan in a season since at least 1999 — and averaged 3.5 blocks per game to rank No. 2 in the nation overall. Marshall finished out the season as USC’s third leading scorer with 12.7 points per game, and top rebounder with 11.5 boards per game. She is the first Trojan to average a double-double in an entire season since Tina Thompson in 1996-97.
A 2023 All-Pac-12 Team & Pac-12 All-Defensive Team selection, Marshall also was named a semifinalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year in her sophomore season. After scoring a career-high 33 points in a win at Oregon State, she was named Pac-12 Player of the Week on Jan. 2, 2023.
Alongside Marshall as the first eight selections for the 12-player USA AmeriCup roster…
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