Women’s basketball never stops, with much notable news and developments from across the wide world of women’s hoops from the past week.
Team USA vs. Team WNBA at 2024 All-Star Game
The 20th WNBA All-Star Game will feature Team USA and Team WNBA, with the members of the US women’s national basketball team who are selected as All-Stars taking on a team of the remaining players chosen as All-Stars. The game will be held on Saturday, July 20 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ at 8:30 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on ABC.
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Team WNBA is set to take on the USA Women’s National Team at the 2024 @ATT WNBA All-Star Game
Tune-in Saturday, July 20th at 8:30pm/ET on ABC for a matchup you won’t want to… pic.twitter.com/pBEHaV7I7c
— WNBA (@WNBA) March 20, 2024
This is the second time that the WNBA All-Star Game has adopted the Team USA vs. Team WNBA format. In 2021, the team of WNBA All-Stars defeated Team USA, 93-85, behind a MVP performance from Arike Ogunbowale.
The weekend’s other events will include the STARRY WNBA 3-Point Contest and Kia WNBA Skills Challenge on Friday, July 19. WNBA Live, a two-day fan festival that will celebrate the intersection of the WNBA, fashion, music and culture, will take place at the Phoenix Convention Center from July 19-20. Fans can find ticket information at wnbaexperiences.com.
Team USA in Group C at 2024 Games
On Tuesday, the groups were drawn for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Team USA is in Group C, along with Germany, Japan and Belgium.
The Germans are first-time Olympic participants, while the Japanese met the Americans in the gold medal game at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Team USA recently experienced the strength of the Belgian Cats, requiring a Breanna Stewart tip in at the buzzer to escape with a win at February’s FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Southside Flyers are 2023-24 WNBL champions
The WNBL Grand Final between the Perth Lynx and Southside Flyers extended to a third and deciding game, where the Flyers won in dominating fashion, 115-81. Seven Flyers scored in double figures, including Grand Final MVP Mercedes Russell, who posted a 13-point and 13-rebound double-double.
It was because of Russell that the Flyers forced a Game 3, as she followed a game-saving block with the game-winning bucket in the waning seconds of Game 2 to give Southside the 97-95 victory. In…
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