University of Connecticut Athletics
Five Huskies Named to USA Women’s AmeriCup Team
9/19/2019 2:06:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MIAMI, Fla. – Current Husky Olivia Nelson-Ododa and four UConn women's basketball alums have been selected to the USA Basketball Women's AmeriCup team following a three-day training camp in Miami.
The 12-member team will compete in the FIBA AmeriCup, which will be held Sept. 22-29 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Nelson-Ododa is joined by former UConn standouts Tina Charles, Napheesa Collier, Stefanie Dolson and Katie Lou Samuelson.
"It's always an honor to be able to play with USA across your chest," Nelson-Ododa said. "To be able to go down and compete, and especially to have the chance to learn from the best, it's going to be an amazing experience."
Ten nations will take part in the AmeriCup, with the top eight finishing teams advancing to a Nov. 10-18 FIBA Americas Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament (site TBA).
The field has been drawn into two pools of five teams each. Group A features Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Puerto Rico. The USA will compete in Group B against Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay.
Following preliminary play, the top two teams from each group advance to the Sept. 28 semifinals. The gold and bronze medal games will be held Sept. 29. All of the USA games will be shown live on ESPN+.
The USA opens AmeriCup competition against Paraguay at 3 p.m. (all times listed are EDT) on Sept. 22, then will play Colombia at 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 24, Argentina at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 and closes preliminary play against Brazil at 3 p.m. on Sept. 26.
