2021 Women's AmeriCup (San Juan, Jun 11-19)

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US will field a team of college players:

Named as finalists were: Grace Berger (Indiana/Louisville, Ky.); Aliyah Boston (South Carolina/St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.); Jakia Brown-Turner (NC State/Oxon Hill, Md.); Veronica Burton (Northwestern/Newton, Mass.); Elissa Cunane (NC State/Summerfield, N.C.); Destanni Henderson (South Carolina/Fort Myers, Fla.); Naz Hillmon (Michigan/Cleveland, Ohio); Rhyne Howard(Kentucky/Cleveland, Tenn.); Haley Jones (Stanford/Santa Cruz, Calif.); Diamond Miller (Maryland/Somerset, N.J.); Ashley Owusu (Maryland/Woodbridge, Va.); Sedona Prince (Oregon/Liberty Hill, Texas); and NaLyssa Smith (Baylor/Converse, Texas).

https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2021/04/w-americup-finalists.aspx

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Canada training camp squad (some players unable to attend due to WNBA obligations)

Natalie Achonwa* Minnesota Lynx (WNBA) / Famila Schio (Italy)

Kayla Alexander Mithra Castors Braine (Belgium)

Laeticia Amihere South Carolina (NCAA)

Miranda Ayim Basket Landes (France)

Bridget Carleton* Minnesota Lynx (WNBA)

Shay Colley Charnay (France)

Quinn Dornstauder Cadi La Seu (Spain)

Aaliyah Edwards U Conn (NCAA)

Nirra Fields Antalya 07 (Turkey)

Kim Gaucher USO Mondeville (France)

Ruth Hamblin Politechnika Gdanska (Poland)

Sami Hill Nantes Reze Basket (France)

Aislinn Konig Fribourg (Switzerland)

Miah-Marie Langlois Unattached

Kia Nurse* Phoenix Mercury (WNBA)

Shaina Pellington Arizona (NCAA)

Daneesha Provo Eisvogel Freiburg (Germany)

Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe Lyon ASVEL (France)

Merissah Russell Louisville (NCAA)

Jamie Scott Tarbes (France)

https://www.basketball.ca/news/20-athletes-invited-to-attend-senior-womens-national-team-americup-training-camp

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The draw:

Group A
Canada
Brazil
Colombia
USVI
El Salvador

Group B
USA
Puerto Rico
Argentina
Dominican Republic
Venezuela

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Argentina training camp squad:

-Julieta Alé | Vélez Sarsfield | 1m70 | 25 años | Guardia
-Andrea Boquete | Ferrol (España) | 1m79 | 30 años | Alera
-Agostina Burani | Estudiantes (España)| 1m86 | 29 años | Ala pivote / pivote
-Diana Cabrera | Ardoi (España) | 1m86 | 27 años | Pivote
-Sol Castro | Robert Morris-NCAA (USA)| 1m86 | 21 años | Ala pivote /pivote
-Luciana Delabarba | Quimsa | 1m68 | 23 años | Guardia
-Celia Fiorotto | Quimsa | 1m85 | 28 años | Pivote
-Brenda Fontana | Texas El Paso-NCAA (USA)| 1m80 | 19 años | Ala pivote/pivote
-Agustina García | Deportivo Berazategui | 1m75 | 24 años | Guardia
-Victoria Gauna | Deportivo Berazategui | 1m85 | 19 años | Pivote
-Sofía Wolf | Deportivo Berazategui | 1m64 | 21 años | Guardia
-Candela Gentinetta | Berazategui | 1m79 | 20 años | Ala pivote/pivote
-Melisa Gretter | Estudiantes (España) | 1m60 | 28 años | Guardia
-Milagros Maza (U19)| Rocamora | 1m68 | 18 años | Guardia
-Julieta Mungo | Ferrol (España) | 1m82 | 23 años | Alera
-Lucía Operto | Murray State University-NCAA (USA) | 1m88 | 20 años | Pivote
-Natacha Pérez | ISE CB Almería (España) | 1m80 | 29 años | Guardia/alera
-Macarena Rosset | Vigarano (Italia) | 1m78 | 30 años | Guardia/alera
-Ornella Santana | CD Tear y Ramón Cajal (España) | 1m80 | 30 años | Pivote
-Camila Suárez | Obras Sanitarias | 1m65 | 20 años | Guardia

https://www.argentina.basketball/ver/noticia/seleccion-femenina-vuelve-a-entrenarse-con-20-jugadoras

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Final US roster:

Named to the team were: Grace Berger (Indiana/Louisville, Ky.), Aliyah Boston (South Carolina/St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.), Jakia Brown-Turner (NC State/Oxon Hill, Md.), Veronica Burton (Northwestern/Newton, Mass.), Elissa Cunane (NC State/Summerfield, N.C.), Destanni Henderson (South Carolina/Fort Myers, Fla.), Naz Hillmon (Michigan/Cleveland, Ohio), Rhyne Howard (Kentucky/Cleveland, Tenn.), Haley Jones (Stanford/Santa Cruz, Calif.), Diamond Miller(Maryland/Somerset, N.J.), Ashley Owusu (Maryland/Woodbridge, Va.) and Sedona Prince (Oregon/Liberty Hill, Texas).

https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2021/06/w-americup-roster.aspx

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Day 1

Colombia 72 USVI 60
Argentina 64 Dominican Republic 46
Brazil 118 El Salvador 43
Puerto Rico 88 Venezuela 50

US and Canada get underway tomorrow.

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Day 2
Canada 101 USVI 41
Brazil 79 Colombia 56
USA 102 Dominican Republic 39
Puerto Rico 79 Argentina 56

Day 3
Colombia 92 El Salvador 67
Canada 71 Brazil 67
Argentina-Venezuela postponed due to COVID protocol
USA 87 Puerto Rico 65

Argentina played their first two games with nine players due to COVID positives and after additional positive/inconclusive tests their game today was postponed.

PR losing by 22 (and giving up 27 offensive rebounds) against US college players not a good sign for their Olympic campaign. Naz Hillmon with 17 points and 11 rebounds in just 19 minutes for the US.

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Day 4
Canada 98 El Salvador 41
Brazil 77 USVI 56
USA 102 Venezuela 53
Puerto Rico 79 Dominican Republic

Day 5
USVI 85 El Salvador 44
Canada 74 Colombia 40
Venezuela 77 Dominican Republic 66

Argentina was disqualified from the tournament after further COVID positives. Their results were annulled.

Quarterfinals start Thursday:

Canada-Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico-Colombia
USA-USVI
Brazil-Venezuela

US has looked very good in their group games but Brazil in the semis and Canada if they reach the final will be a big step up in competition.

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Quarterfinals
Canada 90 Dominican Republic 53
Puerto Rico 77 Colombia 69
USA 97 USVI 46
Brazil 90 Venezuela 59

Semifinals
Puerto Rico 65 Canada 61
USA 71 Brazil 60

Final: USA 74 Puerto Rico 59
Third: Brazil 87 Canada 82

Puerto Rico's upset of Canada the highlight of the knockout stages...they gave a good effort in the final as well, but once again were badly outrebounded by the US. There was a long delay late in the final when the lights went out in the arena and the teams had an intense dance-off at midcourt.