LSU senior guard invited to 2021 USA Womenâs Americup Team Trials
LSU Womenâs Basketball LSU guard Khayla Pointer (3) (Source: Gus Stark/Gus Stark / LSU Athletics) By Spencer Chrisman | April 14, 2021 at 12:31 PM CDT - Updated April 14 at 1:41 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - LSU senior point guard Khayla Pointer has accepted an invitation to attend the 2021 USA Womenâs Americup Team Trials in Columbia, SC.
Last season, Pointer started all 22 games for the Tigers and averaged 16.9 points a game, 4.1 rebounds, and 4.1 assists. Pointer was named to the 2021 All-SEC First Team and the SEC All-Defensive Team.
She is one of 20 players invited to attend the team trials being held April 18-21. The Americup Team is coached by South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley.
Ten Gold Medalists Headline 2021 USA Women’s AmeriCup Team Trials Invitees
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Twenty of the nation’s top collegiate athletes, including 10 who have captured a combined 21 gold medals competing on past USA Basketball teams, have accepted invitations to attend the April 18-21, 2021 USA Basketball Women’s AmeriCup Team trials.
Invitations to the trials, which will be held at the University of South Carolina, were issued by the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Committee and USA Women’s Senior National Team Committee.
Due to COVID-19 precautions, no media or guests will be allowed to view trials sessions. USA Basketball will provide media with images and b-roll for non-commercial, editorial use on a daily basis.
Dawn Staley to Lead Experienced Staff into 2021 AmeriCup Action
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2018-21 USA Basketball Women’s National Team head coach
Dawn Staley has been tabbed to head up the 2021 USA AmeriCup Team coaching staff as the USA looks to earn a second-straight gold medal at the FIBA Americas event. Staley, who recently led her University of South Carolina team to the 2021 NCAA Final Four, will be assisted by University of Arizona head coach
Adia Barnes, who took the Wildcats to the 2021 NCAA title game, as well as U.S. Olympic assistant coach
Jennifer Rizzotti.
The USA team that will compete in the AmeriCup will be comprised of current collegiate athletes, and invitees to attend the April 18-21 team trials, held at the University of South Carolina, will be announced at a later date.
First EuroLeague Quarterfinals Games Complete, Teams Make Strong Case for Final Four Advancement
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Mar 17, 2021
While today’s four games were not necessarily indicative of which four teams will advance to the Final Four, it’s important to remember that the EuroLeague quarterfinals feature a two-game series, and the advancing team will be the one with the higher aggregate score over the two games. Thus, running up the score is as important to a winning team as is cutting the deficit for the losing team.
In the closest of the four games, Perfumerias Avenida held off a late attack by Spar Girona for an eight-point, 74-66, win. The largest margin of victory in today’s contests was a 35-point victory by Sopron over Lyon.
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Reuters Mar 12, 2021
USA Basketball added 15 players on Thursday to the list of candidates for the U.S. Olympic basketball team, bringing the total player pool to 57.
Added to the 2021 USA National Team roster, from which the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team will be selected, were: Jarrett Allen (Cleveland Cavaliers); Eric Gordon, John Wall and Christian Wood (Houston Rockets); Jerami Grant (Detroit Pistons); Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan (Brooklyn Nets); Jrue Holiday (Milwaukee Bucks); Zach LaVine (Chicago Bulls); Julius Randle and Mitchell Robinson (New York Knicks); Dunc