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2 days ago
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UNC women's basketball team's top reserve earns Team USA Basketball invite
UNC women's basketball team's top reserve earns Team USA Basketball invite One of the UNC women's basketball team's top guards earned a pretty exclusive offseason honor. For the Red, White & Blue 🇺🇸 Congrats Lanie on earning an invite to USA Basketball's Women's U19 Trials! — Carolina Women's Basketball (@uncwbb) June 5, 2025 The UNC women's basketball team is fresh off one of its best seasons under head coach Courtney Banghart, advancing to the Sweet 16 for the second time in four seasons. A major portion of North Carolina's success came from its veteran trio of Alyssa Ustby, Maria Gakdeng and Lexi Donarski, who played their final year of college basketball. The Tar Heels welcomed a few high school recruits to Chapel Hill, while lucking out in the transfer portal. One of UNC's greatest additions was sixth woman Lanie Grant, the 2024 Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year. In two starts across 37 games played for North Carolina, Grant averaged 7.3 points per game (best amongst reserves). Just three months removed from her freshman season, Grant received some big news, earning an invite to the USA Basketball Women's U19 Trials on June 18. Grant, one of 27 athletes selected, has an opportunity to make the final, 12-player roster. The 2025 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup will take place July 12-20 in Brno, Czech Republic. Though she came off the bench for most of the Tar Heels' games last season, Grant delivered a major impact. Grant scored in double digits 11 times, netting a career-high 19 points during UNC's 79-75 win at Louisville on February 23. Grant will likely be asked to step into a starting role during North Carolina's upcoming campaign, replacing Lexi Donarski as a starting guard. The Tar Heels will have a younger, new-look roster, with Grant poised to take on a leadership role in just Year Two. Follow us @TarHeelsWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels news, notes and opinions.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
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South Carolina in USA Basketball 3X Nationals for first time. These Dawn Staley players were selected
COLUMBIA — Joyce Edwards, Chloe Kitts, Tessa Johnson and Maddy McDaniel will represent South Carolina women's basketball at the 2025 USA Basketball 3X Nationals from May 2-4 in Mesa, Arizona, the program announced. The event is USA Basketball's national championships for men's and women's 3x3 basketball teams, which features teams from across the country competing for the national title. There will be up to 12 men's teams and up to 16 women's teams at the event, and each team's roster is composed of four players. Advertisement Though the event first started in 2012, it will be the first time the Gamecocks have players participating. South Carolina will compete against other SEC teams like Vanderbilt and Florida, plus non-conference schools such as TCU. Coach Dawn Staley's crew of four will be competing not just for the event championship but it also serves as an evaluation for the 2025 USA Basketball 3x3 National Teams, which include the 2025 FIBA 3x3 World Cup from June 23-29 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the USA Basketball 3x3 World Tour, 3x3 Women's Series, and more. Kitts, Staley's starting forward for the last two seasons, has earned two gold medals with USA Basketball. The first was in 2022 at the FIBA Women's U18 Americas Championship, the second at the FIBA U19 Women's World Cup in 2023. She averaged 10.2 points and 7.7 rebounds as a junior during the 2024-25 season and was named SEC Tournament MVP in March. For Edwards, who averaged a team-high 12.7 points off the bench as a freshman, this isn't her first run with USA Basketball either. She won a gold medal with the 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup team, and was part of the 2024 Women's U18 National Team in addition to participating in the U17 and U16 National Team Trials in Colorado Springs in 2021 and 2022. Advertisement In 2024, Edwards was on the USA Women's Nike Hoop Summit team and scored 25 points, had nine rebounds, five steals and two assists in the 83-80 win over the World Select team. McDaniel, who was the second part of Staley's duo of freshmen for the 2024-25 season, averaged 3.1 points and 1.7 assists in 11 minutes per game. She was part of the 2024 USA Women's U18 National Team trials and was named to the 2024 USA Women's Nike Hoop Summit Team with Edwards but didn't play due to injury. For Johnson, May 2-4 will be her first experience with USA Basketball. The event starts on May 2 with preliminary rounds and ends on May 4 with the medal round game. According to USA Basketball, "Teams will be seeded based on preliminary records before entering bracket play." Advertisement Each game is played on a half court with a 10-minute clock and a 12-second shot clock. The first team to 21 points or the team in the lead at the end of play wins. How to watch 2025 USA Basketball 3X Nationals According to the event's website, the games will be available to stream on YouTube and on X. South Carolina is scheduled to face Phoenix on May 2 at 6:20 p.m. ET. LINEUPS FOR 2025: Predicting Dawn Staley's starting lineup for South Carolina women's basketball in 2025-26 Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at lkesin@ and follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @Lulukesin This article originally appeared on Greenville News: Dawn Staley, South Carolina send team to USA Basketball 3X Nationals
