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Iowa star invited to USA Basketball AmeriCup team trials
After an impressive junior season with the Iowa women's basketball program, forward Hannah Stuelke has been selected to participate in the 2025 USA Basketball Women's Americup Team trials, which begin June 17 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She will be joined by 20 other players from across the country who were also selected by the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee. In addition to Stuelke, three Big Ten players, including Ohio State's Jaloni Cambridge, USC's Kennedy Smith, and Oregon's Grace VanSlooten, are among the 20 others invited. Advertisement 'On behalf of the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Committee, I am proud to announce a talented group of 21 athletes who will compete for their place on the 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team,' said Cori Close, USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee chair. 'About half of these young women have already claimed a gold medal with USA Basketball, so they bring great international experience with them. They are sure to be fierce competitors at trials. We look forward to choosing the group who will best represent the U.S. at the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup.' Stuelke is one of seven participants making their USA Basketball debuts. Kara Lawson (Duke) will serve as head coach, with assistant coaches DeLisha Milton-Jones (Old Dominion University) and Jennie Baranczyk (Oklahoma). At trials, court coaches Jim Flanery (Creighton University) and Robyn Fralick (Michigan State) will assist. Advertisement Following the selection of the 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team and a training camp in Colorado Springs, the United States will travel to Santiago, Chile, for the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, set for June 28-July 6. The 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team will open Group B with host nation Chile, followed by Colombia, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. The winner of the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup will earn a berth to the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup, set to be held in Berlin next summer. Since the event's inception in 1993, the United States has captured four AmeriCup gold medals, including titles in 2019 and 2021. Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes, and opinions. Follow Scout on X: @SpringgateNews This article originally appeared on Hawkeyes Wire: Iowa star invited to USA Basketball AmeriCup team trials
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4 hours ago
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Iowa star invited to USA Basketball AmeriCup team trials
Iowa star invited to USA Basketball AmeriCup team trials After an impressive junior season with the Iowa women's basketball program, forward Hannah Stuelke has been selected to participate in the 2025 USA Basketball Women's Americup Team trials, which begin June 17 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She will be joined by 20 other players from across the country who were also selected by the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee. In addition to Stuelke, three Big Ten players, including Ohio State's Jaloni Cambridge, USC's Kennedy Smith, and Oregon's Grace VanSlooten, are among the 20 others invited. 'On behalf of the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Committee, I am proud to announce a talented group of 21 athletes who will compete for their place on the 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team,' said Cori Close, USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee chair. 'About half of these young women have already claimed a gold medal with USA Basketball, so they bring great international experience with them. They are sure to be fierce competitors at trials. We look forward to choosing the group who will best represent the U.S. at the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup.' Stuelke is one of seven participants making their USA Basketball debuts. Kara Lawson (Duke) will serve as head coach, with assistant coaches DeLisha Milton-Jones (Old Dominion University) and Jennie Baranczyk (Oklahoma). At trials, court coaches Jim Flanery (Creighton University) and Robyn Fralick (Michigan State) will assist. Following the selection of the 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team and a training camp in Colorado Springs, the United States will travel to Santiago, Chile, for the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, set for June 28-July 6. The 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team will open Group B with host nation Chile, followed by Colombia, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. The winner of the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup will earn a berth to the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup, set to be held in Berlin next summer. Since the event's inception in 1993, the United States has captured four AmeriCup gold medals, including titles in 2019 and 2021. Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes, and opinions. Follow Scout on X: @SpringgateNews
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5 days ago
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Indiana Fever Suffer Major Loss on Wednesday
Indiana Fever Suffer Major Loss on Wednesday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Indiana Fever will be without forward Damiris Dantas for part of the season, as she's officially been named to Team Brazil's roster for the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. The international tournament will run from June 28 to July 6, which means Dantas will miss several WNBA games as she represents her home country on the court. Advertisement Chicago Sky's Kamilla Carduso and 19-year-old athlete Manu Alves also made the list. In the seven games Dantas has played so far during the 2025 WNBA season, she has averaged four points, 2.9 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game, while playing approximately 11.4 minutes per game. In her most recent game on Tuesday against the Washington Mystics, the 32-year-old athlete contributed eight points, four rebounds and one steal during 17 minutes of play, aiding the Fever in securing their 85–76 victory. Damiris Dantas saw more playing time late in the season after recovering from injury. She made 39.4% of her Tannous/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The FIBA Women's AmeriCup is the Americas Women's Basketball Championship, which takes place every two years between national teams of North and South America. It is also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Women's World Cup and the Olympic Games. Advertisement Chloe Peterson of the IndyStar reposted the announcement on her X account on Wednesday afternoon. The Fever will be playing against the Dallas Wings on June 27, the Las Vegas Aces on July 3 and the Los Angeles Sparks on July 5. Dantas will likely be absent due to practice and games for the AmericupW. Brazil will be going against Argentina on June 28, Canada on June 30, the Dominican Republic on July 1 and El Salvador on July 2. This roster change adds to the challenges for the Fever, who have already dealt with injuries to key players Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham. As a result, the team signed Aari McDonald using a hardship exception. Advertisement Indiana will be playing against the Sky on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET at the United Center in Chicago. Related: Caitlin Clark, Fever Suffer Injury Blow on Friday This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 4, 2025, where it first appeared.
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6 days ago
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Angel Reese, Chicago Sky Dealt Major Blow on Wednesday
Angel Reese, Chicago Sky Dealt Major Blow on Wednesday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Chicago Sky are finally showing some signs of life this season. After losing four straight games to start the campaign, the Sky have now managed to win two straight contests to improve to 2-4. Advertisement This team still has a long way to go, but there's no denying that they are currently on the right track. Unfortunately for Angel Reese and Co., they were dealt a major blow on Wednesday after news about the upcoming FIBA Women's AmeriCup tournament. According to a report by WNBA reporter Roberta F. Rodrigues, center Kamilla Cardoso has been included in the roster of the Brazil national squad. The 24-year-old will reportedly "show up for the competition" in Santiago, Chile, which means that she will be away from the Sky for a considerable stretch. As the above report indicates, the international tournament will take place between June 28 and July 6. The silver lining for Chicago is that they only have two games scheduled during that two-week stretch, which means that Cardoso won't miss too much time. Advertisement Nevertheless, it has been made clear by their rough start this year that this season will be an uphill battle for the Sky. Losing one of their best players—even for just a couple of games—is still considered a big blow for this team, especially during a crucial juncture in the season. Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (left) and center Kamilla Cardoso (right).© Kamil Krzaczynski–USA TODAY Sports Reese, in particular, will need to carry a much heavier load with Cardoso out. Reese and Cardoso, who both joined the Sky last season as rookies, have been Chicago's twin towers as their starting frontcourt pairing. The Sky will need to fill Cardoso's void—likely via a committee approach—but there's no denying that Reese will need to work extra hard without her frontcourt partner on the floor. Advertisement Related: Chicago Sky React to Major Angel Reese News on Tuesday This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 4, 2025, where it first appeared.
San Francisco Chronicle
06-05-2025
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Duke's Lawson will coach Team USA in AmeriCup; Old Dominion's Milton-Jones, OU's Baranczyk to assist
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Duke's Kara Lawson will coach Team USA this summer at the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Chile and will be assisted by Old Dominion's DeLisha Milton-Jones and Oklahoma's Jennie Baranczyk, USA Basketball announced Tuesday. Nations in North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean are represented in the every-other-year tournament, which will run June 28 to July 6 in Santiago, Chile. The AmeriCup is a qualifying tournament for the FIBA Women's World Cup and the Olympics. Lawson, Milton-Jones and Baranczyk each have previous USA Basketball coaching experience, and Lawson and Milton-Jones have earned multiple gold medals as players for the United States. Lawson won gold as an assistant with the United States team at the 2024 Paris Olympics and as head coach of the U.S. 3-on-3 team at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Lawson is 75-5 with nine gold medals as a USA Basketball coach. Milton-Jones was an assistant on the U.S. teams at the 2023 FIBA Women's U19 World Cup and 2022 FIBA U18 Women's Americas Championship. Baranczyk will be a USA Basketball assistant after having served as a court coach for the 2023 and 2017 U19 National Team Trials. ___
