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Yahoo
28-07-2025
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South Carolina's Joyce Edwards reunites with MiLaysia Fulwiley on USA 3×3 Nations League team
South Carolina women's basketball forward Joyce Edwards continues to have a busy offseason. After playing in the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Santiago, Chile where she won gold with the United States on July 6, Edwards is playing in the 2025 USA 3×3 Nations League team. The six-person team is competing at the 2025 FIBA 3×3 Nations League America Conferences from July 21-27 in Punta Arenas, Chile. Edwards will be reunited with former teammate MiLaysia Fulwiley, who is also on the team. Fulwiley played two seasons in Columbia for coach Dawn Staley before transferring to LSU in April. WNBA: How former South Carolina women's basketball players are performing at WNBA All-Star break The Nations League America Conference consists of six three-game tournaments over seven days. It uses a "stop"' format, with multiple stops over the week. Teams accumulate points in each stop. 3x3 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 regulation, wins. The FIBA 3×3 Nations League is a qualification route to the FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup 2025. Conference winners will qualify for the event which is Sept. 17-21 in Xiong An, China. Edwards and Fulwiley will have Richmond's Rachel Ullstrom, WNBA free agent Serena Sundell, Tennessee's Zee Spearman and TCU's Taylor Bigby on their USA team. Missouri assistant coach Julia Ford will be head coach of the team. All games will be available to watch on FIBA3x3's YouTube channel. The first game is 1:30 p.m. ET against Canada on July 21, with a second at 4:10 against the Cayman Islands. On July 22, Edwards plays against Argentina at 3:20 p.m. ET. In May, Edwards participated in her first USA Basketball related event in Arizona, as she joined Tessa Johnson, Chloe Kitts and Maddy McDaniel in the USA Basketball 3X Nationals. The group of four played against Fulwiley and Spearman who were on the same team. 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: Joyce Edwards, MiLaysia Fulwiley on USA Basketball's 3×3 Nations League team
Yahoo
28-07-2025
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South Carolina women's basketball's Joyce Edwards leads United States to FIBA 3×3 title
South Carolina women's basketball forward Joyce Edwards finished with another FIBA first-place finish. Edwards, a 6-foot-3 sophomore, participated in the 2025 FIBA 3×3 Nations League Americas Conference in Punta Arenas, Chile, where she won with the United States on July 27. She led in scoring with 7.9 points per game over her 11 games in the tournament and had four double-figure scoring games. Edwards played alongside former teammate MiLaysia Fulwiley, who transferred from coach Dawn Staley's program to LSU in April. This comes not long after Edwards won gold with the United States on July 6 at the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup title in Santiago, Chile. This event held six three-game tournaments from July 21-27. The United States won four of the six stops. Edwards played in four of the six stops, albeit not the same four. In Stop 5, she scored 23 points across two games. Edwards has claimed a title every time she has played for USA Basketball in an international competition. In 2024, before she played for the Gamecocks, she was part of the 2024 FIBA U18 AmeriCup team and the 2023 FIBA U19 World Cup gold medal teams. She was named MVP of the U18 AmeriCup. Edwards led South Carolina in scoring in 2024-25 with 12.7 ppg, but her scoring ability is needed even more now that Ashlyn Watkins will not return this season. Watkins, a 6-2 forward announced on July 25 that she is taking a year off from basketball. WATKINS: Ashlyn Watkins taking season off, won't play 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: South Carolina basketball's Joyce Edwards helps win FIBA 3x3 title
CBC
07-07-2025
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- CBC
U.S. women win AmeriCup gold, Canada claims bronze on last-second layup
Mikayla Blakes scored 27 points and the United States beat Brazil 92-84 to secure a berth in next year's World Cup in Germany. The U.S. team, made up of college players, trailed 66-65 heading into the fourth quarter. Blakes, who finished a stellar freshman season at Vanderbilt, hit a 3-pointer early in the period to give the Americans a 70-69 advantage and sparked a 9-0 run. South Carolina's Joyce Edwards capped the spurt with a layup that made it 76-69 with 6:37 left. Bella Nascimento hit two free throws to snap the drought and get the South American country within five. The start of the game was delayed as the bronze medal game between Canada and Argentina went to double overtime. The Canadians won 76-75 on a layup by Michigan star Syla Swords with 1.4 seconds left. Along with her game-winning shot, Swords led Canada with 23 points, six rebounds and three assists. The Sudbury, Ont., native equalled a game-high with five three-pointers. The Americans answered every run Brazil made down the stretch and when Damiris Dantas hit a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to make it 89-84, Hannah Hidalgo, who finished with 16 points, hit three of four free throws down the stretch to seal the win. "What a performance by our team. Knew it would be a tough physical game. It was what we expected," U.S. coach Kara Lawson said. "Brazil is a wonderful team. The power they have in the frontcourt gave us some challenges. Our team continued to fight, and we felt like if we could wear down with our depth a little bit maybe in the fourth quarter we could pull away." Dantas, who plays for the Indiana Fever, scored 35 points to lead Brazil. Nascimento had 24 points and Kamilla Cardoso added 19. The rest of the Brazilian team scored six points. The U.S. trailed 47-45 at the half despite Blakes scoring 17 points in the opening two quarters. The Americans won the AmeriCup in 2019 and 2021, but lost to Brazil in the gold medal game in 2023.
Yahoo
07-07-2025
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Vanderbilt's Blakes scores 27 points to lead US to AmeriCup gold and berth at World Cup next year
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Mikayla Blakes scored 27 points and the United States beat Brazil 92-84 to secure a berth in next year's World Cup in Germany. The U.S. team, made up of college players, trailed 66-65 heading into the fourth quarter. Blakes, who finished a stellar freshman season at Vanderbilt, hit a 3-pointer early in the period to give the Americans a 70-69 advantage and sparked a 9-0 run. Advertisement South Carolina's Joyce Edwards capped the spurt with a layup that made it 76-69 with 6:37 left. Bella Nascimento hit two free throws to snap the drought and get the South American country within five. The Americans answered every run Brazil made down the stretch and when Damiris Dantas hit a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to make it 89-84, Hannah Hidalgo, who finished with 16 points, hit three of four free throws down the stretch to seal the win. Dantas, who plays for the Indiana Fever, scored 35 points to lead Brazil. Nascimento had 24 points and Kamilla Cardoso added 19. The rest of the Brazilian team scored six points. The U.S. trailed 47-45 at the half despite Blakes scoring 17 points in the opening two quarters. Advertisement The Americans won the AmeriCup in 2019 and 2021, but lost to Brazil in the gold medal game in 2023. The start of the game was delayed as the bronze medal game between Canada and Argentina went to double overtime. The Canadians won 76-75 on a layup by Michigan star Syla Swords with 1.4 seconds left. ___ AP sports:
Associated Press
07-07-2025
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- Associated Press
Vanderbilt's Blakes scores 27 points to lead US to AmeriCup gold and berth at World Cup next year
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Mikayla Blakes scored 27 points and the United States beat Brazil 92-84 to secure a berth in next year's World Cup in Germany. The U.S. team, made up of college players, trailed 66-65 heading into the fourth quarter. Blakes, who finished a stellar freshman season at Vanderbilt, hit a 3-pointer early in the period to give the Americans a 70-69 advantage and sparked a 9-0 run. South Carolina's Joyce Edwards capped the spurt with a layup that made it 76-69 with 6:37 left. Bella Nascimento hit two free throws to snap the drought and get the South American country within five. The Americans answered every run Brazil made down the stretch and when Damiris Dantas hit a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to make it 89-84, Hannah Hidalgo, who finished with 16 points, hit three of four free throws down the stretch to seal the win. Dantas, who plays for the Indiana Fever, scored 35 points to lead Brazil. Nascimento had 24 points and Kamilla Cardoso added 19. The rest of the Brazilian team scored six points. The U.S. trailed 47-45 at the half despite Blakes scoring 17 points in the opening two quarters. The Americans won the AmeriCup in 2019 and 2021, but lost to Brazil in the gold medal game in 2023. The start of the game was delayed as the bronze medal game between Canada and Argentina went to double overtime. The Canadians won 76-75 on a layup by Michigan star Syla Swords with 1.4 seconds left. ___ AP sports:
