And then there was one.
After another slow start (but not as slow as the previously played games in this tournament), the USA Basketball Women’s National Team (USABWNT) is headed to its third consecutive FIBA Women’s World Cup championship in the hopes of winning its third World Cup championship. The last team to score at least three consecutive World Cup championships was the former Soviet Union (1959, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1975), and USABWNT (and Gamecocks women’s basketball) head coach Dawn Staley is looking to add yet another historical moment to her vibranium résumé.
Once again, it was the younger generation that bailed the team’s chestnuts out of the fire and a veteran to drag them over the finish line.