The 2024 Olympics begin this weekend. And with that, it’s time for me to wrap up how national teams with Washington Mystics players are doing. Today, we’ll look at the Australia women’s national basketball team, which guard Jade Melbourne plays on.
The friendlies so far
Here are the Opals’ friendly results in the pre-Olympic period:
- June 2: 75-68 loss to China
- June 20: 96-85 loss to Japan
- July 3: 94-66 win against China
- July 5: 91-63 win against China
- July 22: 75-66 win against Spain
- July 23: 77-74 loss to Canada
Australia went 3-3 in friendlies.