Morgan Maly Returns to Team USA 3x3 Nations League Play in July
7/5/2024 9:22:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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The 2024 USA 3x3 Women's Nations League Team features NCAA Division I athletes, including Christina Dalce (University of Maryland), Morgan Maly (Creighton University), Cotie McMahon (Ohio State University), Lucy Olsen (University of Iowa), Mikaylah Williams (LSU) and Serah Williams (University of Wisconsin).
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Dalce, Maly and Olsen competed at the 2023 FIBA 3x3 U21 Nations League, qualifying for and eventually winning the 2023 FIBA 3x3 Nations League Final as representatives of the USA U21 squad. Maly was the MVP of the U21 Nations League last year.
Mikaylah Williams owns gold medals in three consecutive FIBA 3x3 U18 Women's World Cups dating back to 2021, earning MVP in each tournament. McMahon is a two-time USA Basketball gold medalist (5-on-5) at the 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup and 2022 FIBA U18 Women's Americas Championship. Serah Williams will make her USA Basketball debut.
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Christina Batastini will serve as head coach after previously serving the same role a year ago, among other USA Basketball coaching assignments.
The 2024 USA 3x3 Men's Nations League roster includes Finley Bizjack (Butler), Bryce Butler (College of Charleston), Dalen Davis (Princeton) , Jacob Harvey (Trinity), Boden Kapke (Butler) and Caden Pierce (Princeton)
Longtime 3x3 player Craig Moore, who has been part of the USA Basketball family as an athlete since 2014, will make his men's coaching debut in Mexico City. He led the women's U23 World Cup team last year in Lublin, Poland.
Per FIBA, the seventh edition of the 3x3 Nations League will feature 13 conferences including U23 and U21 teams. The 2024 FIBA 3x3 Nations League includes seven conferences from Europe, including three U21, two from Africa and Asia, and one each from Americas and U21 Asia-Pacific.
The Americas Conference will feature six three-game tournaments in seven days. The six team members can substitute as needed for each day's four-person entry.
For the first time, the FIBA 3x3 Nations League will be a qualification route to the FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2024. Conference winners will qualify for the event, set for Sept. 11-15 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Mongolia men and women will receive automatic qualification along with the reigning champions (USA men and Netherlands women). The rest of the teams (for a total of 20 per gender) will come from the winners of each conference and the next teams in the Nations League 2024 final standings.
The 2024 USA 3x3 Nations League Teams will attend training camp in Phoenix July 18-20 before traveling to Mexico.
The 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League will stream live on YouTube.
