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1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team

1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team

Head coach	Kay Yow
1988 Summer Olympics
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The 1988 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, held in Seoul, South Korea.^[1]

The U.S. women's Olympic team won their second gold medal at the event, defeating Yugoslavia in the Gold Medal finals.^[2]

Roster[edit]

United States women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 4 Teresa Edwards 24 – (1964-07-19)July 19, 1964 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Tarbes Gespe Bigorre PG 5 Kamie Ethridge 24 – (1964-04-21)April 21, 1964 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) U.S. national team F/C 6 Cindy Brown 23 – (1965-03-16)March 16, 1965 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Toshiba Yana Gi Cho C 7 Anne Donovan 26 – (1961-11-01)November 1, 1961 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Modena PG 8 Teresa Weatherspoon 22 – (1965-12-08)December 8, 1965 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Louisiana Tech F 9 Bridgette Gordon 21 – (1967-04-27)April 27, 1967 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Tennessee F 10 Vicky Bullett 20 – (1967-10-04)October 4, 1967 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Maryland F 11 Andrea Lloyd-Curry 23 – (1965-09-02)September 2, 1965 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) U.S. national team F 12 Katrina McClain Johnson 23 – (1965-09-19)September 19, 1965 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) U.S. national team F/C 13 Jennifer Gillom 24 – (1964-06-13)June 13, 1964 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) U.S. national team G 14 Cynthia Cooper-Dyke 25 – (1963-04-14)April 14, 1963 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) CD CREF PG 15 Suzie McConnell-Serio 22 – (1966-07-29)July 29, 1966 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Penn State	Head coach Kay Yow Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Country – describes country where the club plays in Age – describes age on September 17, 1988

Results[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Czechoslovakia	81–87	United States
Scoring by half: 39–37, 42–50
Pts: Nováková21 Rebs: Nováková8 Asts: Kalužáková, Nováková2		Pts: Edwards24 Rebs: McClain8 Asts: Edwards2

United States	101–74	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 55–40, 46–34
Pts: Edwards23 Rebs: McClain9 Asts: Weatherspoon2		Pts: Golić16 Rebs: Dornik4 Asts: Bajkuša, Vangelovska2

China	79–94	United States
Scoring by half: 37–46, 42–48
Pts: Zheng32 Rebs: Zheng8 Asts: Cong5		Pts: McClain27 Rebs: McClain13 Asts: Edwards5

Semifinal[edit]

United States	102–88	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 50–39, 52–49
Pts: Cooper27 Rebs: McClain15 Asts: Edwards6		Pts: Zasulskaya16 Rebs: Tuomaitė6 Asts: Yakovleva2

Gold Medal Final[edit]

Yugoslavia	70–77	United States
Scoring by half: 36–42, 34–35
Pts: Nakić23 Rebs: Golić10 Asts: Nakić3		Pts: Edwards18 Rebs: Brown8 Asts: Edwards, McConnell3

See also[edit]

• 1988 Summer Olympics
• Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• United States women's national basketball team

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• 1988 Olympics, Women's Basketball: Standings and StatsatBasketball-Reference.com