COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (September 5, 2023) – USA Basketball announced today the two women’s teams set to compete at the 2023 FIBA 3x3 Nations League Final Sept. 13-15 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Based on the results from respective FIBA U21 and U23 Nations League conference play earlier this summer, the USA qualified teams in both age groups to the 3x3 Nations League Final.
Both teams feature NCAA Division I athletes who have previous USA Basketball 3x3 experience.
The 2023 USA 3x3 U23 Nations League Final Team features Azana Baines, Teisha Hyman, Leilani Kapinus and Sydney Taylor.
The 2023 USA 3x3 U21 Nations League Final Team includes Mara Braun, Christina Dalce, Morgan Maly and Lucy Olsen.
Baines, Kapinus and Taylor were members of the USA 3x3 U23 Nations League Team that won five of six conference stops en route to a first-place finish at the 2023 FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League Americas conference in Rancagua, Chile, in July. Hyman recently made her USA 3x3 debut with USA U24 at the FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series Debrecen Stop.
Braun, Dalce, Maly and Olsen were all members of the USA 3x3 U21 Nations League Team that finished with five-of-six stop titles at the 2023 FIBA 3x3 U21 Nations League Asia-Pacific Conference in Handan, China, in June.
Tammi Reiss (University of Rhode Island) will serve as head coach for both teams. She also served as head coach for USA U24 on the FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series and was an assistant coach of the gold-medal-winning 2023 USA 3x3 Women’s World Cup Team.
The 2023 3x3 U23 Nations League will stream live on YouTube at www.youtube.com/fiba3x3.
Launched in 2017, the men’s and women’s FIBA 3x3 Nations League features two age groups – U23 and U21 – with dozens of national federations competing. The competition featured six three-game tournaments in seven days. The winning team in each of 13 conference events hosted worldwide qualified for the FIBA 3x3 Nations League Final.
Different than 5-on-5, 3x3 is played on a half-court with a 10-minute game clock and 12-second shot clock. Play is continuous, as teams “clear” the ball behind the 2-point line following a made basketball, defensive rebound or steal. The first team to score 21 points via 1-pointer field goals or 2-pointers behind the arc is victorious; or if time expires then the team leading wins.