The Women’s World University Games Team is one of the teams under the auspices of the USA Basketball organization. The Universiadeis an international, multi-sport event for university students, generally held every other year since 1959. It is second only to the Olympics in number of participants.^[1] The United States has participated in women's basketball since their first participation in 1973 at the VII Summer Universiade. USA Basketball has organized the participation except for 2003 and 2007^[2]. In 2003 an All-Star team selected from the Big 12 Conference represented the USA in Daegu, South Korea^[3]. In 2007, the Charlotte 49ers, the basketball team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, represented the USA^[4] in Bangkok, Thailand.

Contents 1 Record[5] 2 2009 Roster 3 2009 games 3.1 Scrimmage 3.2 USA vs France 3.3 USA vs Great Britain 3.4 USA vs Serbia 3.5 USA vs Poland 3.6 USA vs Czech Republic 3.7 USA vs Australia 3.8 USA vs Russia 4 2009 Statistics 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References

[edit] Record^[5]

• 1973 5-3 2nd
• 1975 Not Held^[6][7]
• 1977 6-2 2nd
• 1979 7-0 1st
• 1981 6-1 2nd
• 1983 5-1 1st
• 1985 5-1 2nd
• 1987 4-1 5th
• 1989 Not Held^[8][9]
• 1991 8-0 1st
• 1993 6-2 3rd
• 1995 6-1 2nd
• 1997 6-0 1st
• 1999 4-2 2nd
• 2001 7-1 1st
• 2003† 3-4 6th
• 2005 7-0 1st
• 2007‡ 4-3 6th
• 2009 7-0 1st

†USA represented by Big-12 All-Star team^{[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}
‡USA Represented by UNC Charlotte^[17][18]

[edit] 2009 Roster

Number	Name	Pos	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Grad.	School	Hometown
12	CharlesTina Charles	C	6-03	193	3248205-Dec-1988	2010	Connecticut	Jamaica,NY
5	Gray-LawsonAlexis Gray-Lawson	G	5-08	160	3188821-Apr-1987	2010	California	Oakland,CA
8	HayesTiffany Hayes	G	5-11	140	3277120-Sep-1989	2012	Connecticut	Lakeland,FL
4	HoutsAshley Houts	G	5-06	144	3214231-Dec-1987	2010	Georgia	Trenton,GA
14	LavenderJantel Lavender	C	6-04	210	3245912-Nov-1988	2011	Ohio State	Cleveland,OH
6	McCrayDanielle McCray	G/F	5-11	169	3205808-Oct-1987	2010	Kansas	Olathe,KS
13	MonroeJacinta Monroe	F/C	6-05	166	3239004-Sep-1988	2010	Florida State	Ft.Lauderdale,FL
9	MooreMaya Moore	F	6-00	170	3267011-Jun-1989	2011	Connecticut	Lawrenceville,GA
11	PedersenKayla Pedersen	G/F	6-04	195	3261214-Apr-1989	2011	Stanford	FountainHills,AZ
15	PhillipsTa’Shia Phillips	C	6-06	225	3253224-Jan-1989	2011	Xavier	Indianapolis,IN
10	PohlenJeanette Pohlen	G	5-11	168	3263002-May-1989	2011	Stanford	Brea,CA
7	RobinsonDanielle Robinson	G	5-08	130	3263810-May-1989	2011	Oklahoma	SanJose,CA

Coaching Staff
Position	Name	School or location
Head Coach	Charli Turner Thorne	Arizona State University
Assistant Coach	Suzy Merchant	Michigan State University
Assistant Coach	Julie Rousseau	Pepperdine University
Team Doctor	Mark Hutchinson	University of Illinois–Chicago
Athletic Trainer	Kelley Etheridge	Hiram, Georgia

Eligibility - The participants must be born between January 1st 1985 and December 31st 1991^[19]

[edit] 2009 games

[edit] Scrimmage

The twelve player squad would start the official games in Belgrade, Serbia one player down. Maya Moore, the consensus player of the year, sprained a knee in a scrimmage with Australia. She would be listed as day-to-day, but was never cleared to play^[20].

[edit] USA vs France

The first official game was against France. The USA would win easily 115-30, behind double digit scoring from five players - Tina Charles (18), Jantel Lavender (16) , Jacinta Monroe (16), Tiffany Hayes(15), and Alexis Gray-Lawson (14)^[21].

[edit] USA vs Great Britain

On 2 July 2009, the USA team played Great Britain. As with the previous game against France, this game was not in much doubt after the first few minutes; USA would prevail 93–59. The USA team's offense was led by three double-digit scores – Jantel Lavender (17), Danielle McCray (15) and Ta'Shia Phillips (11) – but USA coach Charli Turner Thorne credited the win to defense.^[22]

[edit] USA vs Serbia

The third game would be against the hosts, Serbia. The USA would lead at the end of the first quarter 20-14, the smallest lead at that point of the first three games. The USA team increased its lead, and ended with an 84-50 win^[23].

[edit] USA vs Poland

After a day off, USA would resume against Poland. The USA would win 75-67 in their closest match so far. Tina Charles had double-digit scoring and double-digit rebounding (12 and 10), and Danielle McCray also scored 12 points^[24].

[edit] USA vs Czech Republic

After defeating Poland by nine, the USA team faced the Czech Republic, undefeated, with a 13-point win over Poland.^[25] But the USA did not have any difficulty in dispatching the Czech team, winning 115–78. The USA team had five players in double figures, led by Tina Charles with 20 points. USA head coach Charli Turner Thorne credited the rebounding, noting that the USA team out-rebounded the Czech team by 30. Tiffany Hayes (16), Danielle McCray (15), Ashley Houts (13), and Jantel Lavender (10) were the other double-digit scorers.^[26]

[edit] USA vs Australia

Early in the semifinal game against Australia, the USA team found itself behind 13-9. They would go on a 25-0 run to open up a large lead, and go on to win 81-66 and head to the Gold medal game^[27].

[edit] USA vs Russia

In the Gold Medal game, the USA team would face a Russian team that has played together for years. The first quarter would be close, with the Russian team leading 22-20 at the end of the first quarter, the first time in the the tournament the USA team had been behind at the end of any quarter. Russia continued to build upon its lead, scoring six straight points to open the second quarter, but the USA team would follow with a 19-3 run to recapture the lead. The USA team went into halftime with an eight point lead, and started the third quarter with a 9-0 run. The team would be lead by Tina Charles - scoring 28 points and 18 rebounds, characterized as a "monster performance " by sportswriters^[28]. Jantel Lavender and Kayla Petersen also contributed double digit scoring^[29].

[edit] 2009 Statistics

USA World University Games Team Statistics^[30]

#	Player	GP	GS	Min	Avg	Tot FG	Tot FGA	Tot Pct	3FG	3FGA	3Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off R	Def R	Tot R	Avg R	PF	FO	A	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
12	CHARLES, Tina	7	5	133	19.0	47	94	0.500	0	0	0.000	19	29	0.655	22	35	57	8.1	10	0	5	18	1	8	113	16.1
6	McCRAY, Danielle	7	5	122	17.4	32	57	0.561	7	15	0.467	13	16	0.813	14	12	26	3.7	15	0	11	16	1	8	84	12.0
14	LAVENDER, Jantel	7	4	114	16.3	24	51	0.471	0	0	0.000	25	29	0.862	15	35	50	7.1	6	1	10	7	0	4	73	10.4
8	HAYES, Tiffany	7	0	132	18.9	20	49	0.408	9	22	0.409	12	20	0.600	4	16	20	2.9	16	0	13	13	2	12	61	8.7
4	HOUTS, Ashley	7	3	135	19.3	20	38	0.526	8	17	0.471	10	11	0.909	5	8	13	1.9	10	0	11	14	0	12	58	8.3
5	GRAY-LAWSON, Alexis	7	3	141	20.1	18	45	0.400	8	17	0.471	11	12	0.917	20	10	30	4.3	13	0	9	7	0	10	55	7.9
13	MONROE, Jacinta	7	1	108	15.4	19	33	0.576	0	0	0.000	13	17	0.765	11	23	34	4.9	7	0	4	8	2	9	51	7.3
11	PEDERSEN, Kayla	7	4	141	20.1	16	36	0.444	1	3	0.333	17	19	0.895	13	32	45	6.4	8	0	3	6	0	5	50	7.1
10	POHLEN, Jeanette	7	6	161	23.0	11	26	0.423	7	19	0.368	6	6	1.000	12	11	23	3.3	11	0	21	9	1	11	35	5.0
15	PHILLIPS, Ta'Shia	7	0	66	9.4	13	29	0.448	0	0	0.000	8	19	0.421	15	14	29	4.1	9	0	3	9	3	2	34	4.9
7	ROBINSON, Danielle	7	4	147	21.0	12	34	0.353	0	0	0.000	8	15	0.533	3	9	12	1.7	13	0	23	9	2	16	32	4.6
	TEAM														0	0	0	0	1			0
	Total	7		1400		232	492	0.472	40	93	0.430	142	193	0.736	134	205	339	48.4	119	1	113	116	12	97	646	(92.3)
	Opponents	7		1400		152	400	0.380	23	95	0.242	87	116	0.750	58	135	193	27.6	152	-	71	155	11	56	414	(59.1)

[edit] See also

• USA Basketball
• Women's Basketball at the World University Games
• Quotes from coach and players
• USA Women’s R. William Jones Cup Team
• USA Women's Pan American Team

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

USA Basketball World University Games Official Site