Boston College Athletics
Women's World University Games Team Finalized
August 04, 2005 | Women's Basketball
Aug. 4, 2005
Colorado Springs, Colo. - After training with 16 finalists in Colorado Springs since July 28, the final 12-member 2005 USA Women's World University Games Team was announced by USA Basketball.
Head Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith (Harvard) and assistants Cathy Inglese and Pokey Chatman (LSU) built a team featuring five players with prior USA Basketball playing experience. The U.S. squad, which will compete in the 2005 World University Games in Izmir, Turkey, includes four-time USA Basketball player Cappie Pondexter (Rutgers/Chicago, Ill.), 2003 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year and 2003 World Championship For Young Women gold medalist Seimone Augustus (LSU/Baton Rouge, La.) and 2001 Junior World Championship Team bronze medalist Monique Currie (Duke/Washington, D.C.).
Also named to the 2005 USA Women's World University Games Team were: Jessica Davenport (Ohio State/Columbus, Ohio); Megan Duffy (Notre Dame/Dayton, Ohio); Candice Dupree (Temple/Tampa, Fla.); Sylvia Fowles (LSU/Miami, Fla.); Erin Grant (Texas Tech/Arlington, Texas); Brandie Hoskins (Ohio State/Dayton, Ohio); Liz Shimek (Michigan State/Empire, Mich.); Brooke Smith (Stanford/San Anselmo, Calif.) and Lisa Willis (UCLA/Long Beach, Calif.).
After having trained at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs July 28-August 4, the team will depart for Izmir, Turkey on August 5. There, they will resume training (Aug. 6-9) in Izmir prior to their opening game at the World University Games against the Czech Republic on August 10.
After opening competition on August 10, the USA will face South Africa on August 11, China on August 12, and will wrap up preliminary round play against Poland on August 15. The World University Games quarterfinals will be held August 16, with semifinal games taking place August 17, and finals on August 19.
The USA women have enjoyed outstanding success in the World University Games and have earned 12 medals in 13 appearances, including five golds, six silvers and one bronze medal, and have compiled an overall record of 75-15 (.833 winning percentage) since beginning World University Games play in 1973.
USA Basketball last sent a squad to the 2001 World University Games, where the U.S. ran off to a 7-1 record and clinched the gold medal in Beijing, China. USA Basketball did not send a team to the last World University Games in 2003.
The World University Games, held every two years and organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), is a multi-sport competition open to men and women between the ages of 17 and 28 (born between January 1, 1977 and December 31, 1987), who are, or have been within the past year, a student at a college or university. A total of 21 basketball teams will compete in the 2005 Women's World University Games. The teams have been divided into four preliminary pools, three pools consisting of five teams and one pool consisting of six teams. The U.S. is in Pool B with China, Czech Republic, Poland and South Africa.
