She was Tara's first Stanford recruit, has played or coached basketball ever since, and begins her first stint as an NCAA Division I head coach at Boston University this season.
Jacklyn Bamberger (Boston University Daily Free Press) reviews Katy's basketball progress from elementary school to Boston University in: Steding ready to make her mark on BU women’s basketball.
Team USA defeated Spain 77-64 to captured their ninth world championship:
This is Nneka's fourth gold medal with USA Basketball. Previously she won the gold in the 2008 FIBA Americas U18 Championship, the 2009 USA U19 World Championship and the 2011 World University Games.
Team USA defeated France 94-72 in the quarterfinals yesterday, defeated Australia 82-70 in the semifinals today, and will compete with Spain in the gold medal game on Sunday.
The gold medal game will be played at 11:15am PT on Sunday. It will be telecast on NBA TV and streamed live on ESPN3.
Click here to see how the USA and Spain match up statistically and other information about the gold medal contenders.
Here's a really nice story about Nneka by Elliott Almond (Mercury News): Nneka Ogwumike showing she belongs on Team USA
And another from USA Basketball about the medal round, which begins tomorrow: USA Enters Medal Round At 2014 FIBA World Championship
The 2014 USA Basketball Women's National team completed its sweep of the FIBA World Championship group round yesterday with a huge win over Angola 119-44.
Team USA rookies (Nneka, Odyssey Sims and Breanna Stewart) came off the bench for lots of playing time, and Nneka took full advantage of the opportunity. She led all scorers with 18 points on seven of eight field goals and grabbed the most rebounds (10).
For more about the game, see:
By virtue of its performance in group play, Team USA gets two days of rest before playing France in its quarterfinal game on Friday.
All the quarterfinal, semifinal and final games will be broadcast (live-streamed) on ESPN3. Click here for the schedule.
