2004 United States women's Olympic basketball team

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2004 United States women's Olympic basketball team
Head coachVan Chancellor
2004 Summer Olympics
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The 2004 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the

Russia in the semi-finals.[1]

Roster

United States women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G
 		4 Shannon Johnson 29 – (1974-08-18)August 18, 1974 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
San Antonio Silver Stars
 United States
G
 		5 Dawn Staley 34 – (1970-05-04)May 4, 1970 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Charlotte Sting United States
G
 		6 Sue Bird 23 – (1980-10-16)October 16, 1980 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Seattle Storm United States
F
 		7 Sheryl Swoopes 33 – (1971-03-25)March 25, 1971 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Houston Comets United States
C 8 Ruth Riley 24 – (1979-08-28)28 August 1979 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Detroit Shock United States
C 9 Lisa Leslie 32 – (1972-07-07)July 7, 1972 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Los Angeles Sparks United States
F
 		10 Tamika Catchings 25 – (1979-07-21)July 21, 1979 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Indiana Fever United States
F
 		11 Tina Thompson 29 – (1975-02-10)February 10, 1975 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Houston Comets United States
G
 		12 Diana Taurasi 22 – (1982-06-11)June 11, 1982 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Phoenix Mercury United States
F/C 13 Yolanda Griffith 34 – (1970-03-01)March 1, 1970 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Sacramento Monarchs United States
G
 		14 Katie Smith 30 – (1974-06-04)June 4, 1974 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Minnesota Lynx United States
F
 		15 Swin Cash 24 – (1979-09-22)September 22, 1979 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Detroit Shock United States
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Ctr. field describes country of
    last club before the tournament
  • Age as of August 13, 2004
  • Source: [2]

Results

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Group stage

August 14, 2004
14:30
United States  99–47  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 35–11, 16–15, 20–8
Pts: Cash 19
Rebs: Taurasi 9
Asts: Bird, Staley
3		 Pts: Marino 13
Rebs: Loffhagen 7
Asts: Three players 1
August 16, 2004
14:30
Czech Republic  61–80  United States
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 14–24, 15–23, 11–15
Pts: Klimešová 18
Rebs: Machová 5
Asts: Machová
5		 Pts: Leslie 15
Rebs: Leslie 10
Asts: Staley 4
August 18, 2004
14:30
South Korea  57–80  United States
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 9–19, 7–29, 18–12
Lee M
3		 Pts: Leslie 25
Rebs: Leslie, Thompson 7
Asts: Three players 3
August 20, 2004
14:30
United States  71–58  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 12–13, 19–12, 21–17
Pts: Leslie 19
Rebs: Leslie 9
Asts: Staley
6		 Pts: Valdemoro 22
Rebs: Pascua 11
Asts: Palau 3
August 22, 2004
20:00
China  62–100  United States
Scoring by quarter: 13–27, 19–25, 13–23, 17–25
Ye 19
Rebs: Sui 6
Asts: Miao
3		 Pts: Taurasi 19
Rebs: Griffith 11
Asts: Bird , Johnson 5

Quarterfinal

August 25, 2004
14:30
United States  102–72  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 28–15, 21–19, 26–19
Pts: Johnson 21
Rebs: Griffith 11
Asts: Thompson
5		 Pts: Kostaki 26
Rebs: Samoroukova 6
Asts: Kostaki 8

Semifinal

August 27, 2004
14:30
Russia  62–66  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 18–21, 11–14, 18–15
Baranova
6		 Pts: Thompson 14
Rebs: Griffit, Leslie 7
Asts: Leslie 3

Gold Medal Final

August 28, 2004
16:15
United States  74–63  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 12–12, 23–24, 22–13
Pts: Thompson 18
Rebs: Leslie 8
Asts: Thompson
3		 Pts: Taylor 16
Rebs: Jackson 14
Asts: Fallon, Jackson 2

See also

References

  1. ^ Hack, Damon (August 29, 2004). "Summer 2004 Games -- Basketball: Women's Final; For U.S. Women, Victory for Gold And Team Play". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Women's Basketball Team Roster – United States (USA)" (PDF). 2004 Olympics. LA84 Foundation. April 9, 2014. p. 15.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Women's Basketball - Athens 2004 Summer Olympics". Olympian Database.

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