DURHAM – Former Duke women's basketball standout, 2020 Olympic Gold Medalist and current WNBA All-Star Chelsea Gray has been selected to represent USA Basketball at the FIBA World Cup Qualifying Tournament in Washington D.C.
A current member of the Las Vegas Aces, Gray competed in a three-day training camp with 16 other athletes from Feb. 5-7 in Washington D.C., for a chance to play against Belgium and Puerto Rico at the Entertainment and Sports Arena.
Gray will join Olympic gold medalists Jewell Loyd and Kelsey Plum (2018) and fellow 2020 Olympic gold medalists Ariel Atkins, Stefanie Dolson, and Allisha Gray to form the 12-member USA Basketball Team.
The team was selected by the USA Women's National Team Selection Committee, chaired by Connecticut Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti and will be led by Cheryl Reeve, who will serve as the USA Basketball head coach from 2021-24.
Puerto Rico will play Belgium on Feb. 10, while the Feb. 11 contest features the USA against Belgium. The tournament concludes with a USA versus Puerto Rico clash on Feb. 12. Tickets for all games range from $10 (plus Ticketmaster fees) for general admission to $100 (plus Ticketmaster fees) for courtside seating and are on sale now via Ticketmaster.com and USAB.com/tickets. Fans are able to save 25% in an early bird discount through Feb. 1 by purchasing tickets online for any of the five games using promo code "FIBA22" at checkout.
At the 2020 Olympics, Gray averaged 7.3 points, 3.2 assists and 1.7 rebounds for USA Basketball. She scored a tournament-best 14 points in the semifinals against Serbia, while scoring six points and dishing four assists in the gold medal contest versus Japan.
This past year with the Las Vegas Aces, Gray averaged 11.1 points, 5.9 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.2 steals. The 2014 Duke graduate ranked fourth in the league in assists, while also ranking in the top-20 in field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage and steals.
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