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Skinner, Sowah Earn Gold Medals; Koabel Gears Up for FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League
7/20/2025 8:17:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke women's basketball rising freshman Emilee Skinner and former standout Miela (Goodchild) Sowah capped competition at their respective FIBA events at the top of the mountain as the pair helped lead their clubs to gold medals Sunday.
Skinner and USA Basketball captured FIBA U19 Women's World Cup gold – the fourth straight for the United States – by way of an 88-76 victory over Australia, while Sowah and the Australian Opals secured their first FIBA Women's Asia Cup title after dispatching Japan, 88-79.
Sowah helped Australia surge to a 5-0 mark and lock down the automatic berth to the FIBA Women's World Cup 2026, set to take place in Berlin, Germany. She appeared in all five games for Australia and averaged 6.6 points in 9.5 minutes per contest. Sowah opened the event with back-to-back games in double figures, pouring in 19 points on 7-for-10 shooting against the Philippines, then netting 10 points versus Lebanon.
Skinner aided the red, white and blue to an unblemished 7-0 record at the U19 Women's World Cup, which saw the United States extend its win streak to a record 28 straight games with victories over China, France, Hungary, Israel, Korea and Spain, in addition to Australia. Skinner saw action in all seven tilts for the United States putting up 5.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game. The Providence, Utah product posted highs in points (11), rebounds (6) and steals (4) against Korea and in assists (5) versus China.
FIBA 3x3 Nations League 2025 – Americas 2 (July 21-27)
Rising senior Emma Koabel and Team Canada are slated to tip FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League 2025 Americas 2 competition, which is set to take place July 21-27 in Punta Arenas, Chile. Koabel and Canada get Americas 2 action going with stop 1, which features games against the United States (2:30 p.m. ET) and the Cayman Islands (3:20 p.m. ET) July 21.
Koabel, a product of Port Colborne, Ontario is set to make her third appearance with Team Canada, most recently competing as a member of the 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup squad that earned the bronze medal. She also played on Canada's 2021 U19 team that finished fifth at the Women's World Cup.
Along with Koabel, the Canadians' six-member women's squad – led by head coach Dianna Ros – includes Rebecca Demeke (Toronto, Ont.), Marah Dykstra (Vancouver, B.C.), Alphonsia Eleko (Montreal, Que.), Gage Grassick (Prince Albert, SK) and Mackenzie Smith (Shelburne).
All FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League 2025 games will stream live on YouTube each day via the FIBA 3x3 YouTube Channel.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and subscribe to the YouTube channel by searching "DukeWBB."
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Skinner and USA Basketball captured FIBA U19 Women's World Cup gold – the fourth straight for the United States – by way of an 88-76 victory over Australia, while Sowah and the Australian Opals secured their first FIBA Women's Asia Cup title after dispatching Japan, 88-79.
Sowah helped Australia surge to a 5-0 mark and lock down the automatic berth to the FIBA Women's World Cup 2026, set to take place in Berlin, Germany. She appeared in all five games for Australia and averaged 6.6 points in 9.5 minutes per contest. Sowah opened the event with back-to-back games in double figures, pouring in 19 points on 7-for-10 shooting against the Philippines, then netting 10 points versus Lebanon.
Skinner aided the red, white and blue to an unblemished 7-0 record at the U19 Women's World Cup, which saw the United States extend its win streak to a record 28 straight games with victories over China, France, Hungary, Israel, Korea and Spain, in addition to Australia. Skinner saw action in all seven tilts for the United States putting up 5.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game. The Providence, Utah product posted highs in points (11), rebounds (6) and steals (4) against Korea and in assists (5) versus China.
FIBA 3x3 Nations League 2025 – Americas 2 (July 21-27)
Rising senior Emma Koabel and Team Canada are slated to tip FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League 2025 Americas 2 competition, which is set to take place July 21-27 in Punta Arenas, Chile. Koabel and Canada get Americas 2 action going with stop 1, which features games against the United States (2:30 p.m. ET) and the Cayman Islands (3:20 p.m. ET) July 21.
Koabel, a product of Port Colborne, Ontario is set to make her third appearance with Team Canada, most recently competing as a member of the 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup squad that earned the bronze medal. She also played on Canada's 2021 U19 team that finished fifth at the Women's World Cup.
Along with Koabel, the Canadians' six-member women's squad – led by head coach Dianna Ros – includes Rebecca Demeke (Toronto, Ont.), Marah Dykstra (Vancouver, B.C.), Alphonsia Eleko (Montreal, Que.), Gage Grassick (Prince Albert, SK) and Mackenzie Smith (Shelburne).
All FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League 2025 games will stream live on YouTube each day via the FIBA 3x3 YouTube Channel.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and subscribe to the YouTube channel by searching "DukeWBB."
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