The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women's Basketball's Collier to represent USA Basketball in FIBA 3x3 Series
05.30.2019 | Women's Basketball
The inaugural event will take place Friday and Saturday in China.
Freshman Texas women's basketball player Charli Collier is one of four athletes who have been selected to represent USA Basketball at the inaugural FIBA 3x3 Women's Series stop from May 31-June 1 in Chengdu, China.
The FIBA 3x3 Women's Series is a new 3x3 competition series dedicated to women athletes from around the globe and representing the USA in the first competition are Bella Alarie (Princeton), Collier (Texas), Aleah Goodman (Oregon State) and Christyn Williams (UConn).
Up to 12 events in the series are expected to take place this year from May to September and will be announced throughout the season.
Also competing in the Chengdu event are 3x3 national teams from Australia, host China, France, Japan, Mongolia, Netherlands and Ukraine.
The eight teams have been split into two groups of four for preliminary round play, and the USA on May 31 will open against France, before facing Australia and Mongolia. The medal round will take place June 1, and teams will be seeded based on preliminary round standings. The No. 1 team from each pool will earn a bye to the semifinals. The semifinal play-in games will feature A2 versus B3 and B2 will take on A3. The gold medal game will cap off the day's games.
The team was selected by the USA Basketball 3x3 National Team Selection Committee, which is comprised of USA Basketball Women's National Team director Carol Callan, USA Basketball Youth & Sport Development director Jay Demings, USA Basketball Men's National Team assistant director Samson Kayode, 2008 Olympic gold medalist and USA 3x3 team consultant Kara Lawson and 1997 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year Mo McHone, who has served on numerous USA Basketball coaching staffs from 1998-2018 and has coached in the NBA, NBA G League, Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and internationally in South Korea.
Olympic fans will see the launch of a new basketball discipline with the inclusion of 3x3 in 2020.
May 31 games
3:30 a.m. CT vs. France
5 a.m. CT vs. Australia
6:30 a.m. CT vs. Mongolia
June 1 games
5:30 a.m. CT – B2/A3
5:50 a.m. CT – A2/B3
6:20 a.m. CT – A1 vs. winner B2/A3
6:45 a.m. CT – winner A2/B3 vs. B1
7:30 a.m. CT – gold medal game
