DURHAM – Former Duke women’s basketball standout Chelsea Gray was named to the 2024 USA Basketball Women’s National Team slated to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris this summer.
Gray joins current Duke women’s basketball head coach Kara Lawson, who was tabbed as an assistant coach for the Olympic Team back in February.
No stranger to USA Basketball, Gray will once again don the red, white and blue having been a member of the USA Basketball Women’s National Team that took home the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She posted splits of 7.3 points, 3.2 assists and 1.7 rebounds per game for USA Basketball during the Olympic run, including a tournament-best 14 points in the semifinals against Serbia and a six point, four assist effort in the gold medal contest versus Japan.
The Hayward, Calif., product was also a member of the 2022 USA Women’s National Team, which captured its 11th World Cup gold medal in Sydney. The World title also qualified the USA for the Paris Games.
The USA women will hold training camp in Phoenix before competing against the WNBA All-Stars in the league’s All-Star Game on Saturday, July 20 at 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC). The team will then travel to London to play the German Women’s National Team at O2 Arena on July 23 at 3 p.m. ET (FS1), as part of the 2024 USA Basketball Showcase. For more information, including how to buy tickets, click here.
The USA women are seeking their eighth straight– and 10th overall – Olympic gold medal.
The American women open group play against Japan on July 29 (3:00 p.m. ET), followed by Belgium on Aug. 1 (3:00 p.m. ET) and Germany on Aug. 4 (11:15 a.m. ET). The U.S. has a combined 29-2 overall record against its Group C opponents. This is the second straight Olympics USA is grouped with Japan and marks the first time the U.S. will face Belgium and Germany at the Games.
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