TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State University women's basketball players Courtney Ekmark, Kianna Ibis, Reili Richardson and Jamie Ruden will combine to form one of 12 teams participating in the 2018 USA Basketball Women's 3x3 National Championships, which will be held April 21-22 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The weekend's games, which also feature a men's tournament, are free and open to the public.
Eighteen of the women competing at the USA 3x3 Nationals have prior USA Basketball experience, including Richardson who last summer was a member of the USA team that finished with the silver medal at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup.
Games will be played under FIBA 3x3 rules and will feature a 10-minute clock and 12-second shot clock. Other rules of note: free throws and buckets inside the arc are worth one point and shots from beyond the arc are worth two points; the first team to 21 points or whichever team is ahead at the end of regulation play is the winner; and if the game ends in a tie, the first team to score two points in overtime wins.
The teams for each tournament have been drawn into two pools for the April 21 preliminary round games. Held in Sports Center II at the USOTC, round-robin competition for women begins at 9 a.m. (all times listed are local, MDT), with the preliminary round final games set to start at 4:20 p.m. The men's games begin at 9:40 a.m., and the final session is scheduled to tip-off at 5 p.m.
Following Saturday's games, teams will be seeded for medal-round play, which will be held in Sports Center I and begins at 9 a.m. for the men and 9:40 a.m. for the women. Winning teams will continue to advance to play in the national championship games, both of which will be streamed live on usab.com beginning at 12:50 p.m.
The winning team at the USA Basketball 3x3 Women's National Championship may have an opportunity to represent the U.S. at the 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup.
The 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup, which will feature a men's and women's tournament as well as skills contests, will be held June 8-12 in Manila, Philippines.
Eighteen of the women competing at the USA 3x3 Nationals have prior USA Basketball experience, including Richardson who last summer was a member of the USA team that finished with the silver medal at the 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup.
Games will be played under FIBA 3x3 rules and will feature a 10-minute clock and 12-second shot clock. Other rules of note: free throws and buckets inside the arc are worth one point and shots from beyond the arc are worth two points; the first team to 21 points or whichever team is ahead at the end of regulation play is the winner; and if the game ends in a tie, the first team to score two points in overtime wins.
The teams for each tournament have been drawn into two pools for the April 21 preliminary round games. Held in Sports Center II at the USOTC, round-robin competition for women begins at 9 a.m. (all times listed are local, MDT), with the preliminary round final games set to start at 4:20 p.m. The men's games begin at 9:40 a.m., and the final session is scheduled to tip-off at 5 p.m.
Following Saturday's games, teams will be seeded for medal-round play, which will be held in Sports Center I and begins at 9 a.m. for the men and 9:40 a.m. for the women. Winning teams will continue to advance to play in the national championship games, both of which will be streamed live on usab.com beginning at 12:50 p.m.
The winning team at the USA Basketball 3x3 Women's National Championship may have an opportunity to represent the U.S. at the 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup.
The 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup, which will feature a men's and women's tournament as well as skills contests, will be held June 8-12 in Manila, Philippines.