The US Women’s team won gold in the inaugural 3×3 Women’s basketball event at the Olympics.
The team of Stephanie Dolson, Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young defeated the Russian Olympic Committee 18-15 to secure gold. Dolson — a Port Jervis, NY native — led the team to victory with a team-high seven points.
“It is incredible,” Dolson told reporters after the game. “Basketball runs deep in the USA and to pull this off and win gold is incredible.”
The event is played at half-court setting until a team reaches 21 points, or until the ten minutes of regulation are up.
“The hardest part is playing with the pace and playing so physical,” Kelsey Plum said Wednesday before the games. “You are getting held and grabbed and pushed every single play and so the freedom of movement is not the same.”
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It was the United States’ tenth gold medal at the Tokyo Games.