Hailey Van Lith, Dearica Hamby, and USA Basketball 3×3 team beat China to advance to medal games
When the U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team went 0-3 in pool play, the prospect of a two-time Olympic gold medalist seemed like a pipe dream, with teamwork and inexperience seemingly insurmountable and USA Basketball’s selection decisions perhaps misplaced. The four-man team, consisting of Haley Van Lith, Dearrica Hamby, Sierra Burdick and Rhyne Howard, lost to […]
Hailey Van Lith, women’s 3×3 basketball team finally get a win: ‘We still have a chance’
Despite being off to a less than anticipated start, the USA Basketball women’s 3×3 team is yet to lose. To the surprise of many, the defending gold medal champions lost their first three pool matches of the Olympic Games and were in danger of elimination with a loss to Spain on Thursday afternoon. However, Hailey […]
Hailey Van Lith was sick during USA’s 3×3 opening Olympic loss
Team USA’s 3×3 women’s basketball opening game at the 2024 Olympics didn’t go as planned, and some of that may have been down to illness. Following the team’s 17-13 loss to Germany on Tuesday, guard Hailey Van Lith said she wasn’t feeling well but didn’t appear to be making excuses. “I think I have a […]
Hailey Van Lith, USA Basketball 3×3 team fall vs. Germany: ‘We started playing soft’
The U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team, on its way to playing in the Olympics and defending its gold medal, lost its opening group game to Germany, 13-17. The four-piece team of Hailey Van Lith, Sierra Burdick, Diarika Hamby and Rhyne Howard has only been playing together for a few weeks, and that was evident in […]