The U.S. will face Japan in a Paris Olympics women's basketball Group C game Monday in Lille, France to begin its quest for an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal with Kelsey Plum, who was raised in Poway, among five newcomers.
In this Feb. 2, 2020, file photo, USA Women's National Team guard Kelsey Plum drives the ball upcourt during an NCAA women's exhibition basketball game against Louisville in Louisville, Ky.
Plum was scoreless in six minutes off the bench, as the U.S. concluded exhibition play by defeating Germany, 84-57, Tuesday in London. Plum missed three shots. had three assists and pulled down one rebound.Plum led La Jolla County Day to the 2012 CIF Division IV state championship. She scored a then-NCAA-record 3,527 points in her four seasons at Washington, including the single-season record, 1,109, as a senior in the 2016- 17 season.
The other newcomers are guard Jackie Young, a teammate of Plum's on the U.S. gold medal-winning 3x3 team from the Tokyo Games and Las Vegas, Phoenix Mercury guard-forward Kahleah Copper, New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu and Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas.
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