The U.S. 3×3 women’s basketball began their Olympic play and gold medal defense with a 17-13 loss to Germany to open group play. The team — made up of Hailey Van Lith, Cierra Burdick, Dearica Hamby, and Rhyne Howard — has only had a few weeks together, and that was evident in a mistake-filled game on Tuesday afternoon in Paris.
While Burdick and Van Lith were both on the 2023 World Cup team that won gold, Hamby and Howard are new additions. Howard is a WNBA star and member of the Atlanta Dream, but she hasn’t played nearly as much 3×3 basketball as the other competitors in the
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