| Head coach | Cheryl Reeve |
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The 2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad held in Paris, France. Led by coach Cheryl Reeve, the team won its ninth gold medal, and eighth consecutive, at the event. [1]
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29 July 2024 21:00 |
United States  | 102–76 |  Japan |
| Scoring by quarter:22–15, 28–24, 29–18, 23–19 | ||
| Pts: Wilson 24 Rebs: Wilson 13 Asts: Gray 13 | Pts: Takada 24 Rebs:four players 3 Asts: Machida, Yamamoto 5 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 13,040 Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Viola Györgyi (NOR), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ) |
1 August 2024 21:00 |
Belgium  | 74–87 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 15–23, 15–14, 21–27 | ||
| Pts: Meesseman 24 Rebs: Delaere, Linskens 5 Asts: Delaere 8 | Pts: Stewart 26 Rebs: Wilson 13 Asts: Ionescu 5 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 25,044 Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Luis Castillo (ESP), Ariadna Chueca (ESP) |
4 August 2024 17:15 |
Germany  | 68–87 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter:19–16, 10–25, 17–28, 22–18 | ||
| Pts: S. Sabally 15 Rebs: Geiselsöder 8 Asts: Peterson 4 | Pts: Young 19 Rebs: Collier 7 Asts:three players 5 | |
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 25,844 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Viola Györgyi (NOR) |
7 August 2024 21:30 |
Nigeria  | 74–88 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 16–26, 15–24, 26–12 | ||
| Pts: Amukamara 19 Rebs: Kunaiyi-Akpannah 8 Asts: Kalu 7 | Pts: Wilson 20 Rebs: Wilson 11 Asts: Thomas 6 | |
Accor Arena, Paris Attendance: 12,437 Referees: Viola Györgyi (NOR), Juan Fernández (ARG), Yann Davidson (MAD) |
9 August 2024 17:30 |
| United States | 85–64 |  Australia |
| Scoring by quarter:20–16, 25–11, 21–13, 19–24 | ||
| Pts: Young 14 Rebs: Wilson 8 Asts:three players 5 | Pts: Borlase 11 Rebs: Smith 7 Asts:three players 3 | |
Accor Arena, Paris Attendance: 11,919 Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Viola Györgyi (NOR), Péter Praksch (HUN) |
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