The Los Angeles Sparks’ Dearica Hamby was a part of the US women's basketball team that won bronze in the 3x3 game after defeating Canada 16-13. The best…
The US women's basketball team got off to a rough start in the 3x3 game, but turned it around, beating Canada to take home bronze.The Los Angeles Sparks’ Dearica Hamby was a part of the US women's basketball team that won bronze in the 3x3 game after defeating Canada 16-13.
“Being a part of USA basketball, the standard is gold so I think once we kind of released that pressure. We were able to just kind of have fun,” Hamby said. “When we were down 0-3, we were kind of like, at this point we have nothing to lose.” The team bounced back, rolling into the knockout stage before a loss to Spain in the semifinal. Hamby and teammates Hailey Van Lith, Cierra Burdick and Rhyne Howard bounced back against Canada for bronze.
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