The U.S. Olympic ladies’s 3×3 staff appeared to take one other hit on back-to-back nights, as Atlanta Dream star Rhyne Howard left Wednesday night time’s sport in opposition to the Minnesota Lynx.
Howard, who was main the staff with 15.4 factors per sport, exited the sport within the third quarter with a lower-leg harm.
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Rhyne Howard, #10 of the Atlanta Dream, talks with Cameron Brink, #22 of the Los Angeles Sparks, through the sport on June 16, 2024 at Gateway Middle Area at School Park in Atlanta. (Adam Hagy/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
Atlanta head coach Tanisha Wright stated Howard can be re-evaluated on Thursday.
Howard is the second member of the U.S. Olympic ladies’s 3×3 staff to go down in as many days. Los Angeles Sparks rookie Cameron Brink slipped on the courtroom Tuesday night time.
The Sparks introduced earlier Wednesday that the Stanford rookie suffered a torn ACL. She is probably going completed for the remainder of the season and will certainly miss the Olympics.
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Rhyne Howard, #10 of the Atlanta Dream, brings the ball up courtroom through the sport in opposition to the Minnesota Lynx on June 19, 2024 at Goal Middle in Minneapolis. (David Sherman/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
TCU guard Hailey Van Lith and former Tennessee standout Cierra Burdick are the one wholesome gamers left on the roster. Stefanie Dolson, Allisha Grey, Jackie Younger and Kelsey Plum helped the U.S. win the gold medal in Tokyo.
Plum and Younger are on the U.S. Olympic ladies’s 5-on-5 staff.
It’s unclear who the U.S. will exchange Howard and Brink with. A number of names have been talked about, together with Aliyah Boston, Dearica Hambry and Betnijah Lainey-Hamilton.
Los Angeles Sparks ahead Cameron Brink, #22, sustained an harm and was assisted off the courtroom by Los Angeles Sparks ahead Dearica Hamby, #5, throughout a WNBA sport between Los Angeles Sparks and Connecticut Solar on June 18, 2024 at Mohegan Solar Area in Uncasville, Connecticut. (M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)
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FIBA, the world governing physique of basketball, says to make the roster a squad has to have two gamers ranked throughout the prime 10 of their nation and two gamers within the prime 50 of their nation or have the minimal variety of rating factors. To earn rating factors, gamers must take part in 3×3 occasions.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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