Copa America: US women s basketball team reverses and narrowly wins the defending champion Brazil, winning the championship, all college students are crowned

On July 7, the 2025 FIBA ​​Women's Basketball Team's Cup final ended. The US Women's Basketball Team played with all college students. They fell behind by 2 points in the first half of the final and fell by 1 point in the first three quarters. With the help of the final 27-18 offensive, the US Women's Basketball Team made a counterattack. In the end, the US Women's Basketball Team reversed 92-84 and narrowly defeated the defending champion Brazil Women's Basketball Team, thrillingly won this year's American Cup Women's Basketball Championship.

The US women's basketball team has an amazing dominance in the international arena. They have achieved eight consecutive championships in the Olympics and have won 70 consecutive victories in the World Cup and Olympics.

However, in this year's FIBA ​​Women's Basketball Team's America's Cup, the US Women's Basketball Team did not send its main lineup to participate. After all, the main core players are in the WNBA season.

Under such circumstances, the US women's basketball team Cara Lawson takes charge, and all 12 players are college students, including Hidalgo and Edwards, who were the best team in the U19 Women's Basketball World Cup in 2023, and the rest are Regan Beers, Mikaela Brex, Madison Booker, Audi Crooks, Frojan Johnson, Jenna Nipkens, Olivia Mills, Kennedy Smith, Hannah Stulk, and Grace Vans Lutten.

The US Women's Basketball Team passed the hurdles and advanced to the finals, and they ushered in a championship duel with the Brazilian Women's Basketball Team. The US women's basketball team led by 3 points 25-22 in the first quarter, but lost 5 points 20-25 in the second quarter. At the end of the first half, the US women's basketball team was 2 points behind the Brazilian women's basketball team 45-47. In the second half, the US women's basketball team recovered 1 point 20-19 in the third quarter, and was still 65-66 behind the Brazil women's basketball team by one point in the first three quarters. By the last quarter, the US women's basketball team won 9 points 27-18, and in the end, the US women's basketball team reversed 92-84 and defeated the Brazil women's basketball team to win the championship.

3 players from the US women's basketball team scored in double digits, Brex scored 27 points and 6 rebounds, Hidalgo scored 16 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and Edwards scored 11 points and 7 rebounds. The Brazilian women's basketball team also scored 3 players in double digits, with Dantes having 25 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Nassiemento having 24 points, and Silva having 19 points.