Katrina Felicia McClain (born September 19, 1965) is a retired American basketball player.
McClain grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, where she attended St. Andrews High School.
In her senior year, she helped lead the team to a 30–0 record, including a state championship.
[1] McClain began her career at the University of Georgia, where she was a two-time All-American (1986, 1987) and won varsity letters all four years.
[6] She ranks second on Georgia's all-time career charts with 2,195 points (17.6 ppg) and 1,193 rebounds (9.5).
While a sophomore at Georgia, McClain was selected for the team to represent the US at the 1985 World University Games, held in Kobe, Japan.
[8] McClain was selected to represent the US at the inaugural Goodwill Games, held in Moscow in July 1986.
This set up the final against the Soviet Union, led by 7-foot-2 Ivilana Semenova, considered the most dominant player in the world.
The Soviet team had a 152–2 record in major international competition over the prior three decades, including an 84–82 win over the US in the 1983 World Championships.
For the entire event, McClain averaged eleven points, tied for third leading scorer with Anne Donovan.
The Soviet team, having lost only once at home, wanted to show that the Goodwill games setback was a fluke.
The USA team started by scoring the first eight points, and raced to a 45–23 lead, although the Soviets fought back and reduced the halftime margin to 13.
The USA went on a 15–1 run in the second half to out the game away, and ended up winning the gold medal with a score of 108–88.
The USA team found itself behind at halftime to Canada in their next game, but came back to win easily 95–70.
In the title match, McClain was the leading scorer with 23 points, and added nine rebounds, to help the USA team win the gold medal.
McClain again led the team in rebounds at almost eleven per game, and was second in scoring honors, behind Teresa Edwards.
[14] McClain was a member of the USA team invited to the 1991 Pan American Games held in Havana, Cuba.
Hortência Marcari scored in the final minute to give Brazil a three-point lead.
McClain responded to bring the margin to one, but Brazil made free throws in the final seconds to secure the 87–84 upset.
The USA team fell behind by eleven points in the second half, rallied to take a small lead, but could not secure the victory, and ended up with a loss 79–73.
The USA victory over Australia featured a record setting 15 assists by Teresa Edwards, while McClain was the leading scorer with 24 points.
This time, playing before a home crowd of 32,987, the USA team started out very strong, hitting 71.9 per cent of their field goals leading to an eleven points margin at the half.