The USA team won that match 18–15 to win the first ever gold medal at an Olympic Games 3x3 basketball tournament.

Kathy Richey-Walton was named to coach the U18 team selected to compete in the first ever Youth Olympic Games which was held in Singapore from August 14 to 26 2010.

She went on to score 19 points in the game against the host country Singapore, helping the team to win 34–11.

Canty was the scoring leader with 15 points, and the USA won 34–16 to secure the bronze medal finish.

The next game was against Italy, and the USA team won, but by a much closer score than in previous contests, 16–13.

In the quarterfinals against the Czech Republic, the game went to double-overtime, but the USA team emerged victorious with a 25–23 win.

Despite the handicap, the USA team took the game to overtime, but lost in the sudden death period.

[5] The team was scheduled to play against Japan for the bronze medal, but forfeited due to the injuries and finished in fourth place.

[12] FIBA decided to award the team honorary bronze medals to recognize the effort.

She had planned a vacation for the time period of the world tournament, so was able to accept the request to play as a replacement player.

The Aussies gave them their toughest challenge to date, but the USA team held on to win 19–18.

The second FIBA 3x3 U18 (Youth) World Championship For Women was held in Alcobendas, Spain, September 28–30, 2012.

[6] The third FIBA 3x3 U18 (Youth) World Championship For Women was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 26–29, 2013.

The USA team started strong, giving up only two points each to Guam and Puerto Rico, winning each game 21–2.

[7] The second FIBA 3x3 World Championship For Women was held in Moscow, Russia, June 5–8, 2015.

The players for the USA team were:[17] Samuelson turned an ankle prior to the event, so was unable to play in some games, and had limited minutes in others.

The USA team started with a 21–3 win over Romania, followed by victories over Indonesia, Egypt, and Thailand.

[22] The players for the USA team were:[23] Asia Durr played on the Defend team, which won 2015 USA Basketball 3×3 U18 National Tournament along with the right to represent the US at the World Championships, but she suffered a muscle injury, and had to withdraw.

She was replaced by Erin Boley, a player on the Southern Starz team, and the winner of the qualifying tournament MVP award.

The Netherlands then began to hit baskets and outscored the USA 8–1 to take a four-point lead with under four minutes to go and continued on to the 21–13 win.

The USA cut the lead to six but France scored three more points to win the game 21–12.

For this event, Team USA consists of four University of Oregon players who had won the 2018 US open women's championship that April:[32] The U18 event in 2018 was held as part of the Youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 7–17, 2018.

This set up the gold medal match against France, which the USA team won 18–4, to end the event with a perfect 9–0 record.