After beating Japan in the opening game, the USA played defending champion Australia in the second round.

However, the USA team then went on to win a four-point game against Cuba, and won easily against Russia and Spain to move to the medal rounds.

The 97–27 final score represented the largest margin of victory by a USA team in Junior World Championship history.

[51] Gail Goestenkors served as the head coach of the team representing the US at the 2005 FIBA Americas U19 Championship for Women in Tunis, Tunisia.

Crystal Langhorne hit 77.5% of her field goal attempts, to lead the USA scorers with over 16 points per game.

[56] In the second game, USA defeated China 88–53, led by Nnemkadi Ogwumike with 18 points, and Kelsey Bone with 16.

The USA would hit less than a third (19 of 59) of their field goals in the remainder of the game, but the opening quarter lead would prove sufficient.

All USA players scored, while Bria Hartley, Kayla McBride, Chiney Ogwumike and Stefanie Dolson were all double-digit scorers.

The team was 15 of 17 from the free throw line, setting a USA FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Women record.

Malina Howard, at sixteen years of age, was the second youngest on the team (only Diamond DeShields was younger), but led the entire tournament in field goal percentage, hitting 62.% of her attempts.

The twelve players selected were: The opening game for the USA team was against Japan, who started out with a very early lead, 5–2.

The margin was still within single digits in the fourth quarter, when the USA team concentrated on defense, and went on a 10–3 run, leading to a final score of 85–63.

[81] In the next game against Russia, the USA team never trailed, playing with better defensive intensity, according to Coach Rizzotti.

The USA squad began the fourth quarter with a 12-point lead, but the team from China went on to score 31 points in the period.

Cierra Burdick shot 5–7 from the field and hit 8 of 9 free throws to lead the team in scoring with 17 points.

Hartley ended up scoring 20 points in the first half, helping the team to a thirteen-point halftime lead.

The USA team held Argentina to single digit scoring in each of the four-quarters, to keep the point total for their opponents to 28.

The USA team won 87–36, to finish undefeated in preliminary play, and secure the top seed in the next round.

Brazil would score the opening two-point of the second period, but the USA team regained its bearings and took over the game.

[47] The USA coach Katie Meier had praise for Stewart, Bashaara Graves, and Tuck, "Those three were workhorses down there".

As a result of the tryout, the USA organization selected twelve players at the U19 World Championship in Klaipėda and Panevėžys, Lithuania as well as the preliminary event the Lanzarote International Invitational Title, held in the Canary Islands.

The team from Canada scored first, and tied the game at three points apiece, but the USA opened up a lead they would never relinquish.

In the second half, the USA opened up a 15-point lead, but Canada cut it back to ten, prompting a timeout.

France tried to respond with a three-point attempt of their own, but Jones blocked it to seal the win, and preserve the undefeated status of the USA.

[121] The semi-final match was against Australia, a team they had played in the Canary Islands as part of the Lanzarote International Invitational Title.

The score was tied on several occasions early, and the Australian team led the low-scoring game 20–17 with six minutes to go in the half.

[122] The championship game was a rematch against France, a team the USA had played in the preliminary round, winning by just six points.

Alexis Jones had 29 assists during the tournament, tying an all-time U18 record established by Ariel Massengale.

Briana Turner scored 21 points and set a U18 record, hitting nine of eleven free throw attempts.

Every player on the USA's squad scored, with double digit results for Moore, Thomas, Wilson, Cox and Stevens.