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South Carolina women's basketball: Joyce Edwards helps USA claim 3X3 Nations League championship

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Joyce Edwards USA
Joyce Edwards USA

Joyce Edwards helped Team USA win the 2025 FIBA U23 Nations League Americas 2 tournament in Punta Arenas, Chile.

The tournament consisted of six three-game tournaments over the course of the week. Teams earn points based on their performance at each “stop.”

The team with the most points qualifies for the 2025 3X3 U23 World Cup in China in September, although, as the defending champion, the United States automatically qualified anyway.

Edwards was joined on Team USA by Taylor Bigby (TCU), MiLaysia Fulwiley (LSU), Zee Spearman (Tennessee), Rachel Ullstrom (Richmond), and Serena Sundell (formerly Kansas State).

Each day, four of the six players are declared active and can substitute during the game. Each player played in four of the six stops.

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The United States won four of the six stops, and came in third in the other two.

Edwards was the Americans’ most effective player and was the leading scorer in all in all four stops in which she played. She averaged 10.9 points per game.

This was Edwards’ third USA Basketball event of the offseason. She participated in the 3X Nationals in May alongside Gamecock teammates Chloe Kitts, Tessa Johnson, and Maddy McDaniel. They finished third, with their only loss coming in the semifinals.

A few weeks ago, Edwards helped lead the United States to a gold medal in the 2025 FIBA AmeriCup Tournament. That competition was also in Chile, but in Santiago.

The USA beat defending champions Brazil, with Gamecocks Kamilla Cardoso and Ayla McDowell, in the gold medal game. The win gave Edwards her third FIBA gold medal.

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