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Thursday, June 09, 2016

Bridgeport to host U.S. Olympic exhibition game

USA Basketball announced it would be playing international friendlies in three locations in late July including Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport.

After three days of training from July 24-26 at a site to be announced, the University of Delaware's Bob Carpenter Center will host a doubleheader on July 27 with Australia playing Canada at 5 p.m. followed by the U.S. meeting France. On July 29 Australia and France will meet at 4:30 p.m. followed by a game between the U.S. and Canada featuring six current or former UConn players since Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi are members of the U.S. Olympic squad and current UConn guard Kia Nurse is a star on the Canadian team.

On July 31 Canada and France will square off at 1:30 p.m. followed by a game between Australia and the U.S. at Madison Square Garden.

The team will wrap up its state-side preparations with a practice in Houston on Aug. 2 before leaving for Brazil. There is a practice day on July 28 between the games in Delaware and Connecticut at a site to be announced.

Tickets will go on sale on Monday. Here's a link to more information

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