Team USA won yet another gold medal in the Olympics women’s basketball tournament thanks in part to stunning moves by guard Kahleah Copper , who finished the game with 12 points; 10 of those in the fourth quarter. While celebrating the win, teammate A’ja Wilson was asked by reporters on the court to describe Copper, 29, in one word. “That bitch,” Wilson, 28, quipped.
The U.S. women’s basketball squad toppled France 67-66 on Sunday, August 11, earning their eighth consecutive gold medal.
France will receive the silver and Australia the bronze. “We just knew what we had to do,” Wilson, who was named the game MVP, told reporters after the victory. “We believed in each other and that’s the greatest thing about it.
” Wilson, for her part, scored 21 points and 13 rebounds while Copper scored an impressive late-game basket. But it was Gabby Williams ’ final shot at the buzzer that helped the U.S.
team clinch gold. During Williams’ final play, her foot was on the three-point line. Celebrating the win on Instagram, Wilson simply captioned a pic of the arena, “Gold.
” With the Olympics in the rearview, Wilson is heading back to the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces with a new purpose. “I think every single season I feel like I’m planting seeds for, not just for myself and the team, but for the next generation,” Wilson exclusively told Us Weekly in April. “To be able to not go through the things that we went through the year before and continue to just invest in .