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Three NC State WBB Players on USA National Basketball Teams

After a season in which they got State to their first-ever number one seed and found themselves on All-American lists, Elissa Cunane and Jakia Brown-Turner’s basketball year continues.

Sunday, both officially made the 2021 USA Basketball Women’s AmeriCup Team. After weeks of trials, the number of players narrowed down to 20, then 13, before the final, 12 women roster. Out of the 12 rostered members, Cunane and Brown-Turner join Maryland and South Carolina as the most represented school with two player.

Elissa Cunane

Cunane had possibly the greatest season, awards and stats-wise, to any player in State history last year.