McKinna Brackens is able to hit the highway once more … for USA Basketball.
The Solar Satan senior who helped ASU to a enjoyable one-season turnaround will probably be competing with USA Basketball’s 3×3 U23 staff Sept. 15-19 in Wuhan, China, on the FIBA World Cup.
The 2026 USA 3×3 U23 Ladies’s Nationwide Staff additionally options Dani Carnegie, Katie Fiso and Tori McKinney, because the group received the 2026 FIBA 3×3 Nations League Americas North Convention in July in Ñuñoa, Chile. They may reunite with head coach Todd Monsey (Highland Park H.S., TX), who was on the helm in Chile.
A dream come true ✨@SunDevilWBB‘s @McKinnaBrackens reacts to @usab3x3 Nations League roster alternative.#NCAAWBB x 📸/🎥 @SunDevilWBB @JordyHamm pic.twitter.com/wlYbOyckwR
— NCAA March Insanity (@MarchMadnessWBB) July 2, 2026
The development stat
Brackens entered 2025-26 averaging 6.8 factors and 4.5 rebounds in 58 profession video games. She jumped to 14.4 ppg./6.4 rpg final 12 months as ASU went from 10 wins to 24 wins.
Some huge sport numbers
Brackens had profession highs in factors (31 at Utah on Dec. 31), rebounds (15 vs. McNeese State on Dec. 5), assists (six vs. Utah on Dec. 31) and steals (5 vs. Kansas State on Feb. 1 and at Penn State on Dec. 9) final 12 months.
Arizona State girls’s basketball coach Molly Miller talks about ahead McKinna Brackens representing USA on the 2026 FIBA 3×3 Nations League Americas Convention this summer season. pic.twitter.com/uvE007ICN8
— Jenna Ortiz (@jennarortiz) July 22, 2026
In Might, Carnegie, Fiso and McKinney participated in a USA Basketball 3×3 Developmental Camp in Phoenix and the following USA Basketball 3X Showcase in Mesa, Arizona. Carnegie, Fiso and McKinney took house the 3X Showcase title – competing as Staff Phoenix – after defeating Staff Tempe 21-17 within the closing. Brackens competed on the 3X Showcase alongside teammates from Arizona State, and the Solar Devils superior to the quarterfinals.
The USA ladies and men look to return to the rostrum for the primary time since profitable gold and silver, respectively, in 2024.
The USA girls will open Pool D play on Sept. 16 vs. Japan at 3:50 a.m. ET, adopted by a matchup with Kenya at 8:50 a.m. ET. Pool play continues Sept. 18 vs. Slovenia at 5:30 a.m. ET and Australia at 8:25 a.m. ET.
Following pool play, the highest two groups from every of the 4 five-team swimming pools will transfer on to the quarterfinals on Sept. 19.
The 2026 FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup will stream dwell on YouTube.com/FIBA3x3.
Launched in 2018, the lads’s and girls’s FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup pits one of the best under-23 3×3 expertise towards each other to combat for an opportunity at profitable gold. The 2026 version would be the seventh occasion since its inception. For extra data on the FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup, click on right here.
The USA males are two-time 3×3 U23 medalists, taking gold in 2023 and silver in 2024. The U.S. girls additionally personal one gold (2024) and silver (2022) medal within the competitors’s historical past.
It’s performed on a half-court with a 10-minute clock and a 12-second shot clock. The primary staff to 21 factors, or the staff within the lead on the finish of regulation, is the winner.
