COLLEGE PARK, MD - Former Terrapin legend Alyssa Thomas is set to compete with Team USA in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris this week.

Thomas and Team USA will open preliminary play Monday, July 29 at 3 p.m. ET vs. Japan. Their matchup will be streamed on the USA Network and Peacock. 

This will be Thomas' first Olympics and the Terrapins' first United States women's baseball Olympian since Vicky Bullett, who won gold and bronze with the 1988 and 1992 Olympic teams.

Thomas and Team USA beat Germany, 84-57, in an exhibition Monday in London. Thomas added 8 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assits. For more on the Olympic games and the full schedule, click here or USABasketball.com.

In 2022, Thomas and fellow former Terp Brionna Jones helped lead Team USA to the gold medal in the FIBA World Cup. Thomas averaged 9.9 points (.647% FG, .813% FT), 7.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.4 in eight games. USA went 8-0 en route to winning fourth-straight World Cup in Sydney. 

Earlier this year, Thomas played in the 2024 USA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Team, which went 3-0 at the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, where she averaged 9.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 3.0 apg and 1.0 spg in 22.5 mpg.

Thomas played for the Terrapins from 2010-14 and is Maryland's all-time leader in scoring with 2,356 career points and 1,235 career rebounds. She was an All-American, three-time ACC Player of the Year. She led the Terrapins to the 2012 ACC Championship and the 2014 Final Four.