COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- Maryland senior Christina Dalce will compete with USA Basketball in the 2024 FIBA 3x3 Nations League Americas Conference July 22-28 in Mexico City.

The 2024 USA 3x3 Women's Nations League Team features NCAA Division I athletes, including Dalce, Morgan Maly (Creighton), Cotie McMahon (Ohio State), Lucy Olsen (Iowa), Mikaylah Williams (LSU) and Serah Williams (Wisconsin). The 2024 FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League will stream live on YouTube.

In April, Dalce, Olsen and Mikaylah Williams participated in the 2024 USA Basketball 3x3 Women's National Team training camp in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dalce and current Maryland teammate Shyanne Sellers competed at the 2023 FIBA 3x3 U21 Nations League, qualifying for and eventually winning the 2023 FIBA 3x3 Nations League Final as representatives of the USA U21 squad. 

Per FIBA, the seventh edition of the 3x3 Nations League will feature 13 conferences including U23 and U21 teams. The 2024 FIBA 3x3 Nations League includes seven conferences from Europe, including three U21, two from Africa and Asia, and one each from Americas and U21 Asia-Pacific.

The Americas Conference will feature six three-game tournaments in seven days. The six team members can substitute as needed for each day's four-person entry.

For the first time, the FIBA 3x3 Nations League will be a qualification route to the FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2024. Conference winners will qualify for the event, set for Sept. 11-15 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Mongolia men and women will receive automatic qualification along with the reigning champions (USA men and Netherlands women). The rest of the teams (for a total of 20 per gender) will come from the winners of each conference and the next teams in the Nations League 2024 final standings.

Different than five-on-five, 3x3 is played on a half-court with a 10-minute game clock and 12-second shot clock. Play is continuous, as teams "clear" the ball behind the 2-point line following a made basketball, defensive rebound or steal. The first team to score 21 points via 1-pointer field goals or 2-pointers behind the arc is victorious; or if time expires then the team leading wins.

The 2024 USA 3x3 Nations League Teams will attend training camp in Phoenix July 18-20 before traveling to Mexico.