WARSAW – The USA Basketball Women’s 3×3 National Team featuring LSU players Mikaylah Williams and MiLaysia Fulwiley defeated Australia, 21-20, on a clutch, game-winning 2-pointer by Williams to win the gold medal at the 2026 FIBA 3×3 World Cup.

The quartet of Fulwiley, Williams, Joyce Edwards, and Sahara Williams advanced to the final in a 19-18 overtime thriller over Azerbaijan.

In the final, the U.S. women took on Australia, who they defeated 21-18 in pool play earlier in the week.

At 6:40, the U.S. held a 7-3 lead going into a media timeout. The game remained tight until the second media timeout with the U.S. still on top, 12-9, with 3:48 left. Fulwiley hit a big two-pointer to give the USA a 15-10 lead with just over three minutes remaining.

However, Australia tied the game at 17 points apiece with 1:49 left after back-to-back 2-pointers. Fulwiley answered with another two, putting the USA up 19-17. Australia rallied, running off three straight points to take the lead, 20-19, with under a minute remaining.

Down one with time winding down, Mikaylah nailed her second game-winner of the day to take a 21-20 victory and give the U.S. women their fourth gold medal in event history.

“I’m blessed to be on this stage, to play with some amazing teammates, to play for some amazing coaches and to rep USA,” Mikaylah said.

Mikaylah was named MVP of the tournament. She joins Cameron Brink (2023) as the only other American women to take home the award.

Over 10 editions of the FIBA 3×3 World Cup, the American women have brought home a medal five times, including four titles. Including this year, the USA has four gold medals (2026, 2023, 2014, 2012) and a bronze (2016).

In the women’s bronze medal game, the Netherlands defeated Azerbaijan 21-14. The men’s tournament saw Latvia win gold, Serbia take silver and France get bronze.

LSU star Mikaylah Williams hit the game winner with 28 seconds left as the U.S. women reclaimed the world title in 3×3 basketball, 21-20 over longtime 5×5 rival Australia, on Sunday.

Williams, a rising LSU senior, was MVP of the FIBA 3×3 World Cup in Warsaw, Poland, where the Americans went undefeated for the first time since 2014 and earned their fourth world title.

The U.S. quartet in Warsaw also included fellow LSU star MiLaysia Fulwiley (team-leading nine points in the final), South Carolina leading scorer Joyce Edwards and rising Oklahoma senior Sahara Williams.

The first FIBA 3×3 World Cup was in 2012, and the event made its Olympic debut in 2021. The U.S. won the first Olympic title in Tokyo, then took bronze in Paris.

At the 2025 FIBA 3×3 World Cup, a U.S. quartet that also included Mikaylah Williams and Sahara Williams lost in the quarterfinals to host Mongolia.

Another 3×3 World Cup is scheduled for 2027 in Singapore.

For the 2024 Paris Games, the original U.S. women’s 3×3 roster of four players included three from the team that won the 2023 World Cup: Cameron Brink, Cierra Burdick and Hailey Van Lith. Burdick and Van Lith were also on the 2022 World Cup team.

Brink later tore an ACL before the Games and was replaced by Dearica Hamby for Paris.

Since Paris, 2016 Olympic gold medalist Elena Delle Donne was named the first USA Basketball women’s 3×3 national team managing director, tasked with forming teams for major championships.

Also in Warsaw, the U.S. men lost in the quarterfinals to France 14-11. The team was made up of 2024 Olympian Dylan Travis, plus Henry Caruso, Mitch Hahn and James Parrott.

Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Latvia won its first men’s 3×3 World Cup title.