Dream's McCoughtry named to USA World Championships team

The Dream's Angel McCoughtry will make a run at her second World Championships gold.

Tuesday, she was named to USA Basketball's roster for the 2014 FIBA World Championships, which will be held Sept. 27-Oct. 5 in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey. The team was selected by the USA Basketball Women's National Team Player Selection Committee, chaired by USA Basketball women's national team director Carol Callan.

McCoughtry, a guard/forward, is one of five Dream players who will compete in the tournament, with centers Erika de Souza and Nadia Colhado playing for Brazil, while forward Sancho Lyttle will suit up for Spain and guard Celine Dumerc will represent France.

A member of the All-WNBA Second Team and All-Defensive First Team this season, McCoughtry was Team USA's second-leading scorer during the gold-medal run at the 2012 Olympics, averaging 10.9 points per game. She lead the Olympics with a 62.0 field goal percentage and was second in averaging 2.5 steals per game.

Along with her Olympic and World Championships gold, McCoughtry also won international golds as the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational and the 2007 Pan American Games.

McCoughtry will be part of a USA team that owns a record eight gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals in FIBA World Championship play, while compiling an all-time 97-21 record at the event. In 2010, the most recent World Championship, the U.S. finished with a perfect 9-0 record and the gold medal.

Other members of the team include Seimone Augustus (Minnesota Lynx), Sue Bird (Seattle Storm), Tina Charles (New York Liberty), Candice Dupree (Phoenix Mercury), Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury), Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx), Nnemkadi Ogwumike (Los Angeles Sparks), Odyssey Sims (Tulsa Shock), Breanna Stewart (University of Connecticut), Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury) and Lindsay Whalen (Minnesota Lynx).