A few months after leading the Grandview girls basketball team to its third state championship in four seasons, Sienna Betts helped another team to gold.
The 6-foot-4 former Wolves standout and UCLA signee recorded five double-doubles (points and rebounds) in seven games for the USA U19 national team, which won the gold medal at the FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup in Brno, Czechia.
Betts tallied eight points and pulled down five rebounds in the first half alone and finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds in the USA’s 88-76 win over Australia in the gold medal game July 20.
Betts was an all-tournament selection (the All-Star Five) for the American team coached by Teri Moren along with Most Valuable Player Saniyah Hall. She averaged 10.0 rebounds per game, which ranked second among all players in the 16-team field, while she led all players in field goal percentage at 58.7%. Betts also tallied 14.6 points per game as she added another gold medal to her collection in international play.
— Sports Editor Courtney Oakes
