Scott, Hamblin and Gibson Head to FIBA AmeriCup

CORVALLIS – Three former Oregon State women's basketball players will continue their international careers next week at the FIBA AmeriCup, hosted in Puerto Rico. Ruth Hamblin and Jamie (Weisner) Scott will represent Canada at the event, while Ali Gibson will play for the host nation.

The AmeriCup is played every two years, and features teams from North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America. The event will begin Sunday morning, and will continue through the medal games on Sept. 29. Canada has won the last two AmeriCups, while Puerto Rico took third in the most recent event. Full schedules for both squads are below.

Hamblin earned recognition as Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year in her junior and senior seasons at Oregon State. The Academic All-American is the Pac-12's record holder for career blocked shots, and ended her career 10^th in NCAA history in that statistic. Hamblin also holds Oregon State's career and single season records for rebounds, and is among the top-10 scorers in program history.

Scott was named a WBCA All-American her senior year, as well as Pac-12 Player of the Year. The guard was a two-time All-Pac-12 honoree, and finished her career with 1,777 career points, the seventh best total in school history, and the No. 37 total in the history of the Pac-12. Scott is also among the top-10 in Pac-12 history in career 3-pointers.

Gibson helped engineer a renaissance in the Oregon State women's basketball program, culminating in a Pac-12 title her senior season. She started all 131 games the Beavers played in her four seasons with the team, amassing 1,262 points, good for 11th in school history. She also knocked down 178 3-pointers, tied for third most in the OSU record book.

All three players also took part in the Pan-American Games earlier this summer in Lima, Peru.

Schedule of Oregon State Players at FIBA AmeriCup
All times listed PT

Sunday – Sept. 22
9:30 a.m. – Canada (Scott and Hamblin) vs. Mexico
5 p.m. – Puerto Rico (Gibson) vs. Cuba

Monday – Sept. 23
2:30 p.m. – Canada (Scott and Hamblin) vs. Cuba

Tuesday – Sept. 24
5 p.m. – Canada (Scott and Hamblin) vs. Puerto Rico (Gibson)

Wednesday – Sept. 25
5 p.m. – Puerto Rico (Gibson) vs. Dominican Republic

Thursday – Sept. 26
2:30 p.m.. – Canada (Scott and Hamblin) vs. Dominican Republic
5 p.m. – Puerto Rico (Gibson) vs. Mexico

Saturday – Sept. 28
Semi-finals

Sunday – Sept. 29
Medal Games

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