Ethiopia national basketball team Shenkutie led the team in points.<br> Omod Oman Ogud led his team in rebounds, Simon Tsegaye Kidane led his team in assists. Other current notable players from Ethiopia: Ethiopia national basketball team The Ethiopia national basketball team represents Ethiopia in international competitions. It is administrated by the Addis Ababa Basketball Federation. (Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ የቅርጫት ኳስ ማህበር) Ethiopia joined FIBA in 1949 and has Sub-Saharan Africa's longest basketball tradition. A founding member of the FIBA Africa Championship, the team once belonged to Africa's top 5 basketball teams. Since the mid-1960s, however, the team lost its international significance. Today, it aims to
United States women's Pan American Games basketball team AIAW organized national championships starting in 1972, and the USA Basketball teams increasing drew from the ranks of the AIAW members. In 1975, the Pan Am team included players such as Nancy Lieberman, Lusia Harris, Pat Head, and Ann Meyers, and coach Cathy Rush, each of whom would be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.The gold medal winning 1975 team was especially dominant, winning all seven games convincingly. The closest game was the final against Brazil, and that game was won by the USA team 74–55. The 1979 team, with Pat Head now coaching instead of playing,