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Mystics' Milton-Jones, Beard, Melvin to Compete for U.S Team
The Washington Mystics' DeLisha Milton - Jones , Alana Beard and Chasity Melvin are part of the USA Basketball team that will arrive in Europe on Friday for three games that will help determine which players represent the country at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
The three Mystics are on a team composed of 13 of the WNBA's top players. They will face MKB Euroleasing Sopron in Sopron, Hungary, on March 6 before traveling to Gdynia, Poland, for games against Lotos Gdynia on March 8 and 9.
The team will feature five players -- Sue Bird (Seattle), Swin Cash (Detroit), Katie Smith (Detroit), Diana Taurasi (Phoenix) and Milton-Jones -- from the United States' Olympic gold medal-winning team in 2004. In Europe, USA Basketball will face Euroleague teams that feature other WNBA players. MKB Euroleasing Sopron is led by Nikki Teasley (Los Angeles Sparks) and Lotos Gdynia features the Mystics' Temeka Johnson and the Chicago Sky's Chelsea Newton .
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