Haley vanlith references Kobe Bryant Mamba mentality after winning bronze at Paris Olympics van would be proud as heck of me for not letting us lose that last game team won the bronze medal women's basketball at the and one of their players was quick to bring up after the game Haley vanith is a huge fan of the late and said she believed would appreciate her team's approach after losing in the semi-finals to Spain earlier in the day I think we'd be proud as heck of me for not letting us lose that last game said after the bronze metal matchup sometimes you can't control the outcomes like that last game I'm not going to lie it was tough it was a tough situation for us to win it and we just didn't sulk in it that's the mentality it's like go out and win the next game Olympic medal count team win bronze at Paris Olympics LED in scoring with six points in the bronze medal game against Canada despite playing the least amount of minutes the 22-year-old is the only college player on any of roster this Olympics van lia's Instagram profile photo shows her shooting a basketball in front of a giant picture she competed in these wearing his shoes she posted a series of photos and videos of her meeting in 26 2020 post the day Bryant passed in a helicopter accident thank you for changing my life wrote in the caption the team lost each of its first three games in before rattling off five straight wins to make it into the semi-finals van lith a guard played with forward forward deer Hami and guard Ryan Howard she spoke with after winning bronze about just how difficult it was to medal I'm really proud of us she said people don't understand how hard three on three is and the uniqueness of the sport and for us to start zero and three and go six of seven in the next seven games against the seven best teams in the world is actually incredible vanlith is from and began her college career at the before she transferred to an April 2023 according to she scored in double figures in 21 games last year and had 10 games with five or more assists