INDIANAPOLIS — Following two days of training in Seattle featuring 19 members of the 2018-20 USA Basketball Women’s National Team athlete pool, Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell has been selected among 13 athletes for the USA’s April 26 exhibition game against China at KeyArena. The team for the friendly contest versus China was chosen by the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Selection Committee.

Tonight’s game tips off at 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT), and will be streamed live online at USAB.com/live, and on the USA Basketball Facebook and YouTube channels.

Joining Mitchell on tonight’s USA Roster are: Seimone Augustus (Minnesota Lynx); Sue Bird (Seattle Storm); Layshia Clarendon (Atlanta Dream); Elena Delle Donne (Washington Mystics); Skylar Diggins-Smith (Dallas Wings); Stefanie Dolson (Chicago Sky); Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota Lynx); Tiffany Hayes (Atlanta Dream); Jewell Loyd (Seattle Storm); Breanna Stewart (Seattle Storm); Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury); and Elizabeth Williams (Atlanta Dream).

Mitchell was recently the No. 2 overall selection by the Fever in the WNBA Draft on April 12. The second-leading scorer in NCAA history and the all-time NCAA leader in 3-point field goals, Mitchell led Ohio State to back-to-back Big Ten championships. She will join the Fever at the start of WNBA training camp this weekend in Indianapolis. Also among the 19 members of the USA Basketball Women’s National Team athlete pool is third-year Fever guard Tiffany Mitchell.

“These are hard decisions to be made, when you have to send such good players home,” said Dawn Staley, USA National Team and University of South Carolina head coach. “But, their sacrifice will one day pay off, hopefully in the near future for them. The 13 players that were assembled to compete against China will give us an opportunity to see some of our experienced players back together again, along with some of the younger, inexperienced players. It’ll give them some experience playing international basketball at a high level alongside Olympians. You can’t take for granted playing China. We’re going to play to win the basketball game, but we’re also going to utilize some players so we can see them play in a game like this.

“This is a game in which we only could pick a certain amount of players. So, it’ll be a game in which we are looking at different players at different positions. What it means is that they made the cut this particular time, but there will be other opportunities for the entire pool of players to prove themselves over again. I’m just happy that the players were able to come and we had the chance to work with them. That’s what makes our national team great – the sacrifices that everybody gives to be a part of the preparation of winning a World Cup.”.