Monica Lamb-Powell or Monica Lamb (born October 11, 1964) is an American former basketball player. She played for the

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in the WNBA and US National Teams. She is now the founder and president of the

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. Lamb played on the 1983 World University games team, coached by

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. She helped the team win the gold medal for the USA team. Lamb was selected to be a member of the team representing the US at the 1987 World University Games held in

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. The USA team won four of the five contests. In the opening game against Poland, Lamb was the second leading scorer for the US with 16 points. After winning their next game against Finland, the USA faced the host team Yugoslavia. The game went to overtime, but Yugoslavia prevailed, 93–89. The USA faced China in the next game. They won 84–83, but they needed to win by at least five points to remain in medal contention. They won the final game against Canada to secure fifth place. Lamb averaged 11.4 points per games, tied for first on the team. She averaged 4.6 rebounds per game, second most on the team.

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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Playoffs

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About Monica
at the Monica Lamb Wellness Foundation 1964 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Spain Centers (basketball) Houston Comets players Houston Cougars women's basketball players USC Trojans women's basketball players American women's basketball players Basketball players from Houston FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Summer World University Games medalists in basketball 20th-century American sportswomen {{1960s-US-basketball-bio-stub