WATCH: TCU’s Hailey Van Lith poses with 2024 Paris Olympic bronze medal won as part of Team USA 3x3 squad

Team USA's Hailey Van Lith and her teammates won their bronze medal after defeating Canada on Monday. Thanks to Van Lith, who managed six points and two assists against her rival, the team bagged a third spot despite aiming for the gold at the start of the event.

She was seen posing with her medal along with her family members. HVL said TCU's women's basketball team coachh, Mark Campbell, attended to support her at her Olympic debut.

Before Monday's semifinal game against Spain, Team USA suffered three straight loses but was able to turn things around and win four games.

Hailey Van Lith thinks Kobe Bryant "would be proud" of her last game efforts

After winning the bronze medal for Team USA with her teammates, Dearica Hamby, Rhyne Howard and Cierra Burdick, Hailey Van Lith spoke to the media and said that it was Kobe Bryant who was her biggest motivation.

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"I think Kobe would be proud as heck of me for not letting us lose that last game," Van Lith said.

"It was a tough situation for us to win in, and we just didn't soak it in... that's the Kobe mentality. Go out and win the next game."

HVL also talked about how she and her teammates had to be mentally tough in order to get through the games at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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"This game was about mental toughness," Van Lith said, as per NBCDFW. "Both of us (Canada) had lost the games before it, so we knew we just had to come out tough. That's all we were talking about. It comes down to who is going to be mentally tough enough to play for the fouls."

"We just tried to take advantage of them playing physical. We tried to spread them out and not let them deny us the ball. We just tried to play it in our favor," Van Lith continued

Even though Hailey Van Lith was uhappy the team could not win gold for America, they bid adieu to Paris with a resolute performance and a bronze medal.

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