A’ja Wilson Says Kahleah Copper Is ‘That Bitch’ After Olympics Win

Team USA won yet another gold medal in the Olympics women’s basketball tournament thanks in part to stunning moves by guard Kahleah Copper, who finished the game with 12 points; 10 of those in the fourth quarter.

While celebrating the win, teammate A’ja Wilson was asked by reporters on the court to describe Copper, 29, in one word.

“That bitch,” Wilson, 28, quipped.

The U.S. women’s basketball squad toppled France 67-66 on Sunday, August 11, earning their eighth consecutive gold medal. France will receive the silver and Australia the bronze.

“We just knew what we had to do,” Wilson, who was named the game MVP, told reporters after the victory. “We believed in each other and that’s the greatest thing about it.”

Wilson, for her part, scored 21 points and 13 rebounds while Copper scored an impressive late-game basket. But it was Gabby Williams’ final shot at the buzzer that helped the U.S. team clinch gold. During Williams’ final play, her foot was on the three-point line.

Celebrating the win on Instagram, Wilson simply captioned a pic of the arena, “Gold.”

With the Olympics in the rearview, Wilson is heading back to the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces with a new purpose.

“I think every single season I feel like I’m planting seeds for, not just for myself and the team, but for the next generation,” Wilson exclusively told Us Weekly in April. “To be able to not go through the things that we went through the year before and continue to just invest in myself and my team is something huge.”

She added at the time, “I think we have a lot of eyes on us, obviously, now. So now it’s time to kind of be like, ‘No, this is a reason why you’re watching us.’ And every single year I try to be better in that.”

The American men’s team also won a gold medal during their tournament, similarly beating France in a close game. They won 98-87.

“For me to get a gold medal is insane, and I thank God for the opportunity to experience it,” Olympic rookie Steph Curry gushed to reporters on Saturday, August 10.

Curry’s Golden State Warriors coach, Steve Kerr, also mentored the Olympics squad.

“I think we might be the only team in the world whose fans are ashamed of them if they get a silver medal,” Kerr, 58, said on Saturday. “That’s the pressure that we face. But our players, and you saw Steph, they love the pressure. They appreciate this atmosphere and they were fantastic.”