USA - The Ogwumike sisters

PALO ALTO (FIBA World Championship for Women) - Look into a crystal ball and catch a glimpse of future USA women's teams and you'll probably see not one, but two players that go by the name Ogwumike.

One, Nneka Ogwumike, is already a professional.

The 1.88m forward, selected with the first overall pick in the 2012 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks, averaged 14 points and 7.5 rebounds and was named Rookie of the Year.

Nneka is now plying her trade overseas with CCC Polkowice in Poland and is getting a good taste of international basketball because Polkowice are also competing in the EuroLeague Women.

Chiney Ogwumike, a 1.94m forward, is playing at Stanford University, just as Nneka did.

Nneka is 22 years of age while Chiney is 20.

If the former can pour in the points - she's averaging 19.3 after three EuroLeague Women games, making Nneka the fourth leading scorer in the competition - the latter is off to a great start with the Cardinal.

She had a game-high 22 points in Stanford's 92-57 win over Santa Clara on Sunday.

"Chiney is an amazing player," Santa Clara's Lindsay Leo said.

"She's definitely a challenge and I enjoyed playing against her.

"I think she made all the posts who played against her better."

Nneka and Chiney have already worn the USA shirt in international competition.

Nneka played for the gold-medal winning United States teams at the 2008 FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Women and the following year at the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women.

Chiney also turned out for the USA at the 2008 and 2010 FIBA Americas Championship, winning gold each time.

She was in the title-winning American side at the 2011 World University Games, too.

This summer, Chiney played for the USA at the 3x3 World Championship and captured gold.

Both players are sure to get better if they remind each other of what Chiney (@Chiney321) said on Twitter on Monday.

The younger Ogwumike tweeted: "Hard work beats talent when talent does not work hard... Grind season!"

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