USA Women Thump Australia To Reach Olympic Semifinal

The U.S. Olympic Girls’s Basketball Crew pushed their Olympic profitable streak to 53 straight video games as they routed Australia 79-55 at Saitama Tremendous Enviornment on Wednesday to advance to the semifinals.

With the sport tied 6-6, the People went on a 17-0 scoring run to blow the sport open and the USA by no means appeared again. Breanna Stewart had her finest sport in Tokyo, scoring 23 factors with 10 of these coming within the first quarter.

“I believe our gamers had a glance of their eyes that they didn’t wish to go dwelling,” USA head coach Daybreak Staley stated. “They wish to compete for a gold medal. This was a do-or-die scenario, and it was nice to see them simply play with that power and energy on each side of the basketball.”

Brittney Griner added 15 factors and grabbed eight rebounds and A’ja Wilson added 10 factors and 4 rebounds. The People closed the primary half on a 20-8 run and led the Aussies 47-28 on the break.

“It’s win or go dwelling, and I believe we’ve struggled a little bit bit with how we began in pool play video games, and I wished to ensure I got here out aggressive on each ends of the courtroom,” Stewart stated.

Australia struggled from the opening tip however was led by Leilani Mitchell, who performs for the Washington Mystics, with 14 factors and 6 assists.

With the victory, the People will now advance into the semifinals and are actually two wins away from a gold medal. Their subsequent opponent is Serbia, who has little historical past within the Olympics however can nonetheless be harmful.

“I’m making an attempt to get a gold medal, so I’ll do no matter,” Stewart stated.