game, the first opportunity to get out there,” Catchings said. “There are a lot of people in the stands. But over time we got better, and we were able to overcome the hump we started off with.” Croatia fought back to tie the score
36-36 at 5:50, but the USA responded with a 5-0 run, and by the time Croatia called a timeout at 4:21, the USA led 41-36. Moore scored six of the USA’s next 12 points to help the USA lead by six points, 53-47, after three quarters. Early in the fourth quarter, the USA
captured control of the game. After Croatia opened with a basket, the USA launched its largest spurt, a 16-0 onslaught that began with an offensive rebound from Moore and included six different U.S. scorers. During the run, Auriemma changed his entire side at 7:20 to help wear out the opponent, capitalizing on the USA’s depth. A three- point play from Catchings put the USA up 69-49 at 5:58, and Croatia never again threatened.
USA 90, Angola 38 July 30, 2012
USA Bird
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 26 2- 6 0- 0 25 0 4
Catchings 16 3- 6 0- 0 70 0 7 Taurasi 16 1- 7 4- 4 04 2 6 Charles 19 3- 6 0- 0 61 1 6 Parker
24 7-10 0- 0 12 22 14
Whalen 21 4- 6 1- 1 04 0 9 Augustus 19 6- 9 0- 0 32 1 13 Moore
McCoughtry 18 2- 3 6- 8 42 2 10 Jones Cash
19 5- 8 1- 1 54 2 11 8 1- 2 0- 0 11 2 2
Fowles
14 2- 3 4- 4 10 2 8 DNP-Injured
Totals 200 36-66 16-18 49 25 14 90 ANG
Camufal 25 3- 5 0- 1 302 6 Guadalupe 29 4-13 2- 2 203 11 Tomas
Mauricio 18 2- 9 0- 0 602 4 Filipe
Goncalves 7 0- 2 0- 0 000 0 Jorge
22 0- 5 2- 2 112 2 11 0- 1 0- 0 201 0 24 2-12 3- 4 500 8
Cardoso 10 0- 2 0- 0 201 0 Eusebio 11 1- 4 0- 0 000 2 Felix
9 0- 3 1- 2 201 1
Vicente 10 0- 5 0- 0 102 0 Manuel 24 1- 5 2- 2 624 4 Totals 200 13-66 10-13 35 3 18 38
USA Angola
22 19 28 21 -- 90 12 6 11 9 -- 38
3PT FGs-USA (2-17): Augustus 1-3, Catchings 1-3, Taurasi 0-5, Bird 0-4, Moore 0-2; Angola (2-18): Guadalupe 1-6, Jorge 1-4, Vicente 0-3, Manuel 0-2, Eusebio 0-2, Mauricio 0-1; TO-USA 14, Angola 21; BLKS-USA 11, Angola 1; STLS-USA 9, Angola 3.
46 MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
USA 90, Angola 38 Fourteen points, 12
rebounds and a U.S. Women’s Olympic single-game record four blocked shots from Parker helped lead the U.S. past Angola in a 90-38 win. Capitalizing on a size and
speed advantage, the U.S. tal- lied 40 points in the paint and raced to 23 fast break points as all 11 available U.S. players had scored by the 4:06 mark in the third quarter. Buoyed by five assists from Bird as well as four apiece from Moore, Taurasi and Whalen, the USA totaled 25 assists on 36 baskets and won the battle on the boards 49-35. “It’s important that in a
game where you know that there is that disparity that you just do the things you need to do to be a better team; to work hard; to make sure we get the kind of ball movement we want; make sure we get the shots we want,” said Auriemma. “The fact that we had 25 assists on 36 baskets, that’s an incredible number. I think that’s the kind of team we have. I wanted us to get better from Saturday’s game, and I thought we did.” Augustus had 13 points, Moore
All Tina Charles did in her first Olympics was average 10.5 ppg., 7.4 rpg., 1.8 apg. and start in six of the eight games.
“For us, it’s really about how we
added 11 points and McCoughtry tallied 10 points. The USA shot a red-hot 69.0 percent from inside the arc and 54.5 percent overall (36-66 FGs). The USA opened the game by
pounding the ball inside, which helped it to shoot 6-of-9 from the field to start, and the score was 15-9 when Angola called its first timeout at 2:58. All 11 players recorded minutes in the first period, and the USA’s fresh legs helped it take a 22-12 lead at the first break. The USA held Angola to just six
points in the second period as its offense raced to 19 of its own thanks to scores from seven different players. A jumper from Bird at 4:59 kicked
off an 11-0 run that ended when Angola scored at 2:06 with the USA leading 37-16. By the time the USA headed to the locker room up 41-18, Parker had neared her double-double with eight points and nine rebounds.
play,” Bird said. “We’re not really wor- ried about the competition. Obviously we talk about them and prepare, but it’s more about what we’re doing and how we’re doing it, no matter what the score is. We can really use games like this to get to know each other better and to learn because the training time has been limited.” Two unanswered scoring spurts
helped the USA outscore Angola 28-11 in the third quarter. Opening with an 8-0 run, Angola interrupted with four points before the USA unleashed a 12-0 streak, and at the 1:27 mark the USA led 65-25. Both teams scored four more points to head into the final stanza with the USA up by 40 points, 69-29. With the game’s outcome long ago
decided, the USA outscored Angola 21-9 to reach its largest lead of the game, 52 points, and bring the game to its 90-38 final.
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