points to the USA's win. The USA’s 63 rebounds set a USA
Women’s World Championship team record, topping the high of 60 rebounds that was set against Lithuania in the 1998 FIBA World Championship, and its 89 shot attempts also were a record, bettering the USA’s 88 attempts against Brazil in 1994. The USA started the game with a
7-0 lead, but China evened the score at 7-all at 4:34. Led by nine points from Griner in the first quarter, the USA closed the period with a 13-6 scoring advantage to lead 20-13 at the first break. Despite the game being the USA’s first as a 12-member unit, seven of the USA’s eight baskets were assisted on in the first 10 minutes. China came as close as one point,
22-21, with a 3-pointer at 8:18, but the USA put up six straight points to go back ahead 28-21 when Griner scored at 6:18. Each team scored 11 more points, including a last-second layup for China
USA 94, Serbia 74 September 28, 2014
SRB MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Milovanovic 33 6-17 3- 4 913 17 Butulija 27 3- 9 0- 0 013 6 Ajdukovic 30 3- 6 4- 4 513 10 Dabovic, M. 34 3-13 4- 4 332 12 Dabovic, A. 38 7-19 9- 9 133 24 Radocaj 15 1- 4 0- 0 001 2 Cado
Krnjic
2 1- 1 0- 0 000 3 5 0- 1 0- 0 101 0
Jovanovic 4 0- 1 0- 0 000 0 Markovic 2 0- 0 0- 0 101 0 Rad
10 0- 2 0- 0 212 0
Totals 200 24-73 20-21 26 10 19 74 USA
Bird Moore
Taurasi 25 6-10 3- 4 333 20 Charles 23 5-12 0- 0 712 10 Griner
23 4- 5 2- 2 10 13 10
Whalen 17 2- 4 4- 5 440 8 Augustus 21 4- 9 0- 0 432 8 McCoughtry 7 1- 6 0- 0 003 2 Sims
Stewart
1 0- 0 0- 0 000 0 1 0- 0 0- 0 001 0
Dupree 24 3- 6 1- 1 442 7 Ogwumike 9 1- 1 3- 4 301 5 Totals 200 35-71 15-18 58 24 19 94
Totals 200 20-72 11-18 45 8 14 56 Serbia
USA
21 21 22 10 -- 74 17 32 21 24 -- 94
3PT FGs-Serbia (6-23): Milovanovic 2-7, A. Dabovic 2-5, Cado 1-1, M. Dabovic 1-6, Rad 0-1, Butulija 0-3; USA (9-16): Taurasi 5-7, Moore 3-6, Bird 1-2, Augustus, 0-1. TO-Serbia 9, USA 21; BLKS-Serbia 1, USA 3; STLS-Serbia 13, USA 5.
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MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 21 2- 4 2- 2 120 7 28 7-14 0- 0 12 62 17
Maya Moore turned in an MVP performance at the 2014 Worlds averaging a U.S. best 15.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists, while shooting 52.9 percent from the field and a sizzling 51.9 percent from 3-point.
to beat the halftime buzzer, and the score was 39-32 at the midway point. While the USA was just 1-of-7 from
3-point (.143) in the first half, China was 4-of-10 from deep (.400), but the Americans forced 12 China turnovers, which they turned into 11 points. A 9-0 run that included five points
from Taurasi helped the USA go ahead 48-32 at 5:44, and China never recov- ered. Though China scored to end the streak, it only managed eight points in the period as the U.S. defense buckled down. Meanwhile, the USA put up 21 points from five scorers to lead 60-40 headed into the fourth quarter. Three times in the fourth quarter the
USA’s lead stretched to as many as 31 points, and when Sims made two free throws with 1:07 remaining in the game, all 12 U.S. players had recorded points in the win. The USA, which finished the game
shooting 43.8 percent (39-89 FGs) from the field, heated up to a sizzling 63.2 percent (12-19 FGs) in the third quarter and 51.2 percent (22-43 FGs) in the second half.
USA 94, Serbia 74 The USA fought off a resilient
Serbia team that was within six points at the start of the fourth quarter before pulling away for a 94-74 win.
“That’s a really, really good team
that plays with a lot of heart, that plays with a lot of passion,” said Auriemma. “I’m not surprised that the game was difficult. But, we have some amazing players on our team that when the game is to be won, they make winning plays.”
Taurasi helped the USA break
free from Serbia with 13 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter, including three 3-pointers, and Moore finished with 17 points, 12 rebounds and six assists. Griner also had a double- double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
“It was a tough game,” Taurasi
said. “Every possession was a battle. They made us work on defense. There are some things we probably got to clean up. These games are good for us. This team hasn’t been together very long. In the two weeks that we’ve been together, we’ve been battle-tested a couple of times, which
in the long run will only help us.” The USA jumped out to a 6-0 lead,
including four points from Charles, who finished with 10 points, but Serbia worked its way back to within striking distance, and then struck. With the USA leading 13-9, Serbia put together an 8-0 run to go ahead 17-13 at 2:15 in the first quarter. Each team scored twice more, and the USA trailed 21-17 at the first break. Serbia’s press helped it force seven of the USA’s eventual 21 turnovers in the first 10 minutes alone.
With a score to start the second
quarter, Serbia went up by six points, 23-17, but by the time McCoughtry scored on a fast break off a steal and assist from Dupree, the USA was within one, 25-24. Serbia scored three more points before three-straight 3s from Moore put the USA ahead 33-31. Her third 3-pointer was the start of a 9-0 run that gave the USA a 39-31 lead at 3:43. The teams ended the half by trading scores, including a 3-pointer from Serbia to just beat the buzzer, and the score was 49-42 midway through the game.
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