The USA was a
red-hot 68.4 percent (13-19 FGs) in the second period to help turn the tide, but it struggled to contain Serbia's Ana Dabovic, who had 22 points by halftime.
Serbia refused to let
the USA pull away in the third quarter, outscoring the USA 15-7 in the first 4:58 to take a 57-56 lead at 5:02. The USA answered with six- straight points to regain control, 62-57 at 4:04, and from there the teams went back and forth to end the third period with the USA leading 70-64. Taurasi hit her first
record for 3-point percentage (.615). The team also tied the assists record with 32, led by six from Whalen. Stewart, who had nine points and six rebounds, set a U.S. World Championship record by shooting 7-of-7 from the free throw line. “I thought we
played really, really well,” said Auriemma. “I thought our offensive chemistry was really good. The ball moved really well. We got the ball in the lane a lot.” Along with Moore,
3-pointer to start the fourth quarter to help get the USA rolling, and overall the USA outscored Serbia 24-10 in the last 10 minutes to earn the win. While the USA’s 21 turnovers
Tima Charles (left) posted impressive averages of 10.7 points and a team-leading 8.3 rebounds during the World Championship, while Brittney Griner (right) earned her first gold medal and averaged 12.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.0 blocked shots.
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translated into 25 points for Serbia, it outrebounded Serbia 58-26 and held Dabovic to just two points in the second half.
Taurasi shot 5-of-7 from 3-point and
Moore was 3-of-6 from deep to help the USA finish 9-of-16 from behind the arc for 56.3 percent overall. “The scoreboard doesn’t show what
kind of game it was,” said Ogwumike. “Luckily at the end, we picked up our defense. We didn’t foul as much, and we hit shots, so we were able to kind of creep away from them in terms of the lead, but at the end of the day, we really fought for this one.”
USA 119, Angola 44 Completely overpowering Angola,
the U.S. recorded a record-setting 119-44 win to wrap up preliminary round play. The 75-point win was the USA’s
largest margin of victory in FIBA World Championship play, and tied for the most points scored by a U.S. team in a World Championship. Further, the USA’s 8-of-13 performance from 3-point, helped along by 3-of-4 shooting from Moore, who finished with 16 points, was a USA World Championship
USA Basketball News MIN FG FT R A PF PTS
Eusebio 15 0- 6 2- 2 113 2 Guadalupe 22 2-10 2- 2 003 6 Tomas
Mauricio 24 3- 6 0- 0 204 9 Filipe
Eduardo 11 0- 4 0- 0 000 0 Gala
19 1- 4 0- 0 103 2 20 1- 5 0- 0 101 2 12 1- 4 1- 2 301 4
Viegas 8 0- 2 0- 0 011 0
Goncalves 12 2- 7 0- 0 101 5 Afonso 13 1- 2 0- 0 100 3 Golome 19 0- 3 0- 0 313 0 Manuel 25 5-10 0- 2 413 11 Totals 200 16-63 5-8 20 4 23 44
USA Bird
Moore
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 12 1- 1 0- 0 231 2 17 5- 7 3- 3 311 16
Taurasi 12 2- 3 0- 0 050 5 Charles 15 3- 5 1- 2 410 7 Griner
15 6-11 3- 3 712 15
Whalen 14 2- 6 0- 0 461 4 Augustus 21 7- 9 0- 0 130 15 McCoughtry 21 4- 6 0- 2 243 10 Sims
17 3- 4 2- 3 542 9
Stewart 16 1- 4 7- 7 600 9 Dupree 19 2- 6 5- 6 721 9 Ogwumike 21 7- 8 4- 4 10 20 18 Totals 200 43-70 25-30 57 32 11 119
Angola 11 14 USA
6 13 -- 44 33 28 31 27 -- 119
3PT FGs-Angola (7-26): Mauricio 3-5, Afonso 1-1, Goncalves 1-6, Manuel 1-3, Gala 1-2, Eduardo 0-3, Viegas 0-1, Eusebio 0-2, Guadalupe 0-3; USA (8- 13): Moore 3-4, McCoughtry 2-4, Augustus 1-1, Sims , 1-1, Taurasi 1-2, Stewart 0-1. TO-Angola 21, USA 14; BLKS-Angola 0, USA 3; STLS-Angola 5, USA 8.
four other players reached double-digit scoring, including 18 points and 10 rebounds
from Ogwumike; 15 points from Augustus; 15 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots from Griner; and 10 points and four assists from McCoughtry. The USA quickly built a 12-0
advantage, and by the time Taurasi hit a 3-pointer at 4:37, all five U.S. starters had scored and the lead was 19-3. The USA was a red-hot 14-of-20 from the field (.700) in the first period, including two 3-pointers from Moore, and in the first 10 minutes alone, Taurasi had five assists. At the first break, the Americans were up 33-11. The USA’s second unit, which all
had checked into the game at 2:57 in the first quarter, started the second with the same pace, and by the time Ogwumike completed a 3-point play at 6:59, the lead had grown to 45-15. Sims and Stewart took the floor at 6:27 to mark playing time for all 12 players. While the USA raced to 16 more points, Angola managed a score from the field, sinking two 3-pointers and a pair of free throws to make it 61-25 at halftime. The USA remained an impressive
70.0 percent (23-33 FGs) from the field through the first 20 minutes. After a score from each team to start
the second half, the USA put together a 13-0 streak to lead 77-27 at 4:23. Angola made a 3-pointer to end the streak, but
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