the USA picked right up where it had left off, closing the third quarter with a 15-1 run to head into the final 10 min- utes leading 92-31. When Whalen nailed a jumper at
2:50 in the third quarter, all 12 U.S. players had contributed points. The USA went on to outscore
Angola 27-13 in the fourth period. The game marked the USA's 100th
victory in FIBA World Championship play and the 18th time a U.S. team has scored 100 or more points in a World Championship game. The USA, which finished the game
shooting 61.4 percent (43-70 FGs), com- piled a 57-20 rebounding advantage and forced Angola into 21 turnovers, which it converted into 27 points. While Angola scored no second chance points, the USA racked up 21, while also adding 18 points off of the fast break and 74 points off the bench.
USA 94, France 72 Shooting a USA World
Championship record 70.7 percent from the field (41-58 FGs), the USA took control of the game early in its 94-72 win over France and never looked back to advance to the semifinals. Griner led the USA past France with
17 points, five rebounds and two blocked shots, while Charles added 15 points and seven rebounds. The two combined for 17 of the USA’s 29 first-quarter points. “When you come out and shoot the
ball the way we shot it in the first half, it’s kind of difficult for the other team to kind of keep pace,” said Auriemma. “We just have so many good offensive players. They’re a very physical team and they’re a very good defensive team, and they rely on their defense to keep them in games. “But, the way we started the game
and the way Tina (Charles) and Brittney (Griner) kind of set the tone early on. We were able to get them established in the lane. Then we just played off of that. We have a really good group. The first group is really solid. They’ve played together a lot. Then the second group comes in and I think that’s where we have an advantage, when we sub and they sub, we feel like we have an advantage. That second group was great. Overall, we beat a really good team tonight.”
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Rounding out the USA’s double-
digit scorers were Whalen with 13 points and Moore, who had 10 points, four assists and four rebounds. Forty-five of the USA’s points came off of its bench. “Whatever they give us, we want to
take,” Griner said. “And they were giving us the inside game, so we pounded it in. The guards did a great job of finding us, and we were able to put points up there on the board.” The USA opened the game with a
3-pointer from Moore and jumped to a 10-2 lead. The USA pounded the ball inside to help it shoot a red-hot 92.3 percent from the field (12-13 FGs) and record seven assists in the first 10 minutes. Meanwhile, the USA defense held France to just 29.4 percent from the field (5-17 FGs) to lead 29-14 at the first break. The second quarter saw the USA
Sue Bird became FIBA’s only women’s World Championship four-time medalist, as well as the most decorated FIBA World Championship athlete in history, male or female.
USA 94, France 72 October 3, 2014
FRA
Tchatchouang 24 1- 9 1- 2 113 3 Gruda
Dumerc 21 4- 8 0- 0 125 10 Gomis Ciak
Lardy Miyem
8 1- 2 0- 0 205 2 12 0- 4 0- 0 111 0 7 0- 1 2- 2 001 2
Tanqueray 7 1- 1 0- 0 010 2 Cata-Chiga 24 4- 9 2- 2 412 10 Amant 18 3- 8 0- 0 200 6 Skrela
18 1- 2 0- 0 121 2
Salagnac 12 3- 5 0- 0 040 6 Totals 200 30-72 7-9 22 15 18 72
USA Bird
Moore
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 19 2- 3 0- 0 321 4 21 4- 6 1- 1 441 10
Taurasi 18 1- 2 0- 0 161 3 Charles 24 7- 9 1- 2 723 15 Griner
21 7- 9 3- 9 522 17
Whalen 17 6- 7 1- 1 211 13 Augustus 21 4- 7 0- 0 310 8 McCoughtry 13 3- 5 3- 4 310 9 Sims
Stewart
4 2- 2 1- 1 000 5 6 0- 0 0- 0 102 0
Dupree 19 1- 2 0- 0 211 2 Ogwumike 17 4- 6 0- 0 321 8 Totals 200 41-58 10-18 38 22 13 94
France 14 18 16 24 -- 72 USA
29 24 19 22 -- 94
3PT FGs-France (5-12): Gomis 3-5, Dumerc 2-4, Tchatchouang 0-2, Skrela 0-1; USA (2-5) Taurasi 1- 2, Moore 1-2, Bird 0-1. TO-France 6, USA 14; BLKS-France 0, USA 3; STLS-France 7, USA 3.
MIN FG FT R A PF PTS 27 8-15 2- 3 910 18 22 4- 8 0- 0 020 11
pick up right where it left off, this time getting seven points in the period from McCoughtry. France called a timeout at 8:46 with
the USA leading 32-14 and another time- out at 4:32, when the USA was leading 46-21. Both times France scored out of the timeouts, including seven straight points the second time, to make it 46-28 at 3:03. Taurasi, who finished with six assists, sank a 3-pointer to end France’s streak, and heading into halftime the USA was on top 53-32. At the midway point, the USA,
which had an incredible 21-6 rebounding advantage at that point, had slightly cooled off to 78.6 percent from the field (22-28 FGs), while France warmed up to 37.1 percent (13-35 FGs). After halftime, France managed to
nearly keep pace with the USA, which outscored the Europeans just 19-16 in the third quarter. After six points from the USA and then six points from France, the USA put together five unanswered point to make it 64-38 at 5:28. From there, however, the teams traded baskets to head into the final 10 minutes with the USA leading 72-48.
France outscored the USA 24-22 in
the fourth quarter to bring the game to its 94-72 final. The USA finished with a 38-22
rebounding advantage, and France ended the game shooting at 41.7 percent from the field (30-72 FGs).
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