USA rolls to 4-0 with a win over Cuba!
The USA women´s basketball team rolled to a 4-0 record with 90-50 win over Cuba in the second round on Saturday.
Youngster, Candace Parker, once again carried the scoring load with 16 points. Consistent, Tina Thompson, and Diana Taurasi put in 13 points apiece. Taurasi and Sue Bird both dished out 5 assists.
"Once again we started the game very well," U.S. coach Anne Donovan said. "We've played two games where in the second half we played with not the same intensity that we started the game. I thought tonight the women did a great job of keeping focused and putting the hammer down in the second half and not letting Cuba come back."
In other action on Saturday, Australia barely got past Spain, 72-68, and the Czech Republic downed China, 79-73. Also, Argentina stole a win from Canada, 62-58, France took care of Russia, 74-64, and Brazil topped Lithuania, 84-67, in front of its home crowd.
The top four teams in each of the two second-round groups will advance to the quarterfinals, with the Group F winner facing the fourth-place team from Group E.
The USA plays France on Sunday at 1pm ET.
Youngster, Candace Parker, once again carried the scoring load with 16 points. Consistent, Tina Thompson, and Diana Taurasi put in 13 points apiece. Taurasi and Sue Bird both dished out 5 assists.
"Once again we started the game very well," U.S. coach Anne Donovan said. "We've played two games where in the second half we played with not the same intensity that we started the game. I thought tonight the women did a great job of keeping focused and putting the hammer down in the second half and not letting Cuba come back."
In other action on Saturday, Australia barely got past Spain, 72-68, and the Czech Republic downed China, 79-73. Also, Argentina stole a win from Canada, 62-58, France took care of Russia, 74-64, and Brazil topped Lithuania, 84-67, in front of its home crowd.
The top four teams in each of the two second-round groups will advance to the quarterfinals, with the Group F winner facing the fourth-place team from Group E.
The USA plays France on Sunday at 1pm ET.
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