The USA Women’s National
Basketball dominated for three quarters before holding off a
furious 4th quarter run by Nigeria, 88-74, at the Bercy Arena in
Paris, France and advancing to the Paris 2024 Olympics
semifinals.
The Americans moved one step
closer to attaining their coveted 8th straight gold medal in the
games with a huge game played on both ends of the floor. Team USA
displayed a masterclass on both offense and defense anchored by
their best players as well as the supporting players chipping in
with their parts as well.
A’Ja Wilson was her usual
dominant self for Team USA with a great performance of 20 points on
9/11 shooting with 11 rebounds. Tandem Breanna Stewart added 13
points while Wilson’s teammate with the Las Vegas Aces Jackie Young
had a great second straight game after starting yet again by
scoring 15 points.
The USA remains undefeated in
the quarter-finals at the Olympics, winning their eight game in
this phase: however, this was their closest win at the
quarter-finals of the Olympics, with their seven previous games
being all won by 15 or more points.
Team USA will now face Australia
in the semifinals after the Opals defeated Serbia in the other
semis matchup. France and Belgium will also do their honors on the
other side of the bracket for the right to fight for
gold.
