The USA Women’s National
Basketball team got what they needed as they proceeded to the
knockout rounds flawlessly after defeating Germany, 87-68, at the
Pierre de Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France in the 2024 Paris
Olympics.
The Americans played well with
no complacency at all despite already clinching their quarterfinal
berth against a dangerous German team that beat Belgium in pool
play. Team USA leaned on their talent and length on defense that
made the Germans work on the offensive side of the
floor.
That is now Team USA Women’s
58th straight win in the Olympics as they secure the no.1 overall
seed coming in the knockout rounds. Only 3 more wins and they
complete yet another gold medal run and extend their dynasty to 8
straight Olympics.
A’Ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart
dominated once again for the Americans with 14 and 23 points
respectively, but it was Jackie Young who starred in this game with
19 points built on 4 three-pointers.
Next up for Team USA Women’s is
a date between Nigeria who already have the country’s best showing
in the Olympics by making the quarterfinals. The other
quarter-final pairings are the following, per FIBA after the Paris
2024 Olympics Basketball Tournament draw:
- Spain v Belgium
- France v Germany
- Serbia v Australia
ROAD TO GOLD 🥇
Women’s
#Basketball Quarter-Finals are here 🔥#Paris2024
pic.twitter.com/fRJCaPeLRI– fiba (@fiba)
August 4, 2024
