The United States and Turkey won for the second day in a row at the FIBA World Championship in Basketball for Women to clinch first place in their respective groups and spots in the Quarter-Finals. Spain and the Czech Republic also prevailed to set up a battle for Group A supremacy, and both Australia and Belarus won their games to set up a Group C showdown for first. USA withstood a gallant effort by Serbia for three quarters before pulling away for a 94-74 triumph. Ana Dabovic had 22 of her 24 points in the first half and Serbia trailed 49-42. Maya Moore was the pick of the USA players in the first half, both with her three-point shooting and her defense. Serbia continued to fight and only trailed 67-64 with 1:21 go go in the third but the USA turned on the style in the fourth quarter with Diana Taurasi scoring the majority of her 20 points. Tournament hosts Turkey followed up their 50-48 triumph over France with a 55-44 win over Canada. Lara Sanders finished with 18 points for Turkey. After knocking off Brazil in Group A on opening day, the Czech Republic came from behind to defeat 71-57. Petra Kulichovas 19 points and Elhotovas 18 led the Czechs. Spain improved to 2-0 with an 83-56 rout of Brazil. Alba Torrens and Sancho Lyttle each had 15 points for the Spaniards. Australia, who had won their opener against Cuba, hammered Korea 87-54. Laura Hodges had 14 points and four other Opals hit double digits in points. Read more - fiba/news/turkey-2014-turkey-usa-seal-quarter-final-spots-on-day-2 FIBA Photo Credit: FIBA
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 03:36:49 +0000
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