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USA Women Crush Czech Republic 115-78, Advance To Medal Semifinals As Undefeated No. 1 Seed Save Email Print
Jul 7, 2009
BELGRADE, Serbia (July 7, 2009) - Led by 20 points from Tina Charles (Connecticut / Jamaica, N.Y.), the 2009 USA Women's World University Games Team (5-0) featured five players in double figures as it crushed Czech Republic (4-1) 115-78 on Tuesday afternoon in Belgrade, Serbia.
The USA advances to the medal semifinals as Group E's No. 1 seed, and will play No. 2 seeded Australia (4-1) at 5:30 p.m. local time (11:30 a.m. EDT) on Thursday, July 9. Also today, Russia (5-0) beat Australia (4-1) to secure Group F's No. 1 seed and will play Czech Republic at 8:00 p.m. on July 9th. The two semifinal winners will meet in the July 11th gold medal game at 3:00 p.m. (9:00 a.m. EDT), while the semifinal losers will battle for the bronze medal at 12:30 p.m. on the 11th.
"This was much better; it was a big improvement over Poland," said USA and Arizona State University head coach Charli Turner Thorne. "Anytime you can outrebound a team by 30, you're going to be happy. I thought we controlled the boards and we controlled the game. They responded well after the Poland game. They really came back with a greater sense of urgency, better focus, better energy. I think that if we can carry this into the medal round, we're going to be in great shape."
In addition to Charles, who reached her game high 20 points in 18 minutes, Tiffany Hayes (Connecticut / Lakeland, Fla.) was 4-of-6 from 3-point to tally 16 points, Danielle McCray (Kansas / Olathe, Kan.) added 15 points and seven rebounds, Ashley Houts (Georgia / Trenton, Ga.) contributed 13 points and Jantel Lavender (Ohio State / Cleveland, Ohio) scored 10 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out a game-high four assists.
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USA Women Crush Czech Republic 115-78, Advance To Medal Semifinals As Undefeated No. 1 Seed
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