Team USA Women’s Basketball moved one step closer to Olympic glory as they defeated Serbia 79-59 in the Olympic semifinal game at Saitama Super Arena on Friday to advance to the gold medal game.
Despite the final score, the Americans struggled as they committed 17 turnovers but defensively, they held Serbia to just 30 percent shooting.
“It wasn’t our best overall performance,” USA head coach Dawn Staley said. “I thought we did a tremendous job defensively, just making it really hard for the Serbian team to get off clean looks. Offensively, I just thought we put enough points on the scoreboard to win.