Elm City to Eagleville · Aug 16, 2015
UConn's Kia Nurse one win away from realizing Olympic dream
It wasn't the best game that Kia Nurse played in the FIBA Americas Women's Championship but with her Canada team beating Brazil to move one win away from a spot in next year's Olympics, I'm sure the UConn guard wasn't complaining.
After missing her first six shots of the game Nurse hit a 3-pointer to give Canada a five-point lead with 1:41 left in the first half. She finished with nine points on 2 of 10 shooting to go with four rebounds, two assists and three steals in the 83-66 victory.
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe came off the bench to score 18 points, Miranda Ayim had 11 points and