The Australia women’s national basketball team lost to the United States, 85-64 on Thursday afternoon in Paris in the 2024 Olympic semifinals,
In this contest, it went kind of the way Team USA fans wanted. The Americans never trailed and they led by as many as 30 points early in the fourth quarter. The Opals made some runs, including a 14-0 run in the first quarter, but there wasn’t much they could do to overcome the Americans’ talent advantage.
Breanna Stewart led the Americans’ scorers with 16 points, playing just under 23 minutes, Jackie Young Added 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting.