The Belgium women’s national basketball team 85-81 to Australia on Sunday in Paris in the 2024 Olympics women’s basketball bronze medal match. This was also a matchup between one of the world’s rising powers against one of the world’s legacies.
Belgium was not in control for most of this game. They had a small lead in much of the first quarters, but the Opals were able to head into halftime with a 37-36 lead.
The Opals made a big run in the beginning of the third quarter to take a ten 10 points, but Julie Vanloo soon made five straight points to get the score down to 54-50.