UConn rising senior Tina Charles had her second double-double of the tournament and scored in double figures for the fifth time in six games to lead the U.S. past Australia 81-66 and into Saturday's gold-medal game in the World University Games.

Charles finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds and Kansas' Danielle McCray had a team-high 15 points (her fifth double-digit scoring game) as the U.S. set up a showdown with Russia on Saturday at 9 a.m. Eastern time for the title.

Alexis Gray-Lawson of California and Oklahoma's Danielle Robinson added 10 points each while UConn's Tiffany Hayes had four points and six rebounds. In the first six games, nine of the 11 U.S. players (Maya Moore of UConn is sitting out the tournament with a sprained knee) had scored in double figures at least once led by Charles and McCray. Gray-Lawson and Ohio State's Jantel Lavender had three double-figure games while Hayes and Georgia's Ashley Houts have a pair of double-digit scoring games.

Russia earned a spot in the final with an 106-64 win over the Czech Republic.

DUNN, HUGHES GET THE CALL
Dan Hughes of the San Antonio Silver Stars and Lin Dunn of the Indiana Fever will be the coaches in the July 25 WNBA All-Star game at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Hughes earned the honor by virtue of leading San Antonio to the 2008 Western Conference title but with Bill Laimbeer of the defending WNBA champion Detroit Shock having stepped down, the nod went to Dunn as she has led the Fever to the best record in the Eastern Conference (8-2).