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Taurasi leads U.S. past France
Former UConn star Diana Taurasi had a team high 15 points and four 3-pointers as the United States won Group B at the FIBA World Championships with an 81-60 win over France on Saturday in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Candice Dupree, who provided a much-needed offensive spark off the bench in the first half, had 10 points and six rebounds while former UConn star Tina Charles also finished with 10 points as the U.S. finished 3-0 in Group B.
UConn senior Maya Moore had nine points and eight rebounds and former UConn star Sue Bird also had nine points.
The U.S. will open the second round of pool play on Monday against the loser of the Belarus/Canada game which is currently going on.
Endene Miyem had 15 points for France, the reigning European champions who are without injured forward/center Sandrine Gruda of the Connecticut Sun.
Candice Dupree, who provided a much-needed offensive spark off the bench in the first half, had 10 points and six rebounds while former UConn star Tina Charles also finished with 10 points as the U.S. finished 3-0 in Group B.
UConn senior Maya Moore had nine points and eight rebounds and former UConn star Sue Bird also had nine points.
The U.S. will open the second round of pool play on Monday against the loser of the Belarus/Canada game which is currently going on.
Endene Miyem had 15 points for France, the reigning European champions who are without injured forward/center Sandrine Gruda of the Connecticut Sun.
posted by Jim Fuller at
1:06 PM
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Team USA accumulated statistics after their 3 Wins -
http://czechrepublic2010.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fwc/women/team/p/eid/4730/sid/4730/tid/379/accumulated-statistics.html
Sue Bird leads the team in minutes played with 66. Has a 8/5 assist/turnover ratio which is much lower than her WNBA leading 3/1.
Angel McCoughtry has 10 steals in 52 minutes. Very instinctive and agressive on defense like Tamika Catchings.
Tina Charles shooting only 5/9 FT and Sylvia Fowles shooting only 6/13 FT. Both will need to shoot better from the Free Throw line or will end up in a Hack-a-Shaq situation in critical moments against Australia etc.
Maya Moore has 10 turnovers in 61 minutes. She will get better with more experience at this Olympic level of basketball. Miss Maya is gaining valuable knowledge which hopefully she can use to lead UConn during her senior season.
Jayne Appel has only played 18 minutes in mop up duty. Will be very interesting to see if Team USA actually gives her real playing time against Australia's size. Which is why Team USA allegedly kept her on the 12 player roster.
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