Australia hands Canada its very first loss of World Cup, 75-72 – The Associated Press

SYDNEY (AP)– Ezi Magbegor had 16 points and 5 blocks to assist Australia beat Canada 75-72 on Monday night in the ladies’s World Cup. The win triggered a log-jam atop Group B with Australia, Canada and France all with 3 wins with one video game left for each group. “We understood entering into this it would be a difficult group for us” Magbegor stated. “Everything would count for us. We have another hard one tomorrow versus Japan.” Australia led 71-69 when Steph Talbot transformed a reverse layup to extend the benefit. On Canada’s next belongings, Magbegor obstructed Natalie Achonwa’s shot right prior to the shot clock went out. Talbot then made 2 more totally free tosses with 19.3 seconds delegated make it 75-69 Nirra Fields struck a 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds left for the last margin. In other video games Monday, the U.S. set a World Cup record for points in a 145-69 win over South Korea. France and Belgium advanced to the quarterfinals with wins over Japan and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbia topped Mali 81-68 to keep alive its quarterfinal hopes. China routed Puerto Rico 95-60 Australia tracked 33-19 with 4 minutes left in the very first half prior to scoring the last 19 points of the duration to lead by 5 at the break. Magbegor and Tess Madgen each had 6 points throughout the run. “I understood (Ezi) would have his type of video game and I didn’t understand when it would be,” stated Sami Whitcomb, who had 15 points. “It was huge for us this evening, I’m so happy with her. She appeared when we required her in the most significant minute.” Canada rallied in the 3rd quarter and led 57-51 prior to the Opals started to take the lead and established the tight surface. Fields led Canada with 17 points. Australia was missing out on Bec Allen, who hurt her ribs late in the 4th quarter of the Opals video game on Sunday versus Serbia. The group stated she was resting this video game. UNITED STATES 145, SOUTH KOREA 69 Brionna Jones scored 24 points, A’ja Wilson included 20 and the U.S. utilized a dominant within effort for a record efficiency in the win over South Korea. It broke the World Cup record of highest-scoring video game, exceeding the 143 points Brazil had in1990 It likewise shattered the previous U.S. mark of 119 points attained versus Angola in 2014 and China in2006 The scoring margin was the most significant in U.S. history. The win was the 26 th in a row in World Cup bet the Americans, who have not lost given that the 2006 semifinals when they was up to Russia. The U.S. likewise won 26 in a row from 1994-2006 The Soviet Union holds the World Cup record with 56 straight wins from 1959-1986 Other U.S. records broken on Monday consisted of the 62 basket made, 36 helps and 94 points in the paint. BELGIUM 85, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 55 Hind Ben Abdelkader scored 18 points while Julie Vanloo and Kyara Linskens each included 13 to assist Belgium reach the quarterfinals with the win over Bosnia and Herzegovina. To win a medal, however, they’ll need to do it without star Emma Meesseman, who hurt her left calf. She’s out for the rest of the competition, the group revealed after the video game. The Belgian Cats (3-1) led 26-19 midway through the 2nd quarter prior to going on an 11 -3 go to close the half, topped by Vanloo’s 3-pointer with 2 seconds left. She scored 7 points throughout the spurt. The triumph was the 3rd straight for Belgium after losing to the U.S. in its opener. The Cats have actually now advanced to the quarterfinals in both of their World Cup looks. “It feels excellent due to the fact that in some cases I believe that we forget that we’re little Belgium which is just our 2nd females’s World Cup,” guard Julie Allemand stated. “I believe it’s something we can be pleased with. Often it’s like ‘Oh, this is regular’ however it’s not! We still need to win the video games, we still need to improve and much better and I believe we can be pleased with this.” Nikolina Elez and Matea Tavic each scored 13 indicate lead Bosnia and Herzegovina (0-4). Jonquel Jones was held to simply 8 points and 8 rebounds. It was the very first time in the competition she didn’t rating a minimum of 15 points. SERBIA 81, MALI 68 Sasa Cado scored 20 points and Tina Krajisnik included 17 to assist Serbia leading Mali and reach the quarterfinals. Serbia (2-2) led 43-39 at the half prior to gradually retreating in the 3rd quarter. The Serbians led 62-50 heading into the last duration and Mali might get no closer the remainder of the method. Sika Kone had 13 points and 11 rebounds for Mali (0-4), which is playing in its 2nd World Cup. The African country was a late replacement for Nigeria and went 1-4 in its other look in2010 FRANCE 67, JAPAN 53 Gabby Williams scored 16 points and France utilized outstanding defense in the 4th quarter to beat Japan and advance to the quarterfinals. Iliana Rupert included 15 points and 12 rebounds for France (3-1), France led 48-4618 seconds into the 4th quarter after Maki Takada made a layup. That would be the last points Japan would get up until Saori Miyazaki’s layup with 1: 53 left. The French scored 15 straight points over that almost 8-minute stretch to blow the video game open. Japan (1-3) missed out on 8 shots and had 5 turnovers throughout its dry spell. Miyazaki scored 13 indicate lead Japan. She was the only gamer in double figures for the group. With the loss, the Tokyo Olympic silver medalists were removed from reaching the quarterfinals. CHINA 95, PUERTO RICO 60 Li Yueru scored 16 indicate lead a well balanced China offense in a thrashing of Puerto Rico. China (3-1) leapt out to an early lead and would not let Puerto Rico recuperate. The effective Chinese offense had 39 helps on its 41 baskets. Puerto Rico (1-3) can advance to the quarterfinals with a win over South Korea on Tuesday. With that in mind, the majority of the Puerto Rican beginners played moderately. Trinity San Antonio led Puerto Rico with 19 points. ___ More AP females’s basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
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