The United States Women’s National Basketball team played Czechia in World Cup action yesterday afternoon to finish off group play. The United States would come out really well and lead the Czechs 29-15 after the first quarter which was a much better start compared to the day before against Italy. In the second quarter, the United States would continue to extend their lead out by outscoring Czechia 28-18, and would take a 57-33 lead into the break. Those 57 points were more points than they were able to put up against Italy in all 4 quarters on Sunday afternoon. In the third quarter, the United States would outscore Czechia 25-14 and take an 82-47 lead into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, The U.S. would cruise to the victory having most of their starters sitting on the bench while the newer players outscored Czechia 23-17 and the U.S. would cruise to a 105-64 win and go undefeated in group play to advance straight to the quarterfinals. The United States had six players score in double-figures and had every single player on their 12 player roster score in the victory led by Breanna Stewart who finished with 19 points on 8-11 from the field, 1-1 from three, 2-2 from the free throw line, grabbed 7 rebounds, dished out 6 assists, picked up a steal, and a block, Angel Reese had 13 points on 4-5 from the field, 5-11 from the free throw line, grabbed 6 rebounds, and picked up 3 steals, Napheesa Collier had 12 points on 5-10 from the field, 1-4 from three, and 1-1 from the free throw line, grabbed 6 rebounds, dished out 2 assists, and picked up a steal, Jackie Young had 12 points on 5-9 from the field, 1-3 from three, 1-2 from the free throw line, grabbed 2 rebounds, and dished out 3 assists, Paige Buecker had 10 points on 5-8 from the field, 0-1 from three, grabbed a rebound, dished out 5 assists, and picked up 2 blocks, Sonia Citron had 10 points on 5-7 from the field, grabbed 7 rebounds, and dished out 2 assists. Czechia got good contributions from all five starters led by Eliska Joklova who had 19 points on 4-7 from the field, 0-2 from three, and 11-14 from the free throw line, grabbed 3 rebounds, dished out two assists, and picked up a block, Julie Pospisilova had 9 points on 4-11 from the field, 0-4 from three, grabbed 3 rebounds, dished out an assist, and picked up a block, Natalie Stouplova had 8 points on 4-8 from the field, 0-2 from three, grabbed 2 rebounds, picked up 2 steals, and a block, Veronika Vorackova had 8 points on 3-9 from the field, 1-4 from three, grabbed 9 rebounds, and dished out 3 assists, Gabriela Andelova had 7 points on 3-12 from the field, 1-8 from three, grabbed 4 rebounds, dished out 2 assists and picked up a steal.
Next up:
The United States plays Hungary in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Czechia has been eliminated from FIBA World Cup title contention.
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