Olympic women's basketball tournament (5x5) (SPOILER ALERT)

[Plebe]

There is a thread over on the "general" board, but I figured the main board is appropriate for a thread since there are multiple teams with UConn representation.

The women's Olympic basketball tournament got underway, with Spain edging South Korea (73-69) and Canada falling to Serbia, 72-68.

In the Canada game, Kia Nurse started and played 38 minutes, by far the most of any Canadian player. Other starters were Bridget Carlton (Iowa State), Shay Colley (Michigan State), Natalie Achonwa (Notre Dame) and Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe.

Canada's scoring was led by Nirra Fields (UCLA) off the bench with 19 points, Nurse with 16, and Colley with 12. However, according to the Globe and Mail article, Colley had to leave the game in the 3rd quarter with an apparent shoulder injury.

According to the boxscore, Aaliyah Edwards only played for 16 seconds and finished with no stats. Other recognizable names: Leticia Amihere (South Carolina) had 2 points and 3 rebounds in 17 minutes; and Shaina Pellington (Oklahoma/Arizona) had 2 points in 13 minutes.

Canada next plays South Korea at 9:00 pm ET on Wednesday.

Canada-Serbia boxscore: Serbia v Canada boxscore - Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament 2020 - 26 July - FIBA.basketball
Globe and Mail news story: Canada women’s basketball team open with 72-68 loss to Serbia at the Tokyo Olympics

 

[Kaizen]

USA plays NGR Monday 26, 9:30 PM (PT), in Preliminary Round, Group B.

Summer Olympics Schedule - Basketball - ESPN

Check out this full schedule for Summer Olympics events

www.espn.com

 

[JellyBean]

Whoa! Canada lost? Did anyone watch the game? Curious has to how Canada lost. Shout out to Team Serbia for the win. They must have played one heck of a game.

 

[eebmg]

France up 17-13. Gabby had one great block, a nice 3pt basket and looked generally very active. Then was substituted half way through 1Q

 

[eebmg]

Whoa! Canada lost? Did anyone watch the game? Curious has to how Canada lost. Shout out to Team Serbia for the win. They must have played one heck of a game.

Canada was terrible shooting the ball. 5-29 from 3.

 

[Plebe]

France up 17-13. Gabby had one great block, a nice 3pt basket and looked generally very active. Then was substituted half way through 1Q

Thanks for pointing this out. Here's a link to a live stream of the France-Japan game:

Basketball: Women's Prelim Group B: Japan vs France

The Women's Tokyo Olympic Basketball tournament tips off in the Group Stage with Japan vs. France in Group B.

stream.nbcolympics.com

 

[Plebe]

Whoa! Canada lost? Did anyone watch the game? Curious has to how Canada lost. Shout out to Team Serbia for the win. They must have played one heck of a game.

Not an upset IMO. Serbia took bronze in Rio and won the Eurobasket this year. They have experienced, world-class players like Vasic and Dabovic. Not to be taken lightly.

 

[darkstar1]

Whoa! Canada lost? Did anyone watch the game? Curious has to how Canada lost. Shout out to Team Serbia for the win. They must have played one heck of a game.

I watched the last 8 minutes. Canada missed some key foul shots. And clearly didn’t play Edward’s enough!

 

[Monte]

Tonight: 12:30, USA channel......WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: .U.S. vs Nigeria

 

[Plebe]

France-Japan coming down to the wire. It's been an exciting 4th quarter. Japan just hit a huge 3 to take a 4-point lead with 28 seconds left.

Gabby has made a lot of great plays albeit without a lot of scoring. Sandrine Gruda has been automatic with her baseline turnaround, Olajuwon-like.

 

[eebmg]

Japan making 3 pt shots all game. Also pressuring the French. Every shot is tough

 

[Plebe]

Gabby with an awesome strip and breakaway layup to give France a chance, cutting the lead to 2. But then France wasted precious seconds before fouling, and then Japan iced it with free throws.

Gabby didn't shoot great but stuffed the stat sheet with 9 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 4 steals. The FIBA commentator raved about her defense but said that France's defense otherwise left a lot to be desired. Gruda led all scorers with 18.

Japan had balanced scoring, and really won this game from the arc (11 of 27) and the free throw line (17 of 23).

 

[EricLA]

I've said this before and I'll say it again. Bird and Taurasi are light years better than every other guard on team USA with the exception of Loyd. They are only just "much better" than jewel Lloyd.

And for the record, I like Loyd's game.

 

[eebmg]

Nigeria vs. United States - Box Score - July 27, 2021 - ESPN

Boxscore. Paige must love Sue's stat line 0 pts, 8 assists and only 1TO at half.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Sue has 10 dimes so far, and the scorer missed at least 1. She's killing Nigeria.

 

[Plebe]

Sue Bird putting on an assist clinic. I hope someone makes a highlight reel of all her assists from this game.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Sue has 10 dimes so far, and the scorer missed at least 1. She's killing Nigeria.

Corrected to 11.

Sue's stat line: 0/4/11

Sue was also doing a commercial. She does it all!

 

[MilfordHusky]

Turnovers are 20-8 in favor of Nigeria. Not good!

 

[Hayven]

Commentators said Diana and Penny are expecting another child this fall. Another UConn recruit coming

 

[MilfordHusky]

12-0 Nigeria run, lead is down to 8.

 

[eebmg]

Gray and Fowles coming up big

 

[Lorcan]

People want to tell me that Collier deserves her spot on this team over Ogwumike after her performance tonight? Collier looked lost out there, granted that it was only 2 minutes.

 

[MilfordHusky]

19/13 for Wilson. Strong game.

Sue's shot is crap (0-6), but she has 12 assists.

 

[MilfordHusky]

25 TOs. 83 shots for Nigeria, 65 for the U.S.

 

[eebmg]

19/13 for Wilson. Strong game.

Sue's shot is crap (0-6), but she has 12 assists.

Wilson probably should be MVP. So steady.