Cambage scored 29 for the Aussies and picked up 11 rebounds, while Jarry scored 14 (including three three-pointers) and Mitchell and Erin Phillips contributed 10 each.
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The Serbia women’s basketball team raced to midcourt, hugging and jumping before circling together and dancing.
Croatia wasn’t one of the favorites coming into the men’s basketball competition at the Rio Games, yet they finished pool play atop Group B with a 90-81 victory over Lithuania on Monday.
Former Husker Danielle Page scored double digits for the fifth time of the Olympic tournament, but it wasn’t enough as Serbia fell to Spain, 68-54 in the semifinals.
It came after the Australian men’s and women’s hockey teams, beach volleyball team, and men’s and women’s water polo teams were dumped from the Olympics without medals and the Matildas lost out to Brazil in a penalty shootout on Friday.
The second game featured two bitter rivals, Spain and France.
Bogdan Bogdanovic led the Serbians with 18 points and five assists, while Mario Hezonja was the top-scoring Croatian with 16 points and eight rebounds. For Scola, it was the final game for Argentina’s Golden Generation.
Serbia, who have dominated the sport over the past few years, overcame Italy by 10-8.
The Spaniards had some luck in having Serbia take down Australia for them, but no matter the finish a second-place finish is an impressive feat in a field that wasn’t theirs in the first place.
Spain advanced courtesy of Anna Cruz’s one-legged running jumper that beat the clock and stunned Turkey 64-62.
“We somehow crashed at the end”, he said. Rudisha himself could be confirmation, his country really does need it, that Kenyas distance-running culture of grass-roots talent and hard work is not being taken over by doping.
An 18-4 USA run over the end of the first half and start of the second lifted the United States comfortably ahead of Japan to stay, the Asian squad staying within 48-46 until then.
Inexcusable turnovers by Tolo and Jarry allowed Serbia to briefly grab back the lead in the final term.
Key players on both sides were in foul trouble, as there were 59 personal fouls committed by the time the game ended, and each team had to manage its stars carefully. They were aggressive in defence, long and in the lanes and I think we struggled with that tonight.
“We just said, ‘We have nothing to lose here, so we need to be courageous, ‘” Palau said.
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The second quarter was decisive in determining the tone of the remainder of the game as Spain’s lead grew to 27-17, their largest of the game so far, on a Felipe Reyes layup.
