Outside hitter Kim Hill (Portland, Oregon) scored a match-high 15 points with 12 kills on 29 attacks, two aces and a block. But in the second, they didn’t give me chances. “They play at such a fast pace”. They came back there in the third set, but that is just what they do. “We are patient”, she told reporters.
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The Americans once again proved that they have all the power and skills of winning this year’s Olympic season as they dethrone the 2012 London Olympics bronze medal, Japan.
Bird remained on the end of the bench watching the action along with nine of the US men’s basketball team who were in the stands. We all know that, guard Diana Taurasi said. “It’s just hard, but we found a way to get the most out of every single person on this team”.
“There may be expectations from the outside”, USA middle blocker Racael Adams said. She finished with 14 points.
The U.S. had seven players in double figures, with Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore scoring 19 points each.
Coming into the quarterfinals, every USA game was virtually over at the half.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Sue Bird and the USA women’s basketball team received some good news Wednesday when an MRI revealed that the team captain and point guard just had a knee capsule sprain. “There are at least two benefits to that”. They won all five of their games in pool play by an average of 43 points. It’s not going to happen perfectly.
With an overall record of 63-3, Olympic losses are rare for the US but Japan can claim one of them, although it occurred 40 years ago at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games. Japan still holds a slim lead in the all-time series, 113-111.
US coach Geno Auriemma said that they would evaluate the injury. “They always expose different weaknesses”. “We’re not. … We want to do more, and that’s the feeling I think for everybody”.
Former Husker players Jordan Larson and Kayla Banwarth, a libero, started for Team USA.
You dont replace Sue. That’s always a great challenge for us. “They were making us uncomfortable”, Taurasi said.
Geno Auriemma has been impressed with how Japan has competed.
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There was suspense for a fleeting few minutes Tuesday, which is saying something when you’re talking about the USA women’s Olympic basketball team. “The first half they were running us ragged a little bit”. So that is all really special things that we cherish. The Japanese quickly got the ball up and down the court and hit open jumpers, taking it right at the No. 1 ranked team in the world. “That pushes us to our limit and ultimately we bring out the best in each other”. “We just tried to do our best to stay with our game plan and be aggressive, and our defense really kick started our offense in the second half where we were able to get a lot of stops in a row and had stifling runs that we were trying to make”.
