She scored nine points, including two 3-pointers, during a 15-4 run to close the opening period.
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Taurasi connected on six of 10 attempts from beyond the arc, breaking her own records of 5 made three-pointers and 8 attempts. Breanna Stewart contributed 17 points, Tina Charles added 15, Angel McCoughtry had 13 and Maya Moore added 10 as every us player scored in the contest. The Phoenix Mercury star tied the record in Team USA’s victory over Nigeria earlier in these Olympics, and then she broke it early in the third quarter of Wednesday’s victory that marked the team’s 44th straight Olympic win.
Breanna Stewart had an impressive game as well, scoring 17 points, while Maya Moore also scored seven points.
While Serbia could never recover from its halftime deficit, the Serbians did make the USA work on both ends of the floor. Both teams entered the Olympics ranked in the top ten of the FIVB’s world rankings, with the Americans first and Serbia ranked sixth. Serbia has had a disappointing first Olympics after winning the Eurobasket past year. The Canadians won their first two games of the Olympics and faced winless Senegal later Wednesday.
The United States is tied for first in Group B with Canada, who they’ll meet in their next game Friday.
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In other games, Alba Torrens scored 32 points and Astou Ndour added 21 to power Spain over China 89-68.
