Basketball World Cup

2022 - 9 - 30

Team USA routs Canada to reach FIBA Women's Basketball World ... (ESPN)

Breanna Stewart and the United States used a dominant defensive effort to beat Canada and reach the gold medal game of the World Cup for the fourth ...

[Kahleah Copper](https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2998938/kahleah-copper) sat out after injuring her left hip in the win over Serbia in the quarterfinals. [Betnijah Laney](https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2593770/betnijah-laney), who also got hurt in the Serbia game, did play against Canada. The U.S. By the end of the quarter, the U.S. The victory was the 29th in a row in World Cup play for the Americans, who haven't lost since the 2006 semifinals against Russia. The team's best mark ever coming into the tournament was 99.1, set in 1994. "We're starting to build that identity," Wilson said of the defensive effort. The Americans were up 45-21 at the half, and the lead kept expanding in the final 20 minutes. has won seven of the eight meetings with Canada in the World Cup, although the most recent previous one came in 2010. Canada had committed four turnovers -- the same number the team had against Puerto Rico in the quarterfinals, which was the lowest total in a game in 30 years. (7-0), which is on a record pace for points and margin of victory in the tournament, took control of the game early, scoring the first 15 points. Stewart scored 17 points and the Americans raced out to an early lead to put away Canada 83-43 on Friday.

FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022: Team USA delivers ... (Sporting News AU)

Team USA has a fourth-straight World Cup gold medal in their sights after advancing to the final with an 83-43 win over Canada in the semi-final.

Australia in the World Cup final on Saturday, October 1 with tip-off set for 2:00 a.m. Team USA will take on the winner of China vs. Maybe in December, I'll look back on it, but it's been a crazy week but I'm glad to be here."

USA thrash Canada to qualify for womens basketball World Cup final (WION)

Seattle forward Breanna Stewart drilled a game-high 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds as clinical reigning champions the United States crushed Canada ...

They put on another 22 points in the third quarter to build a huge 38-point buffer going into the final stretch before cruising home for an emphatic win. In contrast, world number four Canada had got this far just once before, in 1986, when they also crashed to the USA. Ever-dangerous Las Vegas Aces' star A'ja Wilson added 15 points and 12 rebounds for the US as they zero in on a fourth straight title and 11th overall.

Record-breaking USA Bury Canada To Make Basketball World Cup ... (Barron's)

Breanna Stewart drilled a game-high 17 points as clinical reigning champions the United States crushed Canada 83-43 in record-breaking fashion to make the ...

"I was really pleased with our team's attention to detail on the scouting report as Canada has had a terrific tournament," said USA coach Cheryl Reeve. "Congratulations USA, they played amazing from the beginning. Laeticia Amihere scored eight points to lead a deflated Canada.

Opals' Basketball World Cup success helping WNBL growth go to ... (The Canberra Times)

The WNBL are soaking up the buzz from the Opals' success at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.

Melanie aims to bring Canberrans all the sports news they need to know - have a story worth sharing? Melanie Dinjaski is an experienced sports journalist at the Canberra Times with a genuine love of all sports. This is how you can continue to access our trusted content: She's covered every code from NRL to NFL, and has experience in print, digital, podcasting, TV and video journalism, having spent time working in newsrooms at Nine, Fox Sports and Seven before moving to the capital. You just can't help it." "It's a good time to be in the sport and we can't wait for the WNBL season to begin."

US thrash Canada, into basketball WC final (PerthNow)

Red-hot tournament favourites Team USA have blown past North American rivals Canada to book their spot in the women's basketball World Cup final in Sydney.

Both sides rested their star players in the final quarter in preparation for the medal round as USA notched their 29th consecutive victory at the women's World Cup in emphatic fashion. Firmly in the frame for the tournament's All-Star Five, Alyssa Thomas led her USA teammates for rebounds, steals and assists coming into the semi-final and was again prominent with 10 points and three rebounds. Canada had no answers for American guard Chelsea Gray, who recorded more assists than in any other match of the tournament (eight) and more than the entire Canada team in Friday's game (five). USA captain Breanna Stewart was back on song after a quiet game in the quarter-final, sinking four baskets from deep in a total of 17 points. USA restricted Canada to the lowest score ever recorded in a World Cup semi-final and relegated them to Saturday's third-place match, where they will hope to clinch their first medal in this event since 1986. They were able to stem the bleeding in patches, starting the second quarter strongly, but there was no breaking through the resolute American defence to close the gap.