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Lawson, U.S. Olympic 3x3 Squad Moves on to Semifinals
7/27/2021 9:28:00 AM | Women's Basketball
TOKYO – Duke women's basketball head coach Kara Lawson and the U.S. Olympic 3x3 Women's Team is into the semifinals with a 6-1 ledger in preliminary round action. Â
Even though the United States dropped a 20-18 decision to Japan on Tuesday in Tokyo, the squad had already secured the No. 1 seed into the medal round and awaits France in the semifinals at 4 a.m. EDT on July 28. Â
The United States led 5-0 to start its game against host Japan (5-2) and was up 14-9 with 3:27 to play but could not hit shots down the stretch and suffered its first loss at Aomi Urban Sports Park. Â
Stefanie Dolson scored a team-high seven points to with three rebounds and two assists. Allisha Gray had five points two assists and two rebounds. Jackie Young scored four points and had four rebounds and two assists, and Kelsey Plum finished with two points.
"To be honest, this is tough," Plum said. "We clinched first, and it's hard to get up for that game. They played really well. They hit big shots."
The USA committed its seventh foul at 2:37 and Japan made both free throws to cut the USA lead to one point 14-13. After a score from each side, Japan made a 2-pointer to go ahead 16-15 at 2:01. Dolson scored twice to put the USA ahead 17-16, but Japan drove to the basket for a layup and made another 2 to lead 19-17 with 1:03 on the clock. Gray scored the USA's final basket at 40 seconds to pull within one 19-18, but Japan answered back on the next possession and led 20-18 with 31 seconds to go. In the final 30 seconds, the USA missed two more attempts and committed a turnover, and Japan earned the 20-18 win.
"The game is done," Gray said. "It doesn't hurt us, and we're glad something like this happened earlier instead of in semifinals when you don't get another chance. So, it was good to get that loss out of the way, and we'll be prepared for the semifinals."
On July 28, the other semifinal is set for 5:10 a.m. (all times listed are EDT). Also on July 28, the semifinal losers will play in the bronze medal game at 7:45 a.m., and the semifinal winners will meet in the gold medal game at 8:55 a.m.
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Even though the United States dropped a 20-18 decision to Japan on Tuesday in Tokyo, the squad had already secured the No. 1 seed into the medal round and awaits France in the semifinals at 4 a.m. EDT on July 28. Â
The United States led 5-0 to start its game against host Japan (5-2) and was up 14-9 with 3:27 to play but could not hit shots down the stretch and suffered its first loss at Aomi Urban Sports Park. Â
Stefanie Dolson scored a team-high seven points to with three rebounds and two assists. Allisha Gray had five points two assists and two rebounds. Jackie Young scored four points and had four rebounds and two assists, and Kelsey Plum finished with two points.
"To be honest, this is tough," Plum said. "We clinched first, and it's hard to get up for that game. They played really well. They hit big shots."
The USA committed its seventh foul at 2:37 and Japan made both free throws to cut the USA lead to one point 14-13. After a score from each side, Japan made a 2-pointer to go ahead 16-15 at 2:01. Dolson scored twice to put the USA ahead 17-16, but Japan drove to the basket for a layup and made another 2 to lead 19-17 with 1:03 on the clock. Gray scored the USA's final basket at 40 seconds to pull within one 19-18, but Japan answered back on the next possession and led 20-18 with 31 seconds to go. In the final 30 seconds, the USA missed two more attempts and committed a turnover, and Japan earned the 20-18 win.
"The game is done," Gray said. "It doesn't hurt us, and we're glad something like this happened earlier instead of in semifinals when you don't get another chance. So, it was good to get that loss out of the way, and we'll be prepared for the semifinals."
On July 28, the other semifinal is set for 5:10 a.m. (all times listed are EDT). Also on July 28, the semifinal losers will play in the bronze medal game at 7:45 a.m., and the semifinal winners will meet in the gold medal game at 8:55 a.m.
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