Jackie Younger scored 10 factors and the U.S. survived its hardest take a look at within the girls’s basketball World Cup in 20 years with a 55-52 victory over Italy on Sunday.
The U.S. has received 32 straight World Cup video games relationship again to a loss to Russia within the 2006 semifinals. Just one group had come inside single digits of the People earlier than Sunday throughout this run, when Australia misplaced by eight in 2010.
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The People (2-0) needed to work laborious for this victory, placing up the bottom level complete in a preliminary-round sport since 1971, once they had 51 in opposition to France.
The U.S. trailed 50-48 with 4:29 left earlier than happening a 7-0 run. Breanna Stewart, who missed her first eight photographs, scored her first basket of the sport to place the People up 51-50. Younger then hit a layup after the U.S. obtained an offensive foul in opposition to Italy on its subsequent possession.
The People then obtained one other defensive cease and Chelsea Grey hit a jumper to make it a five-point sport.
Matilde Villa scored to get Italy again inside three with lower than a minute to go.
The U.S. had a few probabilities to make it a two-possession lead however could not convert.
Italy (1-1) had one final likelihood to tie it, however Cecilia Zandalasini’s 3-pointer was off on the buzzer.
