The US superior to the Fiba Ladies’s Basketball World Cup last for the fifth consecutive time, pulling away within the fourth quarter to beat Spain 76-66 on Saturday in Berlin.

Breanna Stewart scored 16 factors and Kahleah Copper added 13 for the four-time defending champions, who had been tied at 58 coming into the fourth quarter earlier than lastly taking management. Jackie Younger added 12 factors.

Spain led 13-4 halfway by way of the primary quarter and trailed solely 39-36 at halftime. María Conde and Iyana Martín hit three-pointers early within the third as Spain erased the deficit, whereas Martín’s two free throws with 53 seconds left despatched the sport into the fourth tied at 58.

Copper and Younger scored to open the fourth earlier than Stewart helped the US create separation. The Individuals stretched their result in eight with simply over six minutes remaining earlier than Younger’s steal and layup made it 76-64 with 1:42 left.

Conde and Martín scored 17 factors apiece for Spain, who held the Individuals to 40% capturing. The US made solely three of 18 three-point makes an attempt, whereas Caitlin Clark completed with one level and missed all three of her photographs from past the arc.

The victory prolonged the Individuals’ World Cup successful streak to 35 video games. The US, unbeaten on the event since a semi-final loss to Russia in 2006, will face France in Sunday’s last after the French defeated host Germany 86-64.

The hotly anticipated last will probably be a rematch of the 2024 Olympic gold medal recreation, the place the US escaped with a 67-66 victory after France’s Gabby Williams stepped on the three-point line on a possible tying shot on the buzzer.