Game Thread: USA vs. France - Fri. 2:15 p.m. ESPN3

[RadyLady]

Griner - another 2!!!!!!

France has a miss, corrals their rebound and gets fouled. Shooting FT

 

[RadyLady]

Bird sits down, Whalen is in....Siemone is on for Dee

 

[RadyLady]

France makes their FT, Griner again, going for the bucket and will shoot 2

Makes one of 2....c'mon Brit, you are usually automatic...must be the goggles.

USA 21 - 12
2:23 to go

 

[RadyLady]

Wow - Charles from the left corner...it's a 2!

France scores on the other end

Inside out to Maya who them passes to Tina who drives in for 2!

Nneka is in for Brit

 

[RadyLady]

on the French miss, Lyndsey takes it all the way for 2
27 - 14 with a minute to go

 

[RadyLady]

Whalen again for 2, this time after a passing sequence, jump shot.

End of quarter 29 - 14

 

[RadyLady]

Ok, here we go
Starting the quarter
Lyndsey, Dupree (who was in earlier, I missed it), Seimone, Nneka and Angel

 

[RadyLady]

USA, good defense causes a France turnover

Angel is mauled..kinda shoulda passed out of that...but throws it up and is shooting 2

makes them both

 

[RadyLady]

USA defense causes another turnover.
WOW - Nneka bullet pass into Dupree in the paint for an easy 2

USA 8 of 8 in the paint!!

 

[easttexastrash]

What a start for the US. Beautiful basketball. BG and Tina tearing it up inside.

 

[RadyLady]

32 - 16 on a france score....almost 2 minutes into the quarter.

Seimone scores on the other end...

France turnover, and USA turns it over on an ambitious fast break play....threw up a hail mary that had no chance of hitting it's mark

 

[RadyLady]

score is 36 - 21 6:30 to go

 

[RadyLady]

Sue Bird is back in, USA tough defense causes a shot clock violation...well, we got the rebound, but the buzzer sounded, too

 

[RadyLady]

Dee is back in, Tina is in....

41 - 21, sorry had to step away

 

[RadyLady]

So we have Griner, Tina, De, Sue, and Angel...

USA scoring at will....Dee, then Brit.

46 - 21.....now I am more interested in seeing what happens in the second half,,,

 

[easttexastrash]

Just WOW!!!!!

 

[RadyLady]

Time out.....
Looks like Maya is coming in....

 

[RadyLady]

Brit is really styling those goggles....bet she hates them

 

[RadyLady]

3 minutes left, France scores out of the timeout, Brit travels, turnover.
France scores a 3

 

[RadyLady]

France is being harassed by USA, throws up a 3 just as the buzzer sounds, and makes it.

Dee answers with her patented 3 on the other end....

France tries to get another 3, misses ball moves up to court and Sue sends up a sweet jumper for 2

 

[RadyLady]

Bit of a rumble in the paint on the other end, USA comes out with it, and is fouled

 

[RadyLady]

Gruda scores on a jumper

 

[RadyLady]

USA has had some misses....Bird has to sit down because of a bloody cut Whalen is in

 

[RadyLady]

51 - 30 with seconds to go...

 

[RadyLady]

Gruda again another 3, and then Whalen does a little song and dance move, gets the shot off just before the buzzer. Half over, USA with a comfortable lead