USA - Angola 2:30 p.m. ESPN3; game thread

[RadyLady]

Angel throws the ball to an Angola player -

She takes it to the basket and gets fouled by Sims

Shoots and makes 2

Augusts out, Moore in

 

[RadyLady]

Stewey is fouled in the act of shooting...makes both shots.

49 - 19

 

[RadyLady]

Sorry - Charles came in for Nneka sometime...
nice passing sequence, and Angel gets the bucket.

 

[RadyLady]

3:42 to go in the quarter 52 - 19

 

[RadyLady]

Angel out, Griner in.....
Sims took a hard foul as she ran to the basket on a fast break

 

[RadyLady]

Tina is fouled shooting a 15 footer...

Interesting - Stewey, Griner AND Tina are in.

on edit - it's Moore that's in, not Tina

 

[RadyLady]

BTW - Angola is shooting really well from beyond the arc. They have made up some ground.

54 - 25

 

[RadyLady]

Griner gets a nice block..
want to see more of Stewey and Griner together....oops....Brit is called for an offensive foul retrieving a pass from Candice.....

 

[RadyLady]

US has gone 2 minutes without a bucket....

 

[RadyLady]

Nneka is in for Brit -

Sims bullet into Dupree off to Nneka for 2 - nice play!!!!

Beautiful fast break play - Sims to a streaking Moore (lets it bounce once and then does her thing) who makes the shot and is fouled. Makes the an'1

Angola again makes the last second shot, we leave the half with US 61 - 25

 

[easttexastrash]

Maya has really found her stroke! Just beautiful to watch when she is playing like that.

 

[easttexastrash]

Stewart & Sims not handling the ball well

Took them a while to calm down. I like what I see with Sims pushing tempo.

 

[RadyLady]

OK, USA has been busy..they are up 73 - 27 -
usual suspects started
Brit picked up another foul, but got her third block of the night just now...and Tina seriously affected a shot resulting in a turnover....

 

[RadyLady]

Griner again fouled in the act of shooting....makes both

has 15 points thus far

 

[RadyLady]

Nice Dee feed to brit who misses the bunny.....c'mon kid, gotta make those

USA defense creates another shot clock violation. Complete staff change at this break:
Angel, Dupree, Whalen, Nneka, and Seimone who makes a bucket

USA up by 50 until Angola makes a 3 via the rainbow - gotta guard that perimeter...

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Whalen!!

She can run an offense!

 

[RadyLady]

Lyndsey nice feed to Seimone again

Angola having trouble trying to get to the basket.
Whalen makes a 3,

83 - 30, USA
time out.

 

[RadyLady]

Here we go..Angola takes the ball up the court, Lyndsey is called for a reach in...

USA clogging the paint, but Seimone is called for a reach in.

 

[RadyLady]

All white jerseys to collect a rebound off an Angola miss.

Nneka gets the ball to Angel for 3333333333333

 

[RadyLady]

Angel misses the next three on a good inside out play, and then fouls Angola who is now in the bonus

 

[RadyLady]

Lyndsey great pass from side to side for a Seimone deuce

 

[RadyLady]

Looks like USA is working on their passing, particularly inside out patterns

Nneka is fouled in the act of shooting after one such passing sequence

 

[RadyLady]

90 - 31

Nneka intercepts a pass then up the court to Whalen who misses the shot but Nneka who is following her cleans up.

92 - 31 quarter is over

 

[Beemer]

Stewart & Sims not handling the ball well

Nerves perhaps?

 

[RadyLady]

Nerves perhaps?

They are fine. a couple fumbles when they first got in, but things settled down quickly.