Breanna Stewart and America they looked dominant defensively beat Canada 83-43 on Friday and advance to Women’s Basketball World Cup Gold Medal Match for the fourth consecutive tournament.
Stewart scored 17 points and the Americans took an early lead to defeat a team from Canada whose 43 points represent the fewest amount scored in a semi-final match in the history of the World Cup.
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The Americans will face China on Saturday, which for its part beat host Australia 61-59. The Chinese team lost to the United States by 14 points in the group stage, in the tightest duel of the tournament for the Americans.
United States (7-0), which maintains a record rhythm of points and margin of victory in the tournament, he took control of the match from the start by scoring the first 15 points. The Americans contested every play on their defense and made the Canadians miss their first nine shots from the field. On the offensive side, Stewart, A’ja Wilson y Alyssa Thomas They pretty much hit everything they tried.
Laeticia Amihere, who plays in South Carolina for former US coach Dawn Staley, finally put Canada on the scoreboard nearly five minutes after kick-off.
At the end of the first quarter, The United States was already winning 27-7. Canada had committed four turnovers, the same number they suffered in the entire game against Puerto Rico in the quarterfinals, which was the lowest total in a game in 30 years.
The Americans led 45-21 at halftime and the lead continued to widen in the final 20 minutes. The win was the biggest margin for the United States in knockout stages, surpassing the 36-point win over Spain at the 2010 World Cup.
Canada (5-2) advanced to the semis for the first time since 1986 and has the opportunity to hang his first medal since he got the bronze that year.
It was the 29th consecutive World Cup win for the Americans, they haven’t lost since the 2006 semi-finals against Russia. The Soviet Union holds the World Cup record with 56 wins in a row between 1959 and 1986. This is the second time in history that the United States has reached four straight women’s World Cup finals. They also did it from 1979 to 1990, winning three.
Americans average 101 points per game and its previous high was 99.1, set in 1994.
