Women's Hoops Blog

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Thursday, September 14, 2006

Once again, every member of Team USA scored and the Americans trounced Nigeria 79-46. Nigeria never recovered from a brilliant first quarter by the U.S. where they built a 25-4 lead.

Team USA connected on more than 50% of their shots for the second game in a row, but did not shoot the three ball as well as in their win against China. DeLisha Milton-Jones, Tina Thompson and Seimone Augustus led a balanced scoring attack by combining for 33 points.

The one possible area concern for the team going into their big game with Russia today is turnovers (22). But Coach Donovan hopes it was an anomaly.

Voepel discusses the turnovers, the stellar defense by the U.S. and Ann Richards in her latest column.