Group A:
All the teams were in action again on Friday, starting in this group with Puerto Rico finding it a lot harder in their second game and losing to the United States 106-42. Belgium rolled past South Korea 84-61. China looked strong again in their 98-51 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/2309/Puerto-Rico-USA#|tab=boxscore
Puerto Rico [42]: Hollingshed 10 San Antonio 8 Guirantes 7/6r Jones 3 O’Neill 3 Quinones 2 Pagan 2 Melendez 2 Gonzalez 2 Vargas 2 Roma 1 Rosado 0
United States [106]: Austin 19/10r Copper 16 Jones 15/9r Loyd 12 Stewart 11/8r Thomas 11/6s Atkins 9 Laney 8/7r Ionescu 5 Plum DNP Gray DNP Wilson DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/2309/Belgium-Korea#|tab=boxscore
Belgium [84]: Ben Abdelkader 17 Vanloo 14 Allemand 13/8a Delaere 10 Meesseman 9/10r/7a Be. Massey 6 Bi. Massey 5/6r Lisowa Mbaka 4 Linskens 4 Ramette 2 Joris 0 Resimont 0
South Korea [42]: Kang 11 Park J-H 9 Yoon 8 Park H-J 7 Shin 7 Jin 6 Kim D-B 5 Yang 4 Kim S-D 2 Lee 2 Heo 0 Kim J-Y 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/2309/China-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore
China [98]: Han 18/7r Li M 17 Li YR 13/9r Wu 12 Yang 12 Li Y 8/7a Huang SJ 7/8r Wang 7/6a Zhang 2 Jin 2 Pan 0 Dilana 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina [51]: Jones 17/9r Tavic 10 A. Delic 8 Elez 4 Knezevic 4 Dzombeta 4 Deura 2 Markovic 2 Domuzin 0 Ikanovic 0 N. Delic 0 Selimovic 0
Group B:
Serbia made drastic changes after their opening loss and it helped them start fast. Japan trimmed the deficit by halftime, but they could not get close enough and lost 69-64. The dream start continued for Canada in a 59-45 win over France. Australia ended the day by putting on a show for the home fans in a 118-58 win over Mali.
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/2309/Serbia-Japan#|tab=boxscore
Serbia [69]: Nogic 13/9r Topuzovic 12/7r Anderson 12/8a Raca 11/7r Krajisnik 10/6r Cado 9 Katanic 2 Djordjevic 0 Jovanovic 0 Stankovic 0 Skoric 0 Zec 0
Japan [64]: Takada 15 Miyazaki 11/6a Akaho 10/7r Todo 6 Hirashita 6 Mawuli 5 Okoye 5 Miyazawa 2/6r Tokashiki 2 Yasuma 2 Yamamoto 0 Yoshida 0
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/2309/France-Canada#|tab=boxscore
France [45]: Williams 13/8r Chartereau 7 Fauthoux 7 Badiane 4/7r Rupert 4 Chery 3 Michel 2 Berkani 2 Toure 2 Ciak 1 Paget 0 Tadic 0
Canada [59]: Fields 17/6r Colley 11 Alexander 9/14r Nurse 7 Carleton 5/6r Achonwa 4/8r Amihere 3/6r Konig 3 Kyei 0 Hill 0 Gilles DNP Hanson DNP
https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/game/2309/Mali-Australia#|tab=boxscore
Mali [58]: N’Diaye 15 Dabou 10 Kone 9 Dembele 6 Haidara 5 Coulibaly 5 Balayera 3 Gandega 2 Tirera 2 Kourouma 1 Sangare 0 Traore 0
Australia [118]: Magbegor 15 Blicavs 14/8r George 14/7r Garbin 14 Madgen 13 Tolo 12 Whitcomb 11 Jackson 8 Allen 8 Wallace 4 Maley 3 Talbot 2
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