The United States was at full strength on Saturday with A’ja Wilson being the final piece of the puzzle as a win would make them the first team to officially clinch a spot in the quarterfinals. After a tense first quarter, they built a lead by halftime and while Li Meng and China got the margin closer, they still fell 77-63. Kang Lee-Seul was on absolute fire for South Korea in a 99-66 win over Jonquel Jones and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Arella Guirantes and Puerto Rico nearly pulled off a massive effort as Belgium had to deviate from their usual gameplan and pressed their advantage in the paint by feeding Kyara Linskens to escape 68-65.
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United States [77]: Wilson 20/8r Thomas 12/8r Gray 12/6r Stewart 8/9r Plum 8 Copper 6 Loyd 6 Atkins 3 Laney 2 Ionescu DNP Austin DNP Jones DNP
China [63]: Li M 21 Wang 17/6a Han 12/6r Pan 5 Li YR 4/6r Zhang 2 Wu 2 Dilana 0 Huang 0 Yang 0 Li Y 0 Jin DNP
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Bosnia and Herzegovina [66]: Jones 21/9r A. Delic 11 Elez 10 Tavic 8/6a Knezevic 7 Domuzin 4 Deura 3 Dzombeta 2 N. Delic 0 Ikanovic 0 Selimovic 0 Markovic 0
South Korea [99]: Kang 37/8r Park H-J 16/7r Park J-H 13/6a Kim D-B 10/6r/8a Yang 9 Yoon 6 Lee 3 Shin 2 Kim S-D 2 Jin 1 Heo 0 Kim J-Y DNP
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Puerto Rico [65]: Guirantes 27/10r O’Neill 11 Hollingshed 10/6r Quinones 7 Rosado 5 Jones 5 San Antonio 0 Roma 0 Melendez DNP Gonzalez DNP Vargas DNP Pagan DNP
Belgium [68]: Linskens 24/13r Delaere 13 Allemand 9/6a Vanloo 8 Meesseman 6/12r/11a Lisowa Mbaka 4 Bi. Massey 4 Ben Abdelkader 0 Be. Massey 0 Ramette DNP Resimont DNP Joris DNP
Standings:
1. United States 3-0
2. China 2-1
3. Belgium 2-1
4. Puerto Rico 1-2
5. South Korea 1-2
6. Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-3
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