Lawson, USA Basketball 3x3 Open Olympics with Two Wins

TOKYO – Duke Women's Basketball Head Coach Kara Lawson and the U.S. Olympic 3x3 Women's Basketball Team topped the world No. 1 ranked women's federation, France (1-1), 17-10 and followed that up with a 21-9 win over Mongolia (0-2) on the inaugural day of 3x3 basketball in Olympic history at Aomi Urban Sports Park on Saturday, July 24 in Tokyo.

The USA next will play Romania (0-2) at 4:30 a.m., (all times listed are EDT) and Russian Olympic Committee (2-0) at 8:25 a.m., on July 25.

Against France, with First Lady Dr. Jill Biden in attendance, the USA led 5-4 and then went on a 4-1 run before France scored three points to pull to within one point, 9-8. From there, a 5-0 spurt that was capped by…