RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tested for the first time at the Rio Games, Diana Taurasi and the U.S. women's basketball team responded with another convincing win.
Taurasi and Maya Moore each scored 19 points to help the U.S. pull away from Japan in a 110-64 victory on Tuesday night and advance to the semifinals
Coming into the quarterfinals, every U.S. game was virtually over at the half. Not this one.
Japan, sticking to its up-tempo style of basketball, shooting 3-pointers and pushing the pace, trailed just 56-46 at halftime. But the Americans, which won its five group games by an average of 40.