TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — Saint Mary's women's basketball players Megan McKay and Carly Turner will both bring home gold medals from the 2017 World University Games after helping the Australian university women's basketball team win the gold medal game Monday, beating Japan 85-78 at Taipei Arena.
It was the first gold medal for the “Emerging Opals” at the University Games in a decade, since they won gold in 2007 in Bangkok. McKay and Turner were selected for the team in the spring and traveled across the Pacific to compete internationally with their fellow countrymen.