For much of the first half of Belgium’s game against Sweden, it seemed that the Swedish, with WNBA center Amanda Zahui B., could pull off a major upset. Not only were they leading 23-21 at halftime. I honestly thought Belgium would succumb to the pressure and miss out on their first Olympic berth.
But the Belgians took advantage of another big 21-10 third quarter run. Emma Meesseman scored 24 points while Kim Mestdagh added 9 more to lead Belgium to a 61-53 win in Oostende.
We didn’t see Belgium shoot lights out. They only shot 45 percent from the field.