The United States women’s basketball team continued its easy path to a fourth straight world championship title by easily dominating Serbia (88-55) in the quarterfinals on Thursday in Sydney.
The Americans will face Canada or Puerto Rico in the semifinals on Friday.
Sign that they are for the moment one or even two notches above the competition, the Serbs have delivered a good match but leave the suitcases full of a disbursement of 33 points.
Serbia coached by Marina Maljkovic, daughter of the former European champion coach in 1993 with Limoges Bozidar Maljkovic, led until the 6th minute and was still in the game at quarter of an hour after a winning shot followed a free throw from winger Jovana Nogic (35-31 for the United States).
But the Americans then raised the slider by two levels, in defense in particular, to break away at half-time (50-33) then in the third quarter, where they only conceded 7 points from Yvonne Anderson (14 pts, 7 assists) and her teammates.
As since the start of the tournament, “Team USA” winger Alyssa Thomas shone, signing, before being spared at the end of the game, a double-double (13 pts, 14 rebounds) and 7 assists, for a rating of 30.
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