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The USA Women's World University Games Team faced a stiff challenge against Japan in the semifinals of the 2015 World University Games in South Korea. It took two overtimes, but the USA finally prevailed, 102-98.
The USA fought back after trailing by as many as 14. Japan led after the first quarter, 30-16.
The USA women will face Canada in the Gold Medal Game on Monday, July 13, at 5 a.m. ET.
Erica McCall was one of four players for the USA with a double-double. She had 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Mercedes Russell led the USA with 25 points and tied for the team lead with 14 rebounds.
Aerial Powers had 24 points and tied for the team lead with 14 rebounds.
Sydney Wiese had 5 points and 2 steals.
Courtney Williams had 17 points and 10 rebounds.
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The 2015 USA Women's World University Games Team celebrated in South Korea Monday after defeating Canada, 82-63, in the gold Medal Game.
The USA defeated Canada, 82-63, Monday in South Korea to capture the gold medal at the 2015 Women's World University Games.
The USA Women's World University Games Team defeated Hungary, 84-43, in the quarterfinals of the 2015 World University Games in South Korea on Thursday. They will play Japan on Saturday in the semifinals.
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One day after she was named to the 2015 USA Basketball Women’s World University Games team, along with 11 other collegiate athletes, five-foot-11, guard Nina Davis landed in Maceio, Brazil. As a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Baylor University, Davis participated in a sports...
Gwangju, South Korea • July 5-13, 2015 With Northwestern University’s Joe McKeown at the helm, the 2015 USA Women's World University Games Team traveled to South Korea and brought home a sixth-straight gold medal for the USA. The Americans opened with an 80-68 win over Italy on July 5....
With a gold medal on the line, the USA Basketball Women’s World University Games Team took a three-point lead into the fourth quarter and then nearly doubled up Canada in the final 10 minutes, scoring 34 points in the period, to secure an 82-63 triumph in the 2015 World University Games championship game.
USA head coach Joe McKeown (Northwestern) Thoughts on winning the gold medal: It’s a great honor. It’s a great honor to represent the USA and to be able to coach this group. To see them gel together in a short period of time and play as well as they did together over here was really...
