52-55: Italy puts the United States on the ropes
Breanna’s Key Baskets StewartJackie Young and Chelsea Gray in the last minutes, in addition to some controversial refereeing decisions, contributed to the selection of USA complied with the script and imposed itself on Italy by 52-55. The North Americans, however, had a difficult time until the last minutes due to an effective and intense defense by the transalpines that took the game to their own ground: low scoring and more nerves as the minutes progressed.
Technical sheet
Italy, 52 – United States, 55
52 – Italy (8+16+15+13): Villa (6), Verona (4), Zandalasini (14), Keys (4), Cubaj (-) -starting quintet-, Santucci (9), Pasa (4), Blasigh (-), Fassina (2), Pan (2), Madera (2) and Andre (5).
55 – United States (19+11+12+13): Young (10), Gray (4), Copper (6), Stewart (5), Collier (6) -starting quintet-, Bueckers (7), Citron (-), Howard (2), Clark (1), Boston (6) and Reese (8).
Referees: Julio Anaya (Panama), Martin Vulic (Croatia), Cisil Güngör (Türkiye).
Incidents: Match corresponding to the second day of the World Cup played in the Berlin Arena pavilion (Germany) in front of 9,232 fans
Nobody could have thought about it when at the beginning of the second quarter they were losing 8-23 that seemed to lead to a beating by the Americans, but the team led by Andrea Capobianco He never lost faith and recovered with energy and baskets of merit.
Ceciclia Zandalasini was the highest transalpine scorer with 14 points but Santucci (9) and Villa (6) also stood out in the hot moments. Caitlin clark He stayed at 1 point (0 of 6 in field shots) and only Young (10) was a bit short.
With this victory, the United States advances to the round and secures the first position that allows it to avoid the quarterfinals, without even needing to win the last match against the Republic. Czech this Monday.
