Women's Hoops Blog

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Saturday, September 29, 2007

Well, hoop-dee-do! NBAtv will be broadcasting BOTH FIBA semi-finals today.

4:30-6:30: US v Argentina

8:00-10:00: Brazil v. Cuba

Currently Izzy is the top scorer in the tourney, followed by Simone Edwards. Oh, those Seattle scorers!

In the additional Quotes section of USABball's (ugly) site, Bird and Brunson have some interesting comments about the team and a possible gold medal match-up against Brazil or Cuba.
Bird: I guess the two areas we've had trouble with in the first three games is rebounding, particularly offensive rebounding for the other team. We're giving up way too many of those. I think every team has outrebounded us or at least come close throughout this tournament. That's one area. Also putting people on the free throw lin e, getting in some foul trouble. Today we did a much better job of that, so that's a good sign. If we can take care of the boards, no matter if shots fall or not as long as you take care of the boards you have a chance to win.

Brunson: Both of those teams are definitely big in the post. They're going to try to pound it inside, they're going to try to do a lot of work inside against us. We have a lot of small, thinner, more mobile posts which is to their benefit and ours. We're going to definitely be equally matched. They're both good teams, they're going to come prepared, they're going to be ready, they're going to scout us, work hard and be focused. They're going to try to do whatever they need to do to win. They're going to be tough games either way. We need to continue to get better and play our game.