The U.S. ladies’s 3×3 basketball staff took house the bronze medal after a 16-13 win over Canada, largely thanks to an enormous 6-point, 2-assist efficiency by Hailey Van Lith, USA’s main scorer all through the Olympics.
Rhyne Howard added 4 factors, and Cierra Burdick and Dearica Hamby every added 3 factors a chunk. Hamby additionally grabbed a team-high 6 rebounds.
What went down
The U.S. ladies trailed 12-9 with three minutes to play, however completed the sport on a dominant 7-1 run to seal the victory.
Hamby obtained issues going with a basket to chop the deficit to 2 with 2:30 to play, and Canada was known as for a technical foul for incessant complaining over referee calls, which gave Van Lith a free throw. Van Lith then tied issues up with a powerful drive. Hamby then took the lead with an and-one drive.
Crew USA held a two-point lead within the waning seconds. Rhyne Howard miss a two-point shot with 7 seconds to play, however Cierra Burdick obtained the clutch offensive rebound to all however seal the victory. She subsequently sunk a free throw to seal the deal.
Twin sister Michelle and Katherine Plouffe have powered Canada’s offense by this match — every entered the Bronze Medal Sport averaging 6.1 factors per recreation. They led the way in which on this one as effectively, however their offense wasn’t sufficient — Michelle struggled from outdoors, hitting simply 1 of 6 two-pointers, and the 2 mixed for 8 factors, considerably under their 12.2 mixed level per recreation common.
Canada was 4-4 getting into the Bronze Medal Sport — averaging a 18 factors per recreation — essentially the most of any Olympic staff. The US’ protection held them to simply 13 factors on this one.
Hailey Van Lith was the staff’s main scorer by the match with 5.2 factors per recreation, whereas Dearica Hamby was the second-leading scorer, with 4.1 factors per night time. Hamby was the main rebounder within the match — and third general — averaging 4.9 rebounds per contest.
