BEIJING -- The U.S. women's basketball team rebounded from a
one-point loss with a 40-point victory in a preliminary round game,
and American Bethany Goodwin won the 50-meter butterfly at the
World University Games on Saturday.
Kara Lawson of Tennessee shot 7-for-7 from the field, including
three 3-pointers, and finished 8-for-9 from the line for 25 points
as the Americans beat Japan 106-66.
|  | | Ayana Walker drives to the hoop against Japan on Saturday. |
Louisiana Tech forward Ayana Walker added 18 points and seven
rebounds for the Americans, who lost 68-67 to Canada on Thursday.
Lindsey Yamasaki of Stanford scored 14 points.
Caton Hill, who finished with seven points, seven rebounds and
three assists, said the U.S. team is having fun again.
"This win was really refreshing," Hill said. " In the last
game, we lost our flow and our chemistry, but in this game we
definitely found them.
"We had fun playing today and against Canada we lost the
feeling of fun during the game."
The key to victory, according to U.S. coach Debbie Ryan, was the
team's ability to forget about its loss to Canada.
"I think we focused a little bit better on playing with our
hearts rather than trying to force things," Ryan said. "We
settled down a little bit and focused on what we had to do to win,
not worrying about tomorrow and not thinking about yesterday."
The U.S. team advanced to Group E, along with Russia, China and
Brazil for the second round of qualifying.
"Obviously we're excited," Lawson said. "We had our backs
against the wall coming into this game, knowing we had to win in
order to advance. We're happy we can start over with a clean slate
and move on."
In other games, it was Lithuania 93, Brazil 78; and Yugoslavia
89, Nigeria 26.
Goodwin won the butterfly sprint in 27.18 seconds, finishing
just ahead of teammate Rachel Komisarz, who touched in 27.26.
Mai Nakamura of Japan won the women's 100 backstroke in 1:01.45.
American Susan Woessner was second in 1:02.48.
In the 400 freestyle relay, Britain beat the U.S. men by 0.40
with a time of 3:20.18.
American Peter Marshall, who set a meet record in the 100
backstroke Friday, was the fastest qualifier in the 50 backstroke
in 25.81.
In other swimming action, world and Olympic champion Yana
Klochkova set a meet record with a 2:14.13 finish in the 200
individual medley.
Camelia Potec of Romania, a bronze medalist in the 200 freestyle
at the world championships, won the 400 freestyle in 4:11.41.
China's Xu Shan won the 100 breaststroke in 1:09.45.
Wang Tianling of China prevailed in the men's 3-meter
springboard. Barnier Romain of France won the men's 100 freestyle
in 49.39 seconds.
The U.S. men's volleyball team beat Turkey in straight sets,
25-14, 25-14, 25-22. The victory was the third straight for the
Americans, who advanced to the second round.
Russian gymnast Lioudmila Ejova won the women's singles
all-around final with 36.937 points.
The 19-year-old Ejova took the lead on the second rotation and
beat teammate Ekaterina Privlova, who finished with 36.850 points.
Yang Wei claimed the men's gymnastics individual all-around with
57.250 points. U.S. national champion Sean Townsend shared fourth
place with China's Zheng Lihui.
Matthieu Denis of France beat European champion Maksym Khvorost
of the Ukraine 10-5 in the men's epee fencing final.
Defending world champion Yurisie Lupetey of Cuba beat Chika
Nonaka of Japan in the women's 57-kg judo final.
Xian Dongmei of China defeated Oxana Karzakova of Russia in the
women's 52-kg final.
Egamnazar Akbarov of Uzbekistan threw Choi Young-sin of South
Korea in the final seconds to win the men's 73-kg division, and
Magam Djafarov of Russia beat Murat Kalikulov of Uzbekistan in the
66-kg finals.
In men's soccer South Korea upset Italy 1-0 to remain unbeaten
in its group, dispatching the 1999 silver medalists. France tied
Uruguay 1-1 and bowed out with an 0-2-1 record.
Morocco tied Brazil 1-1; Japan beat Ireland 5-1; China defeated
Mexico 4-3; and the Czech Republic advanced to the next round with
a 2-2 tie with Iran.
In women's soccer, China beat Brazil 3-0, Canada defeated Japan
2-1, South Korea beat South Africa 5-2, and North Korea blanked
Mexico 5-0; and Morocco tied Brazil 1-1.
China won the men's and women's titles in table tennis. The
women's team beat South Korea 3-1, and the men defeated Taiwan 3-0.
China leads the competition with 15 gold medals and 28 medals
overall. Japan was in second place with 16 medals, and the U.S.
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