United States’ Lindsay Whalen, from left, Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird, Maya Moore and Angel McCoughtry, pose with their gold medals after their win over Spain in a women’s gold medal basketball game at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. women’s basketball team won an Olympic gold medal for a sixth consecutive time by rolling to a 101-72 rout of Spain. Diana Taurasi and Lindsay Whalen each scored 17 points for the U.S., which has won 49 straight Olympic games with just one decided by single digits. The Americans shook off a slow start by reeling off a 16-3 run after coach Geno Auriemma (ahr-ee-EH’-muh) put five of his former UConn Huskies on the floor.
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