The Japan women’s team got off to an excellent start in the Olympic basketball tournament, riding tenacious defense to a victory over a big, talented Belarus team 77-73 on Saturday. Led by 176-cm small forward Mika Kurihara’s team-high 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting, including 60 percent clip from 3-point range (6-for-10), Two-time defending Asian champion […]
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