Overview
- Team USA routed Hungary 108-56 on Thursday to reach the World Cup semifinals and put itself two wins from repeating as champions.
- Caitlin Clark finished the quarterfinal with 10 points and nine assists while Angel Reese added nine points and six rebounds off the bench.
- The U.S. set quarterfinal marks with 108 points and 31 assists, a game that highlighted a rising Clark-to-Reese pick-and-roll connection.
- Coach Kara Lawson has kept a veteran starting five intact and continued to use Clark and Reese as high-leverage reserves who change the game's pace.
- Clark is averaging a reported 6.3 assists per game at the tournament, a pace the coverage links to Team USA assist records and to deeper bench depth that could matter through the semifinals.