USA Women's Basketball defeated Italy 80-68 in the first game of the World University Games in Korea.
Erica did not wear glasses in the game. I don't know whether she's had surgery to correct her astigmatism or has found contact lenses that work for her, but she certainly had no trouble finding the basket. She shared top-scoring honors with Aerial Powers – 22 points – on eight of ten field goal attempts and six of nine free throws. And she collected 18 rebounds – ten of them O-boards.
Coach Joe McKeown said of Erica's effort, "Erica McCall was incredible. She just went after absolutely everything."
And Erica said:
On winning the first game of the tournament:The USA next plays China on Monday at 1:30 am (PDT). The game will be televised on ESPNU.
“It feels really great. We’ve been practicing for a while and going really hard, so it was great to finally get to play and to get this win. They were a really tough team and this was a great win for us.On the offensive rebounds:
“Those were really important because they kept us motivated to keep pushing even though we weren’t making shots. Those offensive rebounds really boosted our energy.”
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