France Beat Australia 67-59 for Bronze Medal at World Cup
BEIJING (AP) - France has another bronze medal in the World Cup to go with one it won in 2014 - a measure of its world basketball status.
Australia still has none. Not a single medal in the Olympics, and now it's also been shut out at the World Cup.
France defeated Australia 67-59 on Sunday to take the third-place game as the World Cup wraps up a two-week run across China.
The Boomers are 0-4 in Olympic bronze-medal games, and now 0-1 in the World Cup - previously known as the world championship.
Nando De Colo scored 19 to lead France with 16 from Evan Fournier. Joe Ingles had 17 for Australia with 15 from Patty Mills. Utah Jazz center Ruby Gobert, who scored 21 against the United States in a quarterfinal victory, scored only two points - but the French prevailed anyway, and will be the only medal-winning team from 2014 to win another this year.
Australia led for the entire game until France inched ahead 47-46 on two free throws with 9:01 left in the game. France continued to surge with Australia looking run down - much like its loss in the semifinals against Spain.
Australia still has none. Not a single medal in the Olympics, and now it's also been shut out at the World Cup.
France defeated Australia 67-59 on Sunday to take the third-place game as the World Cup wraps up a two-week run across China.
The Boomers are 0-4 in Olympic bronze-medal games, and now 0-1 in the World Cup - previously known as the world championship.
Nando De Colo scored 19 to lead France with 16 from Evan Fournier. Joe Ingles had 17 for Australia with 15 from Patty Mills. Utah Jazz center Ruby Gobert, who scored 21 against the United States in a quarterfinal victory, scored only two points - but the French prevailed anyway, and will be the only medal-winning team from 2014 to win another this year.
Australia led for the entire game until France inched ahead 47-46 on two free throws with 9:01 left in the game. France continued to surge with Australia looking run down - much like its loss in the semifinals against Spain.