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France vs Belgium: Results and Overview | Women’s Basketball Semifinals: Paris 2024 Olympics
One of the final events of these games will see the final between the United States and France on Sunday, followed by third and fourth place finishers Belgium and Australia.
Gaby Williams led France to victory with 18 points, especially in extra time. Ayayi followed with 17. Messeman finished with 19 for Belgium.
Van Lew misses a long 3-pointer. Lamet fouls Williams, who scores both with 14 seconds left. Belgium loses and the verdict is up. Just like in the men’s basketball final, France wins. HISTORIC!! 81-75
One-on-one, Messeman layup. Williams penetrates and scores, beating Messeman. Timeout. 76-73
Rupert misses and after the rebound Messemann receives a scandalous foul that was not called. Ball for France. Finally, Ayayi steps up. 76-73
France gets a steal under pressure, Williams gets another layup. Foul on Messeman, free throw. Write them both down. On false personal strength, they have a free throw. Write them both down. Foul on Williams and two shots on Lamet. It also converts them, 73-70
Gabby Williams missed a 3-pointer. Lamet missed a breakout and Williams scored on an extra free kick at the other hoop. Rinkens and Williams’ fifth foul led to the extra point. 69-66
Rupert scores on an offensive rebound, but a timeout is called. Let’s go to overtime! 66-66
France loses the ball. A triple from Messemann, what Belgium has done is brutal!!! Draws the game. Why was France not needed? 66-66
4C, 00:50 Fortout took both free kicks. Belgium timeout. Van Loo was fouled on a triple with 50 seconds left. He took three free kicks and scored all three. 66-63
A bad shot by Fortout that misses. A timeout. Then Lamet misses a three-pointer. A foul by Messemann. A big mistake when France had the ball. A free kick by Fortout. 64-60
Delahre’s basket under the rim. Resimon’s lack of a shot. Ayayi scores two free kicks. Resimon misses a three-point shot from the corner. 64-60
Rinkens lost the ball on a lob ball inside. Williams and Badien missed. Delaire was fouled on a free kick and both scored. Rupert then converted near the rim. 62-58
Lamet’s loss with a dribble on the baseline. France’s backfield. Foul on Linkens going for a free throw. Write down one of two. Belgium’s heist. 60-56
Belgium was down, a Fotoux layup missed, Linkens finally scored in transition, then Rupert was fouled and scored one of two free kicks. 60-55
Sarone scored under the hoop and France got even more intense. A triple Lamet failed. A basket by Ayayi on the possession horn. Belgium called a timeout due to the positive dynamics of Gala. 58-53
Rupert scored both goals to put France ahead. Lissowa Mbaka failed to score and was then fouled. Three errors for France after the rebound. Finally, there was a foul on Johannes, who scored two free kicks. Finally, Rinkens said: 54-53
Ayayi scored both free kicks. Messeman missed a three-point shot from the front and both teams lost. We were both very nervous afterwards. Finally, we fouled Rupert and got the free throw. 50-51
Belgium lost the game due to a ball error and a rebound by Linkens. Fortout missed the other ring. Massey had a penetration error. A foul on Ayayi and a free throw. 48-51
Loss for Massey. Ayayi steps into the box. Loss for Lamet. Massey fouls Williams for the free kick. Williams scores both times. It’s all open. 48-51
Foul on Rupert. France failed twice under the rim. Belgium’s defeat and Salaun’s third straight loss. 46-51
Lamet missed a 3-pointer, but Fotu scored on a layup off the board. Massey basket under the rim, great play by Lamet. 43-51
Massey missed twice under the rim. Messeman’s triple at key moments and Williams’ error on a triple. 41-49
A layup by Badiana, a nice pass from Gabby Williams, a foul by Badiane and Delaire sboa, Messeman loses the ball and Gabby Williams scores three points. 41-46
Messemann had a shot on goal from five metres out, but it came outside the time of possession. Forteau failed to penetrate. Van Loo also missed another one-footed triple. 36-46
Gaby Williams scores the goal that saves France. A loss for Messemann who protests as he gets in touch. A triple from Rupert that breathes new life into Gala. Belgian time. 36-46
Linkens blocks on Bouley. Belgium fouls Lamet. Ayayi’s third foul puts France in a bloodbath. Linkens’ basket finally… 31-46
Ayayi misses a three-pointer, another terrible move by France. Van Loo takes a triple shot with one foot. Great. 31-44
Bouley failed to penetrate and Messi hit a triple that was aimed at him. A bad penetration by Gabby Williams and a basket by Messi. French time. 31-41
Rupert missed under the basket, then Van Loo made a quick three-pointer. Johannes missed, didn’t touch the hoop and France ran out the clock. Belgium rallied and went into the second half with a slight advantage, but… 31-36
France misses, Johannes is fouled. Belgium takes two free throws, Linkens makes both. Johannes misses miserably. Badien fouls Van Loo on a layup. The free throws are scored. 31-36
Lamet hits the basket on the boards. France calls a timeout, the game is tied. France fails to make any further attempts. Linskens beats a defender and scores a layup, making a great advance. 31-32
Laquin missed the last ring. Another foul on Lamet, who had two free kicks and scored both. Johannes missed a triple. 31-28
A bad attack from France and then a missed triple from Van Loo. A basket from Cherry on an advantage near the rim. Rinkens answers at the other end. 31-26
Messemann made one of two. France was beat on passes around the perimeter. Van Loo triple to come into the game. Salaun pre-missed towards the rim. Messemann missed a bad shot. 29-24
Two plus one from Ayayi. Belgium and Ayayi call a timeout after extra time failure. Now a foul on Lamet who scores two free kicks. Lacombe loses the ball. A foul on Messemann and two shots on her, a bonus for France. 29-20
Ayayi then hit a triple triple to beat Belgium and extend the set for France. Delair was heavily harassed by a defender and missed near the rim. A foul on Gabby Williams after an offensive rebound. He made the free throw. Vara VanLeu made the triple. 27-18
A steal from France’s pressure in the middle of the court. Belgium tries to regain the initiative, but Badien hits a triple. Belgium timeout. 22-17
Johannes missed a three-pointer on the counterattack but got the rebound for his team and sent it for a corner, and France rallied defensively again, with Ayayi scoring both times with another individual push for a free kick. 19-17
A loss for Van Loo. A foul on Ayayi going for the free kick. Write them both down. Belgium loses their base and Ayayi scores with a very lofted shot from four metres. Van Loo fails to penetrate and Ayayi shoots short but 14-17
Johannes misses the third shot, and Mununga is fouled again near the rim. He makes another free throw and scores a point. With Johannes gone, 10-17
Ruppert missed, Lamet scored in transition, Bouley missed a triple, Lamet scored again on penetration. 10-16
A five-metre basket from Rupert, a missed Van Loo triple and a foul on Linkens going for a free kick. He missed both but made a layup after the Belgian rebound. 10-12
Badien’s basket after an offensive rebound, the rebound that cost France. Rupert’s foul on Mununga going for a free kick. Write them both down. Johannes’ missed triple. 8-10
Two plus one from Salaun with Delaere putting his hand to his face. The addition fails. Messemann fails on the turn. 6-8
Rupert’s basket on a mismatch, good play by France, Linkens’ miss near the rim, missed triples by Badien and Van Lew, 4-8
Messemann was brutal and unstoppable near the rim. France fumbled twice, and Messemann, who controlled the rebound, was fouled. Delair’s through basket. 2-8
A triple Salaun misses. Another basket from Messemann, who is masterful with his wrists and footwork. A foul from Linkens and a free throw from Salaun, both of which he scores. 2-4
France failed twice. Messemann scored easily near the rim on the boards. Messemann stole the ball and lost it. 0-2
France will be represented by Ayayi, Salaoun, Willi-Rams, Badien and Barneys. Lamet, Delaire, Messeman, Linkens and Van Loo will play for Belgium.
Conversely, it would certainly be to France’s advantage if Belgium didn’t score from long range. The advantage for the Blues is that they have allowed just 4.5 three-pointers per game so far, fewer than any other team.
France is averaging nine triples per game, their highest average of any tournament, and perhaps the outcome will depend on the success of Belgium’s perimeter game.
Messeman is currently averaging 25.6 points per game at the Olympics, the highest scoring average in the history of the tournament.
Belgium’s Emma Messeman is unstoppable. The tournament’s top scorer, most efficient on average, and the player who blocked the most shots, she is now an iconic player for the Cats and beyond.
Now they have broken new ground as they head to their first ever semi-final appearance in just their second Olympic Games, and they will also be making up for the anguish and despair they felt after their heartbreaking one-point quarter-final defeat in their Tokyo 2020 debut.
Belgium bounced back after losing their first two matches in the tournament to record a 27-point victory over Japan in what has been dubbed the “Miracle of Lille.”
On the court, France suffered a setback to Australia before rallying back to beat Germany in the final. Marin Johannes and Gabby Williams showed incredible chemistry that could be the key to a medal.
Good evening and welcome to the saga of France vs Belgium, the second semi-final of the women’s tournament for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which starts at 9pm at the Bercy Arena.
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Source: Mundo Deportivo
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