With the two remaining trips to the semifinals in the women’s 5×5 basketball competition on the line on Wednesday, Aug. 7, Germany will be facing the host country, France, at 12 p.m. ET (Peacock), and Team USA will take on Nigeria at 3:30 p.m. ET (USA Network).
France vs. Germany
12:00 p.m. ET; winner plays either Spain or Belgium
Les Bleues have had a successful tournament so far. They’ve gotten stellar performances from Gabby Williams, who is averaging 13.6 points, six assists and 4.6 rebounds at the Olympics. Her play, along with her teammates Marine Johannès and Marième Badiane, is a big reason why France won two of their three games in Group B.
With the French men advancing to the semifinals on Tuesday, the women could join them on Wednesday and set up a historic scenario with both attempting to advance to the gold medal games, where Team USA likely would await as the opponents.
To get there, they’ll have to go through Germany, who have looked relatively good outside of their 87-68 defeat to the United States. However, given that the Americans have won 58 games in a row, it’s hard to knock Germany for the loss. In their pair of wins, they’ve gotten the job done thanks to Satou Sabally’s play. The Dallas Wings player has bounced back from her injury,…
