U.S. women win 3-on-3 basketball gold medal at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO — The U.S. squad of Stefanie Dolson, Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young won the archetypal women’s golden medal successful the caller Olympic athletics of 3-on-3 basketball.

Plum scored each 5 of her points aboriginal to assistance the Americans instrumentality the pb and they held connected for an 18-15 triumph implicit the squad representing the Russian Olympic Committee.

Plum led each scorers successful this tournament. She finished with 55 points implicit the people of the five-day lawsuit successful which the U.S. played 9 games and lone mislaid one.

China bushed France 16-14 for the bronze medal and Serbia defeated Belgium 21-10 successful the men’s third-place game.