Arike Ogunbowale, Caitlin Clark lead WNBA All-Stars to 117-109 win over US Olympic team

PHOENIX -- Arike Ogunbowale acceptable the WNBA All-Star scoring grounds with 34 points and Caitlin Clark made the astir of her All-Star debut arsenic the WNBA squad bushed the U.S. Olympic squad 117-109 connected Saturday night.

It was the 2nd consecutive triumph for the WNBA All-Star squad implicit the Olympians. The All-Stars besides won successful 2021 led by Ogunbowale, who was MVP of that game.

That nonaccomplishment was the lone 1 that the Americans had successful 2021 en way to winning their seventh consecutive Olympic golden medal. The U.S. hopes for the aforesaid results successful Paris aboriginal this month. No squad successful the satellite could lucifer the extent oregon endowment that the WNBA All-Stars had.

Saturday's nonaccomplishment came hours aft the U.S. men's Olympic squad rallied to bushed South Sudan by 1 constituent successful an accumulation crippled successful London.

The U.S. volition adjacent play Germany successful London for an accumulation crippled Tuesday earlier going to France for the Olympics. The Americans are successful a excavation with Belgium, Japan and Germany.