The Australian women's basketball team posted a series sweep against Brazil, following a comfortable 102-58 victory in the third and final game in Melbourne.
The Opals used the series to fine tune their preparations for the London Olympics and they did not disappoint the vocal crowd at the State Basketball Centre.
The hosts built their win on a dominant second quarter, when they outscored Brazil 22-9 to take a 43-27 lead into half-time.
They continued to apply the pressure in the third term when they set up a 72-46 advantage at the final break, before icing the win in the final quarter.
Liz Cambage was prominent on the scoreboard with a game-high 23 points, in addition to seven rebounds.
Lauren Jackson, playing her second game back from a hamstring injury, provided able assistance with 18 points, as did Jenna O'Hea, who added a 16-point tally.
Opals coach Carrie Graf was satisfied with the hit-out from her troops.
"Defensively we're getting much better, we have a great understanding of this opponent," she said.
"We got Lauren Jackson back on for major minutes. Things are on the up, we got better each game and it was nice to close out the series."
The Opals won 85-64 and 80-73 in the opening two games of the series.
Tags: basketball, sport, olympics-summer, melbourne-3000 First posted June 28, 2012 22:29:50
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