Opals beat Russia
Thursday 29 July 2004
Game stories here and here (this one is in Spanish but has everybody's point totals)
Belinda Snell had 20 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals. Suzy Batkovic had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Irina Ossipova led the Russians with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Maria Stepanova only had 3 points though whether she played a lot of minutes or not is unknown.
A good win considering we're missing LJ and Penny. The Russians are missing Baranova and Svet but I think LJ and Penny are more important and Svet doesn't look to be 100% for Athens. Of course it doesn't mean much considering the Russians tend to really turn it on when it counts but it's an encouraging win and a great game for Snell (go Snelly!)