U.S. women stretch Olympic basketball win streak to 57 by beating Belgium

By DOUG FEINBERG

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — The U.S. faced a challenge from Belgium that only a few countries have provided during the Americans’ long Olympic basketball win streak.

The pro-Belgium crowd of just over 25,000 fans was whipped into a frenzy when the Cats cut a double-digit deficit to four in the third quarter. And then, just like that, Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson took over for the U.S.

Stewart scored 26 points and Wilson had 23 points and 13 rebounds...