SHENZHEN, China - Maryland women's basketball senior Lynetta Kizer (Woodbridge, Va./Potomac High School) and Team USA advanced to the medal semifinals Thursday with their win over Finland, 96-30, in the World University Games in Shenzhen, China. Kizer scored seven points, pulled down six rebounds and notched three steals and an assist in the win.

The U.S. squad (4-0) will face a strong and also unbeaten Australian (4-0) side on Aug. 19 (8:30 a.m. EDT) in the semifinals.

Elena Delle Donne (Delaware, Wilmington, Del.) hit back-to-back threes to open the game and followed up with a jumper at 8:42 for the first eight points of the game. Less than five minutes in, Finland had yet to score as the USA owned a 21-0 advantage at 5:28 in the first quarter. During that span, the U.S. players shot a red-hot 8-of-11 from the field, and two of their misses were followed up immediately with put-backs.

By the time Finland got on the board at 4:02, it was clear the Europeans had no answer for the American women, and the game was shaping up to quickly get out of hand.

Outscoring the Fins 11-8 for the remainder of the quarter, by the first break the U.S. was well in command, 32-10, marking the only double-digit scoring quarter in the game by the Finnish team.

The rebounding margin was a whopping 31-11 in favor of the U.S.

All 11 available players scored as Delle Donne and Devereaux Peters (Notre Dame/Chicago, Ill.) led five USA players in double figures with 17 points apiece. Nnemkadi Ogwumike (Stanford/Cypress, Texas) chipped in 12 points; Jacki Gemelos (USC/Stockton, Calif.) and Chiney Ogwumike (Stanford/Cypress, Texas) chipped in 10 points apiece; while Glory Johnson (Tennessee/Knoxville, Tenn.) scored eight points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds; and Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame/South Bend, Ind.) dished out seven of the USA's 23 assists.

The other medal semifinal game will feature Taiwan (4-0) against Sweden (3-1). The semifinal winners will compete in the Aug. 21 gold medal game (9:30 a.m. EDT), while the losers will play for bronze earlier that evening (7:00 a.m. EDT). Australia advanced to the semifinals with a 79-44 defeat of Canada (1-2), while Taiwan defeated Brazil (2-2) 65-54 and Sweden (2-2) edged Russia (2-1) 68-60.

For a full box score from the USA-Finland game, log on to http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/worlduniversity/11_wwug_game_04_box.html.

2011 USA Women's World University Games Schedule