SHENZHEN, China - Maryland women's basketball senior Lynetta Kizer (Woodbridge, Va./Potomac High School) and Team USA will play for the gold medal Sunday in the 2011 Women's World University Games final in Shenzhen, China.

The U.S. (5-0) held off Australia (4-1), 79-67, Friday night to advance to the championship game. Kizer added seven points and eight rebounds in her 17 minutes on the floor.

The Americans will play Taiwan (5-0), who beat Sweden (3-2), 71-70, in overtime. Team USA and Team Taiwan will take the court Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Elena Delle Donne (Delaware/Wilmington, Del.) posted a double-double of 22 points and 11 boards and Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame/South Bend, Ind.) added 17 points to lead the team.

Australia was never far behind, and a 9-0 Team USA run to start the fourth quarter helped the Americans distance themselves for good.

With the U.S. holding a 53-46 edge heading into the final stanza, neither team was able to get anything to fall until Nnemkadi Ogwumike (Stanford/Cypress, Texas) got a put-back at 8:35, sparking a 9-0 streak of unanswered points that saw Peters drive to the hoop for a two, Delle Donne go in for a layin and Diggins convert a 3-point play. With 6:40 to play in the contest, the U.S. finally was able to pull away from Australia, 62-46.

The second quarter was a back-and-forth fight as neither team managed to string together more than four consecutive points, and at halftime the USA's lead was four, 31-27.

Neither team shot well, with the American women hitting 38.5 percent (30-78 FGs) of its tries and Australia shooting 37.1 percent (26-70 FGs) from the field. In a night when the USA's shots weren't falling, however, rebounding keyed the team's victory as the squad outrebounded Australia 54-41, with 16 of them coming on the offensive end.

In addition to Delle Donne and Diggins, the USA was aided to victory by eight points from Peters and Chiney Ogwumike (Stanford/Cypress, Texas). Nneka Ogwumike also chipped in seven points.

The World University Games are a multi-sport competition organized every other year by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The USA women's basketball team is comprised of U.S. citizens who are currently enrolled in college and have remaining eligibility.

USA Basketball women's teams have participated in 15 prior World University Games and collected a record seven gold medals, six silvers and one bronze medal. Since 1973, the first year the USA women competed in the WUGs, the United States has compiled an 89-15 overall record entering the 2011 event and is now 93-15 all-time through its first four games of 2011. In 2009, led by 2010 FIBA World Champion Tina Charles, the USA posted a 7-0 slate en route to the gold medal.

For a full box score from the USA-Australia game, log on to http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/worlduniversity/11_wwug_game_05_box.html.