SHENZHEN, China - Maryland women's basketball senior Lynetta Kizer (Woodbridge, Va./Potomac High School) and Team USA won gold at the Women's World University Games after beating Taiwan, 101-66 in the finals Sunday in Shenzhen, China.

Kizer added eight points and five rebounds in her 12 minutes on the floor.

Nnemkadi Ogwumike (Stanford/Cypress, Texas) finished the night with 24 points, nine rebounds, four assists and a pair of steals to lead the team. Also coming up big on the night was Elena Delle Donne (Delaware/Wilmington, Del.), who contributed 18 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists.

In all, four players scored in double digits, including Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame/South Bend, Ind.), who netted 19 points and dished out six of the USA's WUG record-tying 27 assists; and Chiney Ogwumike (Stanford/Cypress, Texas) with 10 points and six rebounds. The original record for U.S. assists at this event was set against South Africa by the 2005 USA squad.

USA Basketball has claimed gold at the last four WUGs in which it has entered a team (2001, 2005, 2009 and 2011). Further, the U.S., which has competed in a total of 16 World University Games, now owns a record eight golds, six silvers and one bronze medal and boasts a 95-15 all-time win-loss record in WUG play. Taiwan's silver marks its first women's basketball medal ever at the World University Games, while Australia previously claimed gold once and bronze twice.

The USA's game plan of going inside early and often, making the most of its height advantage (Taiwan's average height is 5'9" and the USA's is 6"1"), paid off as it outscored Taiwan 62-22 in the paint on the night and got all but its final field goal of the first quarter from inside.

After a pair of lead changes and two knotted scores early, with 5:53 to play in the first quarter the score was tied at 14-all. Devereaux Peters (Notre Dame/Chicago, Ill.) took a feed inside from Delle Donne that put the USA on top for good, 16-14, at 4:49. The Peters bucket was the start of a mini 7-3 run by the U.S. that ended with a Nneka Ogwumike three-point play, and with 1:52 to play in the period the American women were on top 23-17. Holding a five-point, 26-21, lead near the end of the quarter, the USA closed out the stanza up 29-21after a Jacki Gemelos (USC/Stockton, Calif.) sank a 3-pointer.

Taiwan quickly cut the gap back to six points, 25-31, but the U.S. strung together a 9-0 run and began to pull away, 40-25, with 7:05 left in the half. Taiwan began to counter each American bucket and cut the gap back down to 11 points, 46-35, but a three from Diggins sparked another streak of nine unanswered points that stretched the advantage to 20 points, 55-35. The first half ended with the American women holding a commanding 55-38 upper hand.

Taiwan managed to cut it again to 15 points early in the second half, 57-42, but that was as close as it would get for the remainder of the contest. The USA's depth and size were just too much for Taiwan as it put together a 12-0 string to put the game well out of reach, 69-42, with 5:06 left in the quarter. By the end of the third period, the USA owned a 75-54 lead.

While the Taiwanese continued to play hard through the remainder of the game, they were just no match for the depth and strength of the gold medal winners.

Taiwan's Yuchun Chen shot 3-of-6 from 3-point land and finished with a team-best 21 points, while Pinjen Huang was her team's only other double-digit scorer with 11 points.

The USA, which owned a whopping 52-18 rebounding advantage, saved its best shooting for the final game as it shot a deadly 58.3 percent (42-72 FGs) from the field and an even 50.0 percent (7-14 3pt FGs) from 3-point, while its defense held Taiwan to 41.4 percent (29-70 FGs) shooting from the floor and 29.6 percent (8-27 3pt FGs) from beyond the arc.

In the bronze medal game, Australia (5-1) broke a tie late in the game to pull away and defeat Sweden (3-3) 66-56 earlier in the evening.

For a full box score from the USA-Taiwan game, log on to http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/worlduniversity/11_wwug_game_06_box.html.