France Beat Australia In First Match

Australia changed their defensive system after the break and France was not able to find their way to the basket and were forced into turning over the ball which profited Australia as they went on a 14-1 run to reduced their deficit. Jacques Comméres was forced into calling a timeout to stop the Australian advance. The timeout had little effect as France continued to turn the ball over and only managed to limit the damage from the free throw line as they went into the final period leading by 14- points.

The guests failed to bring their deficit below the magical 10-points and eventually tired leaving the way open for France to score the last six points of the match to win by a comfortable margin (75-52).
All the French players finished on the score sheet with Emile Gomis leading the scoring with 13 points. Sandrine Gruda and Audrey Sauret-Gillespie finished with 10 points apiece. Hollie Grima also finished with 13 points for Australia.
 
France 75-52 Australia (28-13, 22-11, 9-21, 16-7)

France: Gomis 13, Sauret-Gillespie 10, Gruda 10, Lawson-Wade 8, Dumerc 7, Le Dréan 6, Yacoubou 6, Beikes 5, Bade 4, Bertal 2, Dijon 2, Ndongue 2

Australia: Grima 13, Randall 8, Cox 7, Screen 6, Porter 5, Poto 5, Camino 2, Smith 2, Summerton 2, Wilson 2, Mac Leod