U.S. women dominate China in basketball

Tina Thompson from Los Angeles led all scorers with 27 points in the United States' 108-63 win over China in women's basketball pool play on Monday. Thompson plays for the Houston Comets in the WNBA.
Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
"I think our defense is definitely improving, we're making good adjustments for each team, but we have to stay focused," Leslie said. "Usually it's just that one game when you're not shooting well that catches up with you so we're really trying to prevent that. I think we have a really deep bench and what's good is we're not having any drop off."
Her Sparks teammate Candace Parker had 12 points. The Americans shot 57 percent from the field.
"It says a lot about our mentality and how hard we're willing to play from start to finish, no matter what the score is," Parker said.
Thompson made 10 of her 14 shots, including two 3-pointers. Four Americans scored in double figures.
Parker said the United States team is improving with each game.
"Yeah, it's getting a little better," Parker said. "Obviously today we got better playing defense and running the floor. When things aren't going your way you have to work on that, running the floor, getting hands on balls, being active, things like that. I think our starters started it off right and our bench kept it going and took it up a notch."
The U.S. is 2-0 and continues Group B play on Wednesday when they face Mali.
"You can always get better," said DeLisha Milton-Jones, another member of the Sparks on the U.S. women's team. "One thing that we stressed at halftime was that China had a lot of offensive rebounds. They were able to get put-backs and that put us in trouble because normally in that situation you end up fouling. Anytime you see a score like that at halftime, believe you me our coaches are going to find something for us to work on."