US wins women's world championship beating Czechs
KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic (AP) - The United States won the women's basketball world championship Sunday, getting 18 points from Angel McCoughtry in an 89-69 win over the Czech Republic.
Diana Taurasi added 16 and Sue Bird had 11 points for the Americans, who now have won the world championship eight times.
The victory provided redemption for the only blemish on Bird, Taurasi and Tamika Catchings' U.S. Basketball careers. They were on the team that finished a disappointing third in the 2006 worlds.
The three were determined not to let that happen again.
To win the gold, in a similar situation to the men's team that won in Turkey, the U.S. had to get past the host nation in the final.
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