Wheelchair Basketball Women's Preliminaries | Day 4 Evening | Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

[Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hello and welcome to day four of the tokyo 2020 paralympics it is day four of the wheelchair basketball competition and we are here now in the beautiful ariaka arena with group a of the woman's wheelchair basketball tournament australia first great britain about to get underway both teams having a rough start to tokyo 2020 and are looking to come away from this game with their first win of the tournament great britain ending their pool play here today with their final game against australia australia does not have one does have one game of pool play left facing off against canada in day five and now let's get ready to start and meet the teams we will begin with great britain a team with quite a few returning paralympians helen freeman at her fourth paralympic games as well as williams hamer and conroy at their third [Music] great britain will be started off with number four charlotte moore followed by number five sophie carrigo number six mckayla belle number seven there that she is the four-time paralympian helen freeman number eight lori williams number nine judith hammer number 10 co-captain amy conroy number 11 and assistant coach madeline thompson number 12 lucy robinson number 13 siobhan fitzpatrick number 14 joy hazelden and number 15 also celebrating her birthday today robin love [Applause] coached by simon fisher and now for the australian team we are going to start off with number four sarah vincy [Applause] followed by number five jess cronia number six hannah dodd number seven shelly crow now as well as number eight georgia monroe cook a captain of this team followed by number 10 bree melberg number 13 tasha ovens number 14 ella sablejack number 15 amber merritt number 21 mary friday number 22 isabelle martin and number 23 natalie alexander head coach craig friday you may have seen him before he is also the head coach of the australian men's national team that is here at tokyo and now for the national anthem of great britain ladies and gentlemen [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and now the national anthem of australia [Music] great britain although not quite able to find their rhythm here yet in the tournament are a team with great chemistry with only one new addition to their roster since their silver medal finish at the 2018 world championships australia australia missing out on the 2016 rio paralympics by falling short of a qualification slot their roster is filled with many first-time paralympians here however number four and number fifteen vincy and merits are returning to their second paralympic games here we see the referees for the game matthias quintana supported by eric etto mueller from germany and gayard tamazian from iran with commissioner dirk kosair from belgium [Music] some key players to look out for here for australia will be number 15. amber merit she is averaging 22.5 points per game 14 rebounds as well as five assists on the british side number seven helen freeman 410 paralympian averaging seven points per game six rebounds and six assists gb really doing a great job with ball rotation on their offense have just been lacking a little bit in execution many of their players averaging five points per game however the shooting percentage as a team needs to be a little higher as they continue on in this tournament [Music] here we see starting lineup 4gb number four charlotte moore number seven helen freeman number 10 amy conroy and number 14 joy hazelden [Music] head coach simon fisher a relatively new head coach to this squad he will be assisted by player and assistant coach maddie thompson number 11. she was in london 2012 missed out on 2016. back here in 2020 and the australian starting five will be number six hannah dodd number seven shelley corona number eight georgia monroe cook number fourteen ella savile jack and number fifteen amber merritt [Music] head coach craig friday also the head coach of the men's australian wheelchair basketball team here at tokyo 2020 paralympics both teams here searching for their first win of this tournament this will be the final pool play game for gb australia does face off next against canada a very strong canadian team they just had a two-point loss in the end of the game toll germany earlier here on day four [Applause] [Applause] and here we see the players taking the court [Applause] five seconds to go here at the tokyo 2020 paralympic games day four of the women's wheelchair basketball competition group a australia vs gb great britain coming away with the tip starting the game with their first offensive possession hazelden with the ball swings it to freeman freeman in the middle first two points of the game for freeman merritt with the inbound searches for an outlet fine savile jack savile jack to monroe cook [Applause] monroe cook drives down the middle it will be called an offensive charge [Applause] [Music] on australia number 15 amber merits her first personal foul [Music] great britain trying to hold monroe cook back wanting to have a numerical advantage on offense they will temporarily have five against four lori williams down low great finish with contact [Music] [Applause] merit with the inbound to sabo jack [Applause] [Music] gb extending a full-court pressure defense however australia having no problem sabo jack in the middle not able to get it to fall in [Applause] both teams having great speed and well-matched speed conroy in the middle with a fade away absorbs that contact from the defense controls herself gets a smooth shot up and in [Applause] merit in the middle difficult shot over conroy gets it off however off the back rim [Applause] williams driving to the right swings to hazelden hazelden finding freeman merritt with a hand on the pass intercepting the ball [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] finds crow now in the middle [Applause] handoff to monroe cook shot clock running down needs to get a shot off it will be cronut with the shot not able to get it to fall in however she gets her offensive rebound puts it back up off the bottom of the backboard dodd with the offensive rebound [Music] merritt in the middle dodd again with the offensive rebound [Applause] 10 seconds on the shot clock there is a 14 second reset for every offensive rebound monroe cook from the right side elbow getting the first two points on the board for australia [Applause] [Music] freeman from the right elbow decides not to take the shot hard defense by cronell [Applause] great pass down low to the right with a finish by joy hazelden number 14. dodd passing it up to monroe cook [Applause] monroe cook splitting through freeman and conroy however a foul is called before the shot goes off it will be an inbound for australia a new 14 seconds put onto the shot clock [Music] dodd finding monroe cook [Music] with the offensive rebound passes out to merit she's able to finish great britain's going to have to start doing a better job boxing out allowing australia who has a slight height advantage to have just too many offensive rebounds right now freeman up high [Applause] seven seconds on the shot clock finds hazelton who finds williams who finds the basket nice ball movement by great britain subaldrak bringing the ball up crosses to the left [Music] looks for an outlet finds dodd 10 seconds left on the shot clock over to merit merit with the mismatch on the left baseline sabol jack with the offensive rebound but stolen by helen freeman hazelden pushing the ball up [Applause] decides to slow it down set up the offense williams takes the shot off hits the back of the rim into the hands of amber merritt [Applause] monroe cook loses the ball re-gathers it however turnover pass to joy hazelton [Applause] [Music] freeman behind the screen pick coming from joy hazelton nice dip down pass from freeman to hazelden over to williams [Applause] not able to finish merritt bringing the ball up the court [Applause] chrono with the pick not quite able to run the pick and roll with merits monroe cook with two seconds on the shot clock takes the shot not getting it to roll in freeman with the rebound [Music] three on two opportunity four on two opportunity for great britain hazelden from the right side and she sinks it four points for joy hazelton [Applause] australia able to get the ball over half without the eight second violation doing a good job with the press break dodd from the left elbow beautiful arc banked in [Applause] two points on the board for dodd [Applause] williams finding hazelden hazelden popping it out to moore williams in the middle also banking it in from the middle great britain doing a great job with their ball movement on the offensive side right now [Applause] savile direct to dodd [Music] two mineral cook seven seconds on the shot clock shot goes up by amber merritt nice arc just but just a little too short off the front of the rim freeman driving left low on the baseline draws a foul foul will be called on number six dodd her first personal foul freeman will be sent to the free throw line four two free throw attempts [Music] [Applause] a timeout has been called by australia they do look like they have substitutions checked into the table let's see if that happens coming out of this timeout we will resume play after the timeout with helen freeman at the free throw line four two shots [Music] and remember when you stop breathing out here [Music] [Music] [Applause] and there we have it a little bit into the game plan of australia currently wanting to make sure they shut helen freeman down she is a veteran of this team not only is she a great outside shooter but she is also a slasher she's someone that will get into the key and make some really difficult layup finishes freeman having two free throws the first one is going in second one as well australia inbound they did have substitutions coming in out of that timeout number 21 mary friday is now on the court number 14 ella cebuck coming off [Applause] [Music] eight seconds on the shot clock monroe cook off the front of the rim freeman with the rebounds [Music] freeman with a law pass to war williams she's able to control the catch however not get the shot off crow now recovering quickly onto defense however great ball movement by gb hazelden with the shot from the left elbow picked up by monroe cook quick outlet pass two merits [Music] merit going all the way down and deep under the basket however not able to finish rebound by [Music] merrick getting a hands on the ball it will be called a jump ball possession arrow will result in australia maintaining possession [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 14 seconds we're given on the shot clock now with eight remaining australia needing to find an outlet or a little bit of movement monroe cook spins takes the shot off the back of the rim hazelden with the rebound stops the play so helen freeman can be uprighted smart move by hazelden this allows gb time to set up their offense with five players instead of running a four on five disadvantage five players on defense and only four players on offense [Music] hazelden finding conroy however the pass just a little too flat and low merritt being able to tip it out of bounds there are more substitutions now for australia coming in number 10 bree melberg checking in [Music] williams with the inbounds finds hazelden on the drive hazleton not being able to shoot quite strong enough through that contact hits the bottom of the rim and into the hands of merritt barrett finding the baseline and the shot draws the foul from moore she will be sent to the free-throw line for two attempts that is charlotte moore's first personal foul team second foul [Music] [Applause] merit not able to connect the first one [Music] second one looks like it could roll in but it isn't and it ends up in the hands of helen freeman who's quick in transition dips it down to amy conroy on the left side baseline [Music] [Applause] that will be a foul on number 14 joy hazelden of great britain that will be her first personal foul [Music] a new 14 seconds will be given to australia on the shot clock inbound baseline finding merit down low williams with the rebound [Music] conroy absorbing the contact coming out totally composed [Applause] great follow-through on her shots two more points for conroy [Applause] merrick controlling the ball as she comes down looks for an outlet a low pass looked like it went off the chair of williams however hit williams chair and then bounced off a cronal's chair unlucky and it will be an inbound baseline for gb substitutions coming in for australia [Music] number four sarah vincy coming onto the court troy hazelden on the right side baseline vincy right away with a rebound conroy doing a great job getting hands on the ball and not ending up fouling it will be a jump ball possession arrow for gb williams to freeman freeman in the middle [Applause] monroe cook holds the ball out to her right conroy comes from behind gets a hand on it however tips it out of bound isn't able to control to fully have a steal however it will leave us with one and a half seconds to go in the first quarter monroe cook doing a great job controlling the ball there ending the first quarter 22-6 for great britain great britain establishing an early lead here against australia great britain shooting as a team 60 lori williams and amy conroy both having six freeman and hazelden with four each and on the australian side only shooting 19 currently they're going to have to increase this amount if they want to keep that gap with great britain close and even start closing it merits having two points monroe cook having two points and dodd having two points uh [Music] [Applause] both of these teams having a little bit of a rough start here at the tokyo 2020 paralympic games they're both currently searching for their first win this is the last pool play for great britain australia will face off against canada next to finish off their pool play pool play is important to these teams because only the top four will move on to the crossover rounds quarterfinals semifinals and finals the bottom team of pool play will play for a respective placement at the games however will no longer be in metal contention foreign [Applause] and here we go to start off the second quarter cronull with the inbound to dodd [Applause] chrono searching for an outlet handoff to monroe cook brings it to the left side 10 seconds left on the shot clock powerside offense however they cross one more time merritt in the middle with a mismatch over hazelden swings it to crow now tries to bank it in however ends up at the hands of helen freeman with the defensive rebound [Music] freeman to hazelden hazelden controlling it swinging it back over to williams williams with the drive over to freeman freeman finding the baskets [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] two more points for freeman gb doing a great job with their hard pressure ends up with the steal from lori williams quick outlet pass to hazelden [Applause] williams from the right elbow puts the shot up a little flat hits the background however hazelden coming away with the offensive rebound drives into the right side runs into the bigs of australia monroe cook and merritt ends up smothered it's a loose ball between conroy and merits and the possession arrow is in favor of great britain it will be a great britain in bounds [Music] number five jess cronia coming onto the court for the first time helen freeman for three off the back of the rim chrono with the rebound prone now to monroe cook monroe cook looks for her shots draws the foul the foul will be on number four charlotte moore her second personal foul monroe cook will be sent to the free-throw line 4-2 additional shots and the first one is good [Applause] [Music] [Music] second one as well monroe cook 27 years old at her first paralympic games williams to freeman [Applause] freeman finding williams down a low left-handed finish with contact great control and strength by williams [Music] friday maintaining control of the ball however lots of contact [Applause] 10 seconds to go on the shot clock for australia cronia to cronaud to muniro cook it ends up just short shot clock violation however not before gb is able to recover the defensive rebounds freeman finding conroy conroy getting the roll ball falling through two more points for amy conroy miscommunicated pass by australia ends up in the hands of helen freeman and joy hazelton for two quick points [Applause] great britain breaking away with a 20-point lead here in the second quarter with seven minutes and 12 seconds left [Applause] timeout is called by australia it will be their last timeout that they can use here in the first quarter coach friday will receive more timeouts in the second half [Music] [Music] there we can see the leading scorers monroe cook number eight of australia currently with four points williams and conroy tied each with eight points [Music] [Applause] and there we can see also player and assistant coach maddie thompson number 11 helping out head coach she has a great perspective of the game great britain is looking to make program history here they have yet to bring home a paralympic medal from their women's wheelchair basketball team [Music] [Music] we now have substitutions on the court for both teams as well seeing number 22 izzy martin for the first time this game as well as number five sophie carrigill and number fifteen robin love difficult end of shot clock shots by melbourg [Music] friday in the middle defending freeman freeman swinging to hazelden martin with the rebounds [Music] izzy martin one of the youngsters of this australian team only 22 years old merritt down low great control finishes it strong however is now back picked by great britain great britain looking to have a five on four advantage on offense love cutting low baseline gets her own offensive rebound kicks it back out to carrigill who finds freeman also misses to the mark a little left [Applause] [Music] melberg needing to get the outlet however into the hands of lori williams was not the idea two more quick points in transition for hazelden gb causing a little bit of chaos here with their full court press australia does only have eight seconds to get the ball over half court sophie carragill getting a hand on that tipping it out of bounds merritt coming in with full speed losing a little bit of control of her chair ends up having the ball just in the range of carrigill [Music] substitutions coming in for great britain number 11 maddie thompson on the court as well as number eight monroe cook back on the court [Applause] lori williams looking for a fast break however crow now recovers finds thompson on the right side who's able to find the basket in her first two points of this game [Applause] martin heavily pressured by cara gill the ball pops loose however monroe cook is able to gain control eight seconds left on the shot clock friday down low on the left side great finish by friday getting her first two points on the scoreboard [Music] thompson on the right side off the rim however had great art just falling a little short [Music] carrigel recovering back onto defense however monroe cook low on the left baseline the pass a little bit too far to her right and taunt and love able to get a hand on it [Music] [Applause] 10 seconds left on the shot clock monroe cook and looked a little flat however in is in two more points on the scoreboard for monroe cook [Music] williams finding thompson and thompson with the high arced layup from the right side australia not being able to close this 20-point gap that gb created early on friday looking for an outlet finds monroe cook 10 seconds left on a shot clock it's going to be a difficult outside shot [Applause] three seconds merritt lines it up and sinks it in [Music] merritt using her height advantage able to shoot over carrigill and williams [Music] [Applause] caregil down low on the right side not able to execute however the ball pops loose carragill not able to collect it it will remain australia ball [Music] handoff to monroe cook [Applause] over to merritt 10 seconds left a little hard to the left of the backboard williams collecting the defensive rebound williams finding thompson thompson to love on the left side eight seconds on the shot clock great ball movement bye gb thompson with the shot at the ends [Applause] [Music] merit finding monroe cook monroe cook fighting through the contact not able to get a shot off just high enough caregil down the middle ends up in the chair of crow now however thompson collects it and shoots two more points for thompson [Music] thompson with the steal outlet pass intended for izzy martin however thompson using her speed capitalizing on it intercepting the pass left side layup from lori williams [Applause] australia doing a good job breaking the press of gb difficult outlet pass to friday heavily contested by love a three second violation will be called on australia [Music] substitutions coming in for both teams number four vincy and number six dodd coming back to the court as well as number seven freeman and number 10 conroy is [Music] inbound baseline for great britain williams finding hazelden [Music] hazelton not getting the ball to be able to drop however australia quick to pick up the defensive rebounds merritt controlling the ball and the tempo coming down on the offensive side great pick by crow now pronoun rolling in swings it over to the right to monroe cook and she sinks it two more points by monroe cook currently australia's top scorer with eight [Music] conroy cutting baseline however not able to get the pass off quite yet heavily contested by the defense freeman driving off the contact swinging the ball to carrigill in the middle over to williams williams nailing left side elbow [Applause] [Music] dodd searching for an outlet [Applause] a foul has been called on number seven helen freeman her first personal foul team second dot inside however conroy able to get a hand on it tips it out however dodd was the last one to touch it will be great britain's ball however they have called a timeout timeout by great britain they will have possession of the ball returning back to the court australia coming into this game shooting 41 as a team however currently in this game they're not quite able to find their stride and find their rhythm only shooting 29 as a team eight of 28 led by number eight georgia monroe cook with eight points amber merrick contributing six and for the british side coming into this game they were shooting only 43 percent as a team currently they are shooting 56. they're starting to find their rhythm and find their flow led by number eight lori williams with 12 points number 14 joy hazelden with eight as well as amy conroy contributing eight points freeman and thompson both with six [Music] both teams searching for their first win of this tournament it is the last game of pool play for great britain australia will face off against canada on day five [Music] freeman with the inbound to carrigill [Music] [Applause] great pick in the middle by conroy freeman swings the ball to williams connery with the offensive rebounds shot clock expires game clock expires that will send us into halftime great britain starting up with a 14 point lead in the first quarter and then increasing that by eight points in the second quarter creating that 40 to 18 [Music] final score that we see here right now heading into halftime number eight lori williams currently leading great britain with 12 points hazelden and conroy both contributing eight and on the australian side monroe cook contributing eight points as well as merit with six [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Applause] oh [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and here we can see some game statistics australia currently shooting only eight of 28s 29 gb slightly higher 19 of 36 with 53 bumping up their tournament percentage so far great britain with 18 assists showing fantastic ball movement great teamwork by great britain australia with 18 rebounds however 10 turnovers for the australian team allowing great britain to really capitalize on that having many of their points coming from these turnovers taking full advantage that's going to lead us into halftime australia vs great britain 42-18 for great and britain first place with 20 goals 11 summers and 14 broad battles opening up to 45 followed by great britain and then russian penalty committee also made the fourth followed by united states of america and foreign those were the first six countries and what about the honor six now it's on the big screen for you the netherlands has a total of 12 battles italy ukraine on something john following that evidence and fellowes in the 11th ones full by friends and the 12 to 2 volts 4 silvers and 4 bronze medals so now let's take a look at some of the highlights from the three competition of tokyo 2020 take us all [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so so so [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] hello and welcome to day four of the tokyo 2020 paralympic games here in ariaka arena currently group a of the women's wheelchair basketball tournament australia vs great britain great britain ending up with a very big lead 40 to 18 right off the bat 22 points heading into halftime we are now coming back for the second half it will be australia ball australia currently only shooting 29 as a team number eight georgia monroe cook with eight points followed by number 15 amber merit with six and on the british side currently shooting 53 as a team lori williams leading the way number eight with 12 points followed by hazelden and conroy both having eight points each [Music] seeing for the first time in the game number 13 tasha ovens for australia merits from the left side elbow bounces around however she gets the shooters roll and it falls in hazelden bringing the ball up the court for great britain williams drives in swings it out pops it over to moore moore puts it up and in [Applause] two points on the scoreboard now far for charlotte moore [Applause] we see that high defensive pressure again by great britain however the press break of australia doing a good job of breaking it however that pass just not able to connect ends up in and out of the hands of amber merritt conroy goes down in congestion no foul called the place just stopped so she could be uprighted [Applause] dodd extending defensive pressure on williams up high conroy looking for the shot however merrick comes in hard and from behind goes for the block however has the contact the foul is on the ground not on the shot however that will be a foul on number 15 merits per second personal foul first team foul great britain with the inbounds [Music] williams lines it up and sinks it in two more points for [Applause] williams merritt needing an outlet finds monroe cook [Music] monroe cook looking for the mismatch over more bounces around again and just falls right in [Music] [Applause] freeman finding conroy conroy controlling it after having a little bit of contact on that roll puts it up and in [Applause] pressed by great britain australia not able to get the ball over half successfully it is off the fingertips of monroe cook number eight who we see here it will be inbound for freeman number seven [Applause] [Music] freeman to conroy conroy off the back of the rim merritt with the rebounds [Applause] dodd looking for an outlet 10 seconds on the shot clock finds monroe cook six seconds left contested shot by freeman ends up short and out of bounds inbound for great britain [Applause] [Music] [Applause] conroy with the fade away from the right side a foul has been called [Music] the foul will be on number eight georgia monroe cook her first personal foul [Music] and it is good for conroy [Applause] capitalizing on a three-point play opportunity [Music] dodd finding merit merit 4-3 off the front of the rim into the hands of helen rebound freeman pushing the tempo great cross by williams williams in the middle dodd getting a hand on a bit freeman recovering outlet to conroy and conroy finishing it without hesitation [Applause] ovens with the outlet over to melbourg sorry cronia dodd to merit cronia with the offensive rebound hard and flat off the rim not able to finish it williams to conroy conroy not able to control the catch off of her fingertips and out of bounds [Music] great britain quick to put that full court press back in making it a difficult inbound for merritt dodd getting the ball over half nice handoff from dodd to merritt 10 seconds on the shot clock a pick in the middle from dodd opens it up for merit merit for the mismatch over hazelden [Applause] into the hands of helen freeman on the defensive rebounds great cross pick by moore to open it up for freeman however she decides to swing it up to the right miscommunication on the pass from williams to conroy ends up going out of bounds [Music] [Applause] substitutions coming in for australia number 14 ella sabol jack coming on the court as well as number 10 bree melberg melbourne across half court [Applause] freeman keeping merit out in the backcourt right now they will have to run a four on four monroe cook from the right elbow finishes it over jude hamer [Applause] jude hamer number nine of great britain coming into the game for the first time freeman finding hamer hamer puts the shot up not getting it to be able to fall nice offense or defensive rebound by dodd [Music] merit to dodd pops out of her hands freeman lets it roll out of bounds it will be great britain ball inbound at the sideline [Music] [Music] freeman from the middle off the back of the rim dodd with the defensive rebounds dodd to monroe cook [Music] monroe cook drives into the middle has the mismatch shot over williams however not getting it to be able to fall in [Applause] hazelden finding hamer hamer finding the basket the first two points of the game for judith hamer [Music] hammer getting a hand on the ball however monroe cook able to control it that will be a foul on jude haber number nine substitutions for great britain [Music] number five sophie carrigel returning back to the court number four charlotte moore coming off [Music] [Music] the game has been paused to correct the shot clock there will now be 16 seconds on the shot clock it had been reset and there was supposed to be no reset [Music] merit finding monroe cook monroe cook finding the basket and we'll have an extra shot attempt from the free throw line drawing the foul [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the foul was on number eight lori [Music] williams her second personal foul [Music] sorry correction her first personal foul and now time out for australia when they return back to the court monroe cook will have her additional shot attempt the possibility of having a three-point play then earl cook currently leading in the australian scoring by 14 points amber merit second highest score with eight australia able to bring up their shooting percentage just a little bit higher here in the third quarter currently shooting 32 percent as a team however great britain increasing their lead so far in this third quarter with a to 13-8 advantage [Music] [Applause] [Music] everyone free throw bounces out freeman looking for williams on the fast break williams able to recover the ball decides not to put the shot up finds hazelton on the left side she makes the ball the basket connection great composure by joy hazelden [Music] at only 22 years old she's an absolute critical component of this british team merry friday down low buried under the basket a difficult shot not able to get it up quite high enough williams running a two on one again with hazelden hazelden absorbing the contact from monroe cook gets the shot off in in [Music] turnover on the inbound from australia williams able to pick it up dips it over to freeman [Applause] freeman looks to drive baseline however monroe cook creates contact has a foul called her second personal foul team's third foul freeman to williams back to freeman [Music] 10 seconds left on the shot clock and a traveling violation has been called in wheelchair basketball it is very similar to the counterpart of stand-up basketball we do have a traveling violation a player is only allowed to push their wheelchair twice whether that be two times forwards one forwards one backwards only twice before needing to pass a dribble or shoot amber merritt was down in the backcourt australia deciding to stop their offensive possession to have her get up and join them [Music] monroe cook looks and lines it up from the middle not able to get the roll and it pops off of the rim hazelden finding freeman finding williams and williams finding the basket lori williams now with 16 points [Applause] tokyo is her third paralympic games australia needing to get the ball over half court and an eight-second violation has been called amber mara unfortunately at the half court line but not far enough over [Music] number 10 for australia bree melberg coming off the court shelley cronau coming back on shelly crow now playing overseas professionally in spain hazelden finds freeman freeman finds caragill hair gill to williams and that will be a shot clock violation a team does only have 24 seconds to get a shot off if they are unable to do so it is a turnover inbound sideline for australia [Music] sabol jack timonro cook over to merits merit finishing totally composed freeman came flying in behind her however she was unfazed quickly back picked by great britain great britain looking to try and run a numerical advantage on offense however mary friday able to get a tip on the ball as williams comes past her the ball goes out of bounds and it will be australia ball from the baseline williams having the last touch [Music] merit to monroe cook to sabo jack crow now the outlet that's over half court long pass to merits however buried deep under the basket not able to get it with the right arc to fall in freeman looking to have the fast break opportunity found hamer on the right and hamer isn't able to find the basket however great offensive rebound by hazelden she does not give up on the play able to get the two points in the end draws the foul she will be sent to the free-throw line for an additional shot attempt [Applause] [Music] not able to get the free throw to fall in monroe cook ends up with the rebound merritt with the shot from the middle sinks it 28 seconds left on the game clock the shot clock just with a little bit less time williams coming in on the right side able to go coast to coast for that layup australia looking to have the last offensive possession with 10 seconds left on the game clock merritt coming down lines up a three looks good doesn't go in freeman with the rebound two seconds left on the game clock and she decides to hold on to it sabol jack with contact falls to the ground however that will end third quarter for us gb coming away with a win that third quarter 23 to 12 creating that 63-30 score heading into the fourth quarter great britain bopping up there field goal percentage with 59 percent lori williams number eight currently leading them with 18 points however they do have three players within double digits now amy conroy was 15 and joy hazelden with 14 and on the australian side they're able to raise their shooting percentage but just slightly only at 32 percent their two top scorers number eight georgia monroe cook with 14 points as well as number 15 amber merritt with 12. unfortunately australia has done a really good job at the press break however not taking total care until the very end they do have 15 turnovers as a team something that great britain has been able to use their speed and capitalize upon [Applause] [Music] and now we're gonna see some new faces coming onto the court for great britain number 12 lucy robinson she is the newcomer to this roster she is the only member of this 2020 team that was not at the 2018 world championships this is her first paralympic debut and number 15 robin love returning back to the core as well as thompson moore and carrigill number four and five both down low right now and we have number four vincy coming back onto the court one of australia's returning paralympians thompson drives to the left heavily contested by merritt swings the ball over to robin love love to moor friday with the hard defense over to love eight seconds on the shot clock thompson puts the shot up and is able to have it fall in [Applause] [Music] [Applause] merit to monroe cook kronow with the pick and drive however a difficult pass over the height of love and robinson miscommunication on the pass it goes off the fingertips of monroe cook it will be great brenton inbounds from the sideline [Music] more to thompson thompson to robinson robinson puts the shot up off the rim great arc just a little too short merritt coming up with the defensive rebounds [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hard pressure defense by thompson and robinson [Music] but merritt is able to make the ball to net connection two more points for amber merritt thompson to carrigill carrigill drives down low dips the ball back to robinson trying to find robinson's first two points not able to do so with that shot monroe cook bringing the ball down great pick by friday friday drives monroe cook with contact puts the shot up chair slightly turning she gets it to fall in [Music] thompson drives low swings the ball to love love in the middle it rolls around and falls in first two points of the game for robin love celebrating her birthday here as well at the tokyo 2020 paralympic games [Applause] hard defense by great britain however vincy left open after thompson flies by and she capitalizes on the opportunity drops the ball in two points for vinci thompson finding more more buried underneath with monroe cook and merit making it very dark great ball movement by great britain six seconds left on the shot clock love to robinson robinson puts it up merritt able to contest it however the shot clock will expire it will be australia ball at the baseline [Music] kronow brings the ball up crown out to merit [Applause] back to chrono moore with the tip on the ball merritt picks it up one second left on the shot clock she gets it up it doesn't fall in carrigill with the rebounds is quick to bring the ball up the court [Music] [Applause] carrigill to moore moore finding love love fighting through the contact and making the finish two more points for robin love cronus searching for an outlet finds merritt on the left side mayor with a quick shot able to get her offensive rebounds [Music] pronoun over to cronia not able to maintain control of the pass it goes out of bounds it will be inbound for great britain however substitutions coming onto the court some new faces for this game as well number 13. siobhan fitzpatrick coming on as well as number six michaela bell carigo with the drive dips it over to robinson just a little too far behind her thompson picks it up 10 seconds left on the shot clock swings it back over to carrigill carrigel back to thompson three seconds fitzpatrick with the shot ends up falling shortened into the hands of merritt australia with a five on one advantage great seal by shelly crow now however merit and not able to make the layup it will be called a jump ball the possession arrow favors australia australia will maintain possession great seal by shelly crow now [Music] she set a pick on the defense creating that wide open space for merit to drive in and have that layup opportunity unfortunately not able to capitalize on it 10 seconds left on the shot clock monroe cook off the front of the rim fitzpatrick with the rebound thompson with her speed brings the ball up looks for an outlet nobody was in australia quick to recover on defense shaco's up by robinson falling short and popping over onto the other side [Applause] [Music] [Applause] a double screen for monroe cook but thompson able to split the gap and get out lots of congestion however finding vinci in the middle grown out with the offensive rebounds 10 seconds left on the shot clock crown out from the right side baseline the first two points for kronow in this game thompson looking for an outlet finds carrygill carrigill dips it over to fitzpatrick fits patrick a little too soft of touch on her shot ends up falling off the rim [Music] crow now behind the screen thompson splicing through making it incredibly difficult hard pressure cronell from the left shot clock was running down they needed to get a shot off thompson slowing down the pace of the british offense setting it up carrigill behind the screen of bell back to thompson over to fitzpatrick one second left on the shot clock off the rim and into the hands of monroe cook [Music] [Applause] dodd with the pick on bell rolls to the baskets back to monroe cook great dish back however not able to capitalize on the layup cargill passing to robinson back to carrigill over her head and behind it goes out of bounds it will be inbound sideline for australia and some more substitutions coming on to the court new faces for australia we're seeing once again number 22 izzy martin return back to the court but number 23 natalie alexander making her [Music] second time onto the court and there we can see the leading scorers for both teams number eight monroe cook was 16. lori williams with 18. merritt with 14 and conroy with 15. great britain having three players scoring double digits number 14 joy hazleton with 14 points [Music] something that's incredibly noteworthy though is that great britain does have 29 assists right now great ball movement on the offensive side by great britain so [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] cronia number five also back on the court now for australia alexander with the ball in the middle swings it over to dodd dodd puts the shot up arc looks good however just a little too strong pops off the right side inbound baseline sideline for great britain cargill over to thompson thompson lines it up not able to get it in looks to try and slash for the offensive rebound but monroe monroe cook controls the defensive rebound finds her way into the middle of the key however robinson pops the ball up and out [Applause] great hustle here by cronia just not able to catch up to the ball it will be inbound [Music] for great britain at the australian baseline [Music] number 13 ovens coming back onto the court and robinson finding her first two points of the game [Music] [Applause] ovens back to alexander back to ovens ovens puts it up thompson with the rebound finds fitzpatrick fits patrick back to thompson thompson drives in banks it off the court great control by thompson on that shot [Applause] [Music] alexander behind the screen [Music] [Applause] finding cronia back to melbourne melbourne puts it up robinson with the rebound [Music] over to thompson [Music] thompson decides not to take the shot through the contact swings it to the other side to robinson [Applause] martin with the rebounds to melberg melberg brings the ball up bell extends her pressure however quickly recovers back [Applause] ovens making the cut on the right baseline but the ball swung to alexander on the left over to melberg two seconds left on the shot clock [Applause] the shot clock does expire however the rebound will count fitzpatrick being stopped up high by ovens robinson in the middle australia having a player down in the back court great britain capitalizing on that five on four opportunity with two more points to the scoreboard [Applause] [Music] a timeout has been taken by great britain 12.7 seconds left to go in the game group a of the women's wheelchair basketball round great britain vs australia both teams coming into this game without a win having rough starts to this tournament great britain with the lead right now looking to come away with that win securing at least the fourth place spot this is their final game of pool play being able to advance into the quarterfinals [Music] australia will face up against canada next in day five [Music] 12.7 seconds left alexander brings the ball up [Music] five seconds she looks to kill it and that's gonna be it for the game end of the fourth quarter great britain extending their lead winning the quarter 12 to eight creating that score we see there on your screen 75 30 8 win for great britain their first win of this tournament it will secure a position for them to advance further on in this tournament to the quarterfinals australia fighting with everything they had however just not able to capitalize by only shooting 31 percent from the field they do face up against canada next on day five needing to have a big win against the strong canadian team in order to continue on in this tournament as you can see a very happy and relieved great british team right now and here we have our game statistics 75 38 for great britain shooting 55 percent at the end of the game from the field 18 turnovers by australia just too much great britain able to use that as an opportunity for their fast break layups as we saw hazelden being able to really get in there and finish those layups ending up with 14 points at the end of the game thompson with 10 conrad with 15 and williams the top scorer with 18. merits and monroe cook the only two scores in double digits for australia with 16 and 14. what a game until the end this is the tokyo 2020 paralympic games group a of the women's wheelchair basketball tournament great britain verse australia 75 38 victory for great britain their first victory of this tournament after a rough start they're looking to try and make history for their program the women's wheelchair basketball team of great britain has not come home with a medal yet from the paralympics and here we can see that they are currently sitting in fourth place looking to advance over into the quarterfinals which will then begin the knockout round of this tournament phase great job here by both teams congratulations to great britain heading home tonight or to the village tonight with their first win of the tournament dude once again for the entire dedication [Music] success [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] day four of the wheelchair basketball tournament here at the tokyo 2020 paralympic games great britain verse australia of group a of the women's wheelchair basketball tournament great britain coming away with a 75-38 point win achieving their first win of the tournament ending their pool play hopefully heading into quarterfinals as it looks right now great britain great britain led with williams with 18 points and australia led with monroe cook with 16 points australia just not able to close the gap with 31 shooting percentage from the field and 18 turnovers great britain really capitalizing on those moments finishing hard in the key by hazelden with 14. thank you so much for tuning in this is the tokyo 2020 paralympic games at the ariaka arena [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you