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Stewart leads U.S. women to easy win

July 19, 2013 12:00 am • Last Updated: July 19, 2013 12:11 am

UConn's Breanna Stewart scored 19 of her game-high 26 points in the first quarter to lead the U.S. to a 113-47 victory over Lithuania in its FIBA U19 World Championship opener in Panevezys, Lithuania.

The U.S. continues preliminary-round play today against China.

The U.S. had four players finish with double figures, including Morgan Tuck, also of UConn, who scored 18 points and added five rebounds and a game-high six assists. Bashaara Graves (Tennessee) scored 13 points and Nia Coffey (Hopkins H.S., Minneapolis) scored 10. UConn's Moriah Jefferson had eight points and three assists.

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