The Australian women's basketball team, known as the Opals, won their second consecutive game at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup with an 87-71 victory over Türkiye in Berlin. New captain Ezi Magbegor led the team with 21 points, followed by Steph Talbot's 17 points. The team was disrupted from sleep when a fire alarm went off at 2am due to someone pushing an elevator button, forcing them to evacuate the hotel for about an hour before returning to their rooms. Turkish coach Andrea Masson acknowledged that his team had only three hours of sleep as a result of the incident.
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The Australian women's basketball team, the Opals, won their second game in a row at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Berlin against Türkiye with a score of 87-71. This victory follows their first win over Puerto Rico by a margin of 16 points. The Opals' new captain, Ezi Magbegor, played a crucial role in this game, scoring 21 points on 10/14 shooting and receiving support from teammate Steph Talbot, who scored 17 points. Despite being woken up at 2am by a false fire alarm that caused the team hotel to evacuate, the Opals were able to get back to sleep for about an hour before resuming their rest and ultimately performing well in the game that tipped off at 11:30am local time.
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Australia has made it two from two at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup with an 87-71 win over Türkiye in Berlin.
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It was an improved performance by the Opals after their opening 70-54 victory over Puerto Rico, leaving Sandy Brondello's side set to progress to the knockout stages.
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New captain Ezi Magbegor was instrumental in the second straight victory with 21 points on 10/14 shooting, leading the way with able support from Steph Talbot's 17 points.
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It was an impressive performance considering the unceremonious 2am wake-up call the teams received when a fire alarm went off at the team hotel.
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The players and coaches all had to evacuate the hotel before going back inside the building about an hour later.
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There was no fire, someone had pushed the emergency alarm button in the elevator, according to Brondello.
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"That's a what-if situation, isn't it?" Brondello said.
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"Now we have that in our toolbox.
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The interrupted sleep did not seem to hurt the Opals in the first game of the day that tipped at 11:30am local time.
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Just kind of happened," Australia forward Ezi Magbegor said.
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"Knowing that it's out of our control, so just getting back to sleep and waking up.
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No-one was going to feel sorry for us."
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Turkish coach Andrea Masson said he and his players got about three hours of sleep because of the alarm.
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"They had a really bad night last night," Masson said.
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