.Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterAug 7, 2024, 05:28 PM ETCloseESPN.com NBA author because 2010.Dealt With Cleveland Cavs for 7 years.Writer of pair of booksPARIS-- The mixture of A'ja Wilson as well as Breanna Stewart has confirmed to be a devasting combination for the Team U.S.A. females, to the point where there is a scenario creating that they could possibly discuss the Olympics The majority of Prized Possession Player Award.But there's a brand-new duo surfacing, though certainly not an unexpected one, that's verified to be a huge increase as the Americans pursue another gold medal.Las Las vega Aces allies Kelsey Plum and Jackie Youthful have boosted to be difference-makers in France as well as played key jobs in Group U.S.A.'s 88-74 victory over Nigeria in the quarterfinals.It marked the group's 59th successive Olympic success and establishes a semifinal matchup against Australia, winners over Serbia Wednesday, on Friday at 3 p.m. ET.Jackie Young completed with double-digit points for the second upright game, firing 60% coming from the area in the United States' sway Nigeria. CAROLINE BREHMAN/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockCoach Cheryl Reeve moved Young right into the beginning lineup in place of expert Diana Taurasi against Nigeria, a crew known for playing high tension full-court self defense that tests setting against guards.It was an incentive after Young racked up 19 factors with 4 takes off the bench in the final pool play activity against Germany. She reacted with another exceptional functionality, having fun with power at both points alongside an additional Aces colleague, Chelsea Gray, in the backcourt.Young racked up 15 aspects and also assisted lug the U.S. outburst early in the activity as the Americans left to a bit of a slow-moving beginning by their standards.Nigeria was behind through simply 4 points midway by means of the 2nd fourth. That is actually when Reeve mosted likely to Plum, that was the 12th and last player to get into the game for the Americans. Plum right away changed the game along with her death and rate on the repulsive end, giving out 3 easy assists and also nailing a 3-pointer. Plum completed with just six factors yet her six-minute change to complete the first fifty percent caused a plus-11 on the scoreboard to push the result in 19 at one-half. The U.S. then started the second fifty percent on a 15-0 run and also the tension was done for the evening.Editor's Picks1 RelatedWilson and also Stewart, who entered the video game averaging a matching 20.3 scores every video game, played their brand of competent bully round. Wilson invested twenty factors on 9-of-11 firing with 11 rebounds and pair of blocks. Stewart had thirteen points on 5-of-7 capturing with 5 rebounds and three assists.Brittney Griner came off the seat to rating 11 ideas on 4-of-5 capturing. Those three internal scorers blending for 16-of-21 is tough to beat.The USA got into the video game averaging 29 supports and also once again applied a ball-sharing medical clinic by setting up 31 more.Promise Amukamara led Nigeria, which cut the top to as low as thirteen in the 4th quarter, along with 19 scores. The activity ended with a little advantage when the U.S.'s Kahleah Copper obtained a technical repulsive for tossing the ball at Nigeria's Ezinne Kalu after she racked up in the last secs.