Olympic Coverage
Twenty-seven current or former student-athletes from American Athletic Conference schools are competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics. The Olympic Games kicked off August 5, and will run until August 21.
Women's Basketball
Wins by both USA and Canada move the two teams to 3-0 in group B. Team USA cruised to 110-84 win over Serbia. Diana Taurasi scored a game-high 25 points with 22 coming in the first half.
Canada defeated Senegal, 68-58, on Wednesday evening setting a new record as never before had a Canadian team won more than 2 games in any previous editions of the competition. Kia Nurse scored 14 points in the victory.
Field Hockey
Team USA clinched a spot in the quarterfinals with a 6-1 win over Japan. UConn grad Melissa Gonzalez scored with an assist from Katelyn Falgowski for a 1-0 lead to get the USA off to a good start in the first five minutes of the game.