SYDNEY—There’s been a long legacy of success for the U.S. women’s basketball team at the World Cup.
The names change over time, but the results don’t.
Kelsey Plum scored 20 points, Chelsea Gray added 16 and the United States routed Bosnia and Herzegovina 121–59 on Tuesday to break the team record for consecutive wins at the World Cup.
The victory was the 27th in a row in World Cup play for the Americans, who haven’t lost since the 2006 semifinals against Russia. The U.S. won 26 in a row from 1994–2006 leading up to that game. The Soviet Union holds the World Cup record with 56 straight wins from 1959–86….