U.S. women’s basketball dominates Spain en route to sixth straight gold medal

The U.S. women’s basketball team won the gold medal in the same fashion it won every other game at the 2016 Olympics — with a score that was all-but out of reach at halftime. The final deficit was 29 points, a 101-72 blowout over Spain.

The gold medal marks the sixth straight one for Team USA, and it’s the 49th consecutive win in Olympic play. Veterans Tamika Catchings, Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird are now four-time Olympic gold-medalists, tying an Olympic record for basketball.

Spain’s silver medal is the first medal the country has won in women’s basketball, and the Spaniards kept it close in the first quarter, in part because Team USA committed a slew of turnovers.

The result isn’t surprising, as the Americans entered the game beating their opponents by more than 38 points per game. The separation is the U.S.’s depth, that a player like Elena Delle Donne, the WNBA’s MVP for the 2015 season, came off the bench.