Germany vs France Player Stats, Box Scores and Result for 2024 Paris Olympics Basketball | August 7, 2024

Hosts France squared off against Germany in a crunch 2024 Paris Olympics women's basketball quarterfinal on Wednesday. France started the game with Valeriane Ayayi, Janelle Salaun, Gabby Williams, Marieme Badiane and Romane Bernies. Germany starting lineup comprised Satou Sabally, Alexis Peterson, Marie Guelich, Luisa Geiselsoder and Leonie Fiebich.

France came out and played excellent basketball from the onset with the home crowd cheering the team on. The hosts won the first quarter 23-19 and kept the their foot on the pedal.

In the second quarter, France extended their lead further and went into halftime with a 45-33 lead. The hosts put on a masterclass on the defensive end and restricted Germany to just 14 points in the second quarter.

Gabby Williams and Co. continued to make plays after halftime and never allowed Germany to make a comeback. France won the third quarter 21-16 before winning the game 84-71.

Below, you can see the box scores for both teams.

Germany box score

Player Name	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
Fiebich L.	9	3	3	-	-	2
Geiselsoder L.	4	6	2	-	-	2
Gulich M.	11	-	2	3	-	2
Peterson A.	15	6	3	-	-	3
Sabally N.	20	13	1	2	-	4
Sabally S.	10	6	1	1	-	7
Wilke A.	2	1	-	-	-	1

France box score

PLAYER	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLOCK	TO
Ayayi V.	9	5	4	2	-	3
Badiane M.	-	3	1	2	2	1
Bernies R.	-	-	3	-	-	1
Chery A.	10	1	1	2	-	1
Fauthoux M.	5	2	-	1	-	2
Johannes M.	24	1	-	1	-	1
Lacan L.	3	1	3	1	-	-
Michel S.	3	3	1	2	-	1
Rupert I.	9	4	-	-	5	1
Salaun J.	6	1	1	2	-	-
Williams G.	15	6	5	2	-	-

Looking at how both teams played leading up to Wednesday's Germany vs France game

Leading up to Wednesday's Germany vs France game, both teams finished 2-1 in the Group Phase at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Prior to that, France rattled off five straight wins in its international friendlies leading up to the Summer Olympics, with several of the wins being incredibly dominant.

The team first defeated Finland 129-50 on Jun. 29, before then winning a highly-anticipated rematch several days later 117-59. The team then defeated Serbia on Jul. 12 to record its third straight win before a 75-62 win over Japan on Jul. 19.

In its final international friendly leading up to the Olympics, France picked up a 93-76 win over China to extend its international friendly record to 5-0. Once the Olympics started, the team was able to keep the momentum rolling as it defeated Canada 75-54 in the opening game of the Group Phase.

Les Bleus then picked up another dominant win, defeating Nigeria 75-54 before suffering their first defeat of the summer to Australia on Aug. 4.

On the flip side, the Germans went 6-1 in their international friendlies leading up to the Olympics, first defeating Finland in early July before picking up two dominant wins back-to-back over Portugal and Poland respectively.

Germany then faced adversity in its Jul. 14 game against Puerto Rico to punch its ticket to the Olympics, before going 2-1 in its remaining international friendlies.

Once Olympic action tipped off, the team picked up back-to-back wins over Belgium and Japan to close out the Group Phase. They finished second in Group C.