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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Olympic celebration for Spains womens basketball team is on. The Spaniards are guaranteed to receive the countrys first medal in the sport at the Rio Games.Theyre so excited the party might still be going on, even with Saturdays final looming.Alba Torrens and Astou Ndour each scored 14 points as Spain defeated Serbia 68-54 Thursday, and the Spaniards were barely able to contain their excitement as the final minutes ticked off the clock, dancing and hugging before running on the court to celebrate.Torrens struggled to put into English exactly how she felt about Spain finally being an Olympic medalist.Its something amazing, Torrens said. To win a medal is a dream.Spain will play either the U.S. or France in the gold medal game Saturday. In group play, Spain lost by 40 to the heavily favored Americans.After the final horn, the Spaniards took their time, soaking in the moment. They posed for group photos after the buzzer; about the only thing they didnt do was cut down the nets. Torrens said this is huge for Spain, which has worked so hard to bounce back after missing the 2012 London Games.Spain won the Eurobasket in 2013 and silver at the 2014 World Championships. This is the European nations fourth Olympics, and Spains best finish previously was fourth in 2008. Torrens said this teams accomplishments are shared with everyone over the past few years who worked so hard to return to the games.Today I think that it pays off, but how I say its not only that the people whos here, its from all the people who work in this team and for Spain basketball, Torrens said.Spain reached the gold medal game despite not having center Sancho Lyttle, who also plays for the WNBAs Atlanta Dream, due to broken bone in her right foot.I think people saw we didnt have Sancho they thought we couldnt be as good as wed otherwise be, said Spain guard Leticia Romero, who plays at Florida State. We proved that its not just one player. We fight with each other, for each other. We just show it.While Spain didnt seem too concerned about Saturday, neither did the Serbs -- but for different reasons.Several disappointed Serbia players sat on the court for a few minutes after the game as if their Olympics had ended. Spain led 20-9 after the first quarter and frustrated Serbia all game. Late in the third quarter Sonja Petrovics pass went off a teammates hands out of bounds. Petrovic kicked the Rio 2016 boxes bordering the court along the baseline -- smashing one into pieces.The Serbs are not done, they have one more game. The will play Saturday for a bronze medal, not bad for a country making its Olympic debut in this sport.I feel like we got to put this game out of our mind, said forward Danielle Page, who played in college in the U.S. at Nebraska. We have a chance to do something special and make history for Serbia. We need to focus on the opportunity we have rather than the opportunity we lost.---Online:AP Summer Games website: http://summergames.ap.org/Cheap 76ers Jerseys . Francis told several hundred members of the European Olympic Committees that when sport "is considered only in economic terms and consequently for victory at every cost . Philadelphia 76ers Store . They were putting most of their energy into a record-setting offensive display. https://www.cheap76ers.com/ . Just as Montreal was settling into the first full working week of a new year, the Impact announced the appointment of their new head coach. 76ers Jerseys China . -- Anaheim Ducks captain and leading scorer Ryan Getzlaf has been scratched from Sunday nights game against the Vancouver Canucks because of an upper-body injury. Wholesale 76ers Jerseys . -- Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good.EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State removed the last shades of doubt about who will replace Connor Cook under center this season.Head coach Mark Dantonio said Monday that Tyler OConnor will start the season opener at quarterback.Hes the No. 1 guy, Dantonio said. Hes had a good enough camp to say that at this point.OConnor played in four games last season for the Spartans, throwing for 133 yards and two touchdowns. The fifth-year senior most notably started during the teams upset win against Ohio State in Columbus in November 2015, when Cook was injured.OConnor said earlier this month that he has approached the offseason and thiss training camp with the mentality that hes the starting quarterback.ddddddddddddHe has been the presumptive heir to Cook for the past year, but Dantonio didnt publicly declare him a starter until Monday.Dantonio didnt rule out the possibility of another quarterback playing in some form this season. Senior Damion Terry and sophomore Brian Lewerke are competing for the No. 2 spot. Dantonio said that battle will continue this week in camp.Michigan State opens its season at home on Sept. 2 against Furman. ' ' '