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LANDOVER, Md. -- In their first real chance to play together this preseason, Kirk Cousins and the Washington Redskins offensive starters showed plenty of rust and then progress in a 21-16 victory against the Buffalo Bills on Friday night.With the Bills (1-2) resting almost their entire starting defense, Cousins overcame a rough start to finish 12 of 23 for 188 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. Despite coming mostly against Buffalos second- and third-stringers, it was an important recovery for Cousins, who had thrown only five passes in the preseason and was rested last week.Were going to have slow moments or slow quarters at times, and the key is going to be to find a way to circle the wagons and regroup, said Cousins, who started 3 of 9. The body of work overall was pretty productive, but there were moments where it wasnt as good as it needs to be, and we know that.Undrafted rookie running back Robert Kelley was the brightest spot for Washington (2-1), especially given the previous injuries to Matt Jones and Chris Thompson, and that seventh-round pick Keith Marshall sprained his left elbow on his only carry of the game.I definitely got some work in today, and I think it helped me out, said Kelley, who ran for 51 yards on 12 carries. Every time I get up there I try to put myself in a better situation to make the team, take advantage of the opportunity.Bills starting quarterback Tyrod Taylor played only two series, by coach Rex Ryans design, going 2 of 5 for 11 yards before being replaced by E.J. Manuel, who was 21 of 39 for 221 yards and an interception.Ryan also opted to rest running back LeSean McCoy and several key defenders, including defensive tackle Kyle Williams, linebacker Jerry Hughes and cornerbacks Ronald Darby and Stephon Gilmore.I feel pretty good about the guys that I sat, obviously, and I dont think we can afford to get them hurt, Ryan said. Its as simple as that, and I dont care about the criticism.Redskins coach Jay Gruden took a more conventional dress-rehearsal approach to the third preseason game for the Redskins (2-1) and got the kind of performances hed like to see from top players tight end Jordan Reed, receivers DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon, left tackle Trent Williams, and cornerback Josh Norman.ROOKIE WATCHBills: RB Jonathan Williams ran for 42 yards on 11 carries, including a 37-yard touchdown before leaving with a rib injury. ... CB Kevon Seymour, a sixth-round pick, continued his impressive preseason with four tackles.Redskins: LB Sua Cravens was used on several key third downs with the first-team defense. ... CB Kendall Fuller broke up a pass and intercepted another in the end zone in the final minute.POSITION BATTLESBills: K Dan Carpenter was 3 of 3 on field-goal attempts, connecting from 28, 52 and 52 yards. ... WR Dez Lewis didnt help himself with a drop, while Walter Powell had five catches for 55 yards. ... TE Nick OLeary lost a fumble and quite possibly his grip on a roster spot.Redskins: Mack Brown ran for 43 yards on 11 carries in the second half. ... LG Spencer Long returned after spraining his right ankle, while Shawn Lauvao, had a false-start penalty in the red zone. ... C Kory Lichtensteiger committed three holding penalties two days after Washington acquired C Bryan Stork from the New England Patriots. ... DL Ziggy Hood had a sack and thrived in a bigger role with DE Chris Baker getting the night off.INJURY REPORTBills: TE Chris Gragg and DB Jonathan Downing suffered season-ending torn ACLs. ... QB Cardale Jones (shoulder), LT Cordy Glenn (ankle), WR Marquise Goodwin (concussion) and S Aaron Williams (concussion) didnt dress.Redskins: LB Ryan Kerrigan had a groin strain on the first series, and Gruden said hell have an MRI on Saturday, along with Marshall. ... RT Morgan Moses (sprained left ankle) is considered day to day.QUOTABLERyan on the Bills 13 penalties for 104 yards: Way too many penalties obviously. I think both teams had a million penalties.Gruden on the Redskins 10 penalties for 87 yards: We have to get those cleaned up. Its hard enough to go down the field first-and-10, second-and-10, but when you have first-and-20 and second-and-25, thats darn near impossible in the NFL.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFLNmd Sko Salg . 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Guard Kia Nurse put on an impressive show to spark Canadas comeback in womens basketball on Monday, showing she is nearly completely healthy in just her fifth game back from surgery.Very healthy indeed.She scored 25 points off Canadas bench as the Canadians rallied to stun Serbia 71-67. Nurse, who had sports hernia surgery after helping the UConn Huskies win a fourth straight national title in April, came through with the Canadians needing someone to start making shots.I said after the game, `Welcome back, Canada coach Lisa Thomaidis said. Tremendous effort. Shes such a competitor, theres no one tougher out there. When the games on the line when your team needs someone shes going to step it up and you certainly saw that today.The Canadians (2-0) needed Nurse, a guard who will be a junior in coach Geno Auriemmas UConn program this fall. She had 10 points in the first half, and added nine more in the third to start the scoring for the Canadians with 5:52 left in the third and her team trailing 52-34.Nurse said she feels really good with the pain in her groin all gone. That allowed her to attack the basket and knock down a handful of jumpers.This was a game we reallly wanted to win, Nurse said.dddddddddddd When we play in desperation mode, which we were playing in today, were really, really good.Nayo Raincock-Ekunwes three-point play put Canada ahead to stay, 68-67 with 48.4 seconds left, to finish off the amazing rally. With fans chanting Ca-na-da through much of the fourth quarter as Canada simply smothered and outscored Serbia 26-10 in the fourth quarter.Thomaidis called it a massive win coming against last years European champion.Really proud of this team, the Canadian coach said. We knew the game plan. We didnt execute it in the first half. We got back to it in the second half a little bit more. Had to switch some things up completely since we werent doing them. Give the team credit for executing down the stretch. We hit some big hoops when we needed to.Nurse drove to the basket then passed out to Miah-Marie Langlois for the clinching 3 with 8.7 seconds left for her fifth assist.Serbia (0-2) will regret this missed opportunity in its Olympic debut, especially after some ugly turnovers in the fourth quarter in the face of Canadas defensive pressure. Jelena Milovanovic scored 19 points, and Sonja Petrovic had 15. ' ' '