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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Geno Auriemma could only smile after his U.S. womens basketball team dominated another opponent.It wasnt so much the final score of the game, but the coach was really excited about the record number of assists the Americans dished out.Tina Charles and Brittney Griner each scored 18 points and the U.S. had 40 assists on its 46 baskets to beat China 105-62 on Sunday. The Americans were unchallenged in group play, winning the five games by an average of 40.8 points, eclipsing the 100-point mark in four of them.When you have 40 assists, that means something, Auriemma said beaming. I talked to a team about that. There cant be anything better in the game of basketball then when you get an assist. When you know that you made it possible for one of your teammates to get an easy basket, thats basketball. Cant play it any better than we played in the first half that was fun to watch.It was fun for those playing as well.The U.S. is on a record-setting scoring pace averaging 104 points, just above the 102.4 mark set by the 1996 team that started the run of five gold medals and 46 consecutive Olympic wins.Things get more serious as the single-elimination quarterfinals begin Tuesday with the U.S. (5-0) facing Japan. Whether the games get more challenging remains to be seen, but the heavily favored Americans need three more wins to capture their sixth consecutive gold medal.In some ways the mindset stays the same, we use our practice sessions and shootarounds to get better, said point guard Sue Bird. At the same time, it has to be a shift. You cant make a mistake now. You have to be ready every single game. Everyone is going to be playing their best.About the only thing that went wrong for the Americans Sunday happened before the game even started. Elena Delle Donne was accidently poked in the eye by Tamika Catchings during warmups and didnt play. Delle Donne spent most of the first quarter icing her right eye.I couldnt see at the beginning, said Delle Donne, who still had some redness on her cheekbone after the game. Be good to go for the next one for sure.Even without the reigning WNBA MVP, the U.S. was too much for China.The Americans jumped out to a 22-point lead after the first quarter as Charles, Maya Moore, Brittney Griner and Sylvia Fowles all got easy layups.Griner also had 13 rebounds to go with her points. The quartet has spent time playing in the Chinese Basketball League in the winters.The Americans set the tone for the game early. Charles had 12 points in the opening quarter.That first 15 minutes it was Tina against China. She was unbelievable, Auriemma said of his former UConn star. That was the Tina Charles I remember and the Tina Charles Ive seen in New York a bunch of times. I dont know how many which ways she scored in the first half.Players enjoyed putting Charles -- and others -- in scoring position.In the opening period Moore stole the ball, raced down the court and then threw an over-the-head pass back to Charles, who converted it into an easy layup. It didnt get any better for China. Despite the loud contingent of Brazilian fans who were backing the underdogs against the U.S., the Chinese team trailed by 34 at the half.We were really determined after playing so well in the first half just to continue that pace, Moore said. Starting the second half or maybe the fourth quarter I think our first six, seven baskets were assisted. ... Its just a really fun atmosphere when were all moving the ball like that.Mengran Sun scored 16 to lead China (1-4), which failed to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2004. 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LOUIS -- Valtteri Filppula assisted on three of Tampa Bays four goals, and the Lightning beat the St. Fast bowlers Vishwa Fernando and Asitha Fernando, and left-arm wristspinner Lakshan Sandakan have been flown in from Sri Lanka As tour of England to the national squad for the first Test against Australia.With so many frontline Test bowlers currently unavailable due to injury, Sri Lankas selectors have been forced to look to the next tier of players for replacements. The three bowlers - all of whom are uncapped - have been in form in recent months, either for the A team, or in domestic cricket.Also flown in from England is batsman Roshen Silva, whose consistency has long made him a Test prospect. Dhananjaya de Silva, who has made ODI and T20 international debuts, and had been in the national teams Test squad to England, has also been named. There is no place, however, for allrounder Milinda Siriwardana, despite him having made an encouraging start to his Test career so far.At 18, Asitha Fernando is by a distance the youngest member of the squad, and has only played two first-class matches so far - both of them against Pakistan A, in England. He took eight wickets at an average of 23 in those matches, and had bowled Sri Lanka A to a tight victory in the first game, in Leicester, taking 5 for 33 in the final innings of that game. He was also a part of Sri Lankas side for the Under-19 World Cup earlier this year.Left-armer Vishwa Fernando, 24, had been in Sri Lankas Test squads to the UAE and Bangladesh in 2014, but had largely been overlooked since then. He now returns having taken a five-wicket haul in the first-class match against Durham in late June, before taking seven wickets across two games against Pakistan A.Sandakan, 25, took five wickets in a List A match against Derbyshire earlier this month, and has also been one of domestic crickets most consistent wicket-takers over the past three years. He was the most successful bowler in the 2015-16 Premier League Tournament, claiming 52 scalps at an average of 23.dddddddddddd19 for Colombo Cricket Club. He had also topped the wicket-taking charts in 2014 - the same year he made it to a Sri Lanka one-day squad, though he did not play a game.Roshen Silva, 27, had also been impressive in the first-class tournament, hitting 678 runs at 56.5, but his selection has been spurred by his recent scores for Sri Lanka A. He recently hit a century and an unbeaten 43 in a first-class match against Durham, and followed it up with scores of 48, 17, 57 and 40 in the first-class games against Pakistan A.Siriwardanas half century in the first-innings of the Australians practice match in Colombo was not enough to see him retain a place in the Test squad. He had been particularly impressive with the bat in New Zealand, and has taken 11 Test wickets at 23.36 - even winning the man-of-the-match award in his second Test - and yet has dropped out of favour with the selectors.Siriwardanas absence, as well as the omissions of Lahiru Thirimanne and Dasun Shanaka, means one of Roshen Silva or Dhananjaya de Silva looks likely to debut in Pallekele. Elsewhere, the same top order that played in the Lords Test is likely to take the field again.Nuwan Pradeep and Suranga Lakmal provide some leadership to the fast-bowling battery, in the absence of Dhammika Prasad, Dushmantha Chameera and the suspended Shaminda Eranga. Rangana Herath is likely to be the first-choice spinner, and Sandakan will have to edge offspinner Dilruwan Perera out of contention if he is to debut in Pallekele.With both Dinesh Chandimal and Kusal Perera in the squad, and probably in the XI, Sri Lanka have to make a choice as to who will keep wickets. ' ' '