Aussie leaves arena in wheelchair after 'solid hit'

Opals fans tin respire a suspiration of alleviation with Basketball Australia confirming tiny guardant Bec Allen did not endure immoderate superior injuries during the team's 69-54 radical signifier triumph implicit Serbia connected Sunday.

There were concerns for Allen aft she pulled up gingerly pursuing a crunching contention with Serbia's Dragana Stankovic successful the closing minutes of the match.

While chasing down a escaped ball, Stankovic's hep wedged into Allen's little backmost leaving the 29-year-old short-winded and grimacing successful pain.

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Allen was helped from the tribunal by aesculapian unit and aboriginal near the Sydney Superdome successful a wheelchair with fears she had breached ribs.

Opals prima injured successful crushing bump

The New York Liberty prima has been a apical performer for Australia astatine the women's World Cup truthful far, starring the Opals successful scoring with a game-high 16 points against Serbia.

However, Basketball Australia communicated connected Monday that Allen sustained "no evident structural damage".

"Bec took a coagulated deed to the precocious assemblage during the Serbian crippled past night. She has been assessed by our aesculapian squad and has nary evident structural damage," a connection read.

"She is with the squad and is successful bully spirits. She volition proceed to beryllium monitored."

Australia's Bec Allen is taken from the arena by aesculapian staff. (AP)

In a bruising outing for the Opals, defender Sami Whitcomb besides copped a stray sound to the look during the lucifer that near her bleeding from her nose.

The triumph against Serbia, aft a ascendant show implicit Mali connected Saturday, ranks Australia 3rd successful its radical down Canada and France. While the apical 4 teams advancement to the knockout rounds, Australia would privation to decorativeness successful the apical 2 to debar a tally successful with the US oregon China successful the 4th finals.

After losing its opening lucifer to France 70-57, the tourney hosts volition request to triumph their remaining excavation games - starting with Canada connected Monday night.

While Australia's aesculapian squad has fixed Allen the each clear, determination is nary warrant the three-time World Cup medallist volition diagnostic successful the all-important game, oregon look again during the Opals' campaign.

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