Aja Wilson scored 19 points, Kelsey Bloom added 17, and the United States beat China 83-61 on Saturday to win its fourth consecutive Women's Basketball World Cup gold medal.
World Cup history for the United States has now won 11 gold medals.
It was also the most significant win in a gold medal match, twice surpassing the Americans' 20-point wins.
It feels important to us. Australia has been great for us. I haven't seen any kangaroos, but that's fine because we're leaving with the gold."
Aja Wilson scored 19 points for the United States in Saturday's victory over China in the gold medal match.
The match was packed with nearly 16,000 fans, the largest to attend a Women's World Cup match since the inaugural tournament in 1953 in Chile.
The Chinese team trailed 33-28 late in the second quarter before the United States took a 10-2 lead, most notably a quick shot by Stewart and Wilson to extend the lead into double digits.
Jin Weina hit a three-pointer before the bell rang at the end of the first half to bring China back to 10.
The US was too good to let the collapse happen, beating China 25-14 for third place. The Americans had a scary moment when Thomas went down after colliding with Lee in the driveway. She was removed from the field but returned a few minutes later.
China won its first medal since the 1994 World Cup, when the team also took home silver and is a growing force in women's basketball. After the game, the group posed for a photo with their flag and big man Yao Ming, president of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Lee finished with 19 points, and Wu added 13 points before leaving the game in the fourth quarter after losing his knee while driving to the basket.
This victory is the 30th consecutive World Cup match for the Americans, who have not lost since the 2006 semi-final against Russia. The Soviet Union holds the World Cup record with 56 straight wins between 1959 and 1986.
This is only the second time in acclaimed history that Americans reaching four successive gold medals.
This American team, which has many new faces, also continued to dominate the paint even without 6-foot-8 Britney Grenier, outscoring opponents by an average of 55-24.
These two teams met in a game of billiards, and China gave the United States their most challenging game, losing 14 points.
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