The United States women beat France 97-79 to win a twelfth FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. [1] Reuters filed the comeback from 14 down. [1] Al Jazeera filed the twelfth title. [2] A title is a result. Print 97-79. Do not print a thirteenth.

Stewart's night is a box score, not a forever unbeaten. Leave a named later streak recast to later. Print the gold. Print not a closed dynasty.

Print 97-79. Sunday is not a thirteenth title. A twelfth is still a Sunday gold. Print 97-79 as Sunday's named Berlin hold. France silver is still a first final, not a stolen gold. Print the twelfth as still the named count. Print 97-79 as still the result. Twelve titles make a dynasty by any count. Sunday adds the newest.

A 14-point comeback in a final defines eras. Stewart's night joins the program's long highlight reel. France's first final still counts as arrival.

Reels grow; dynasties compound. Sunday's reel is twelve deep. Eras define themselves.

Defined eras keep 97-79; Sunday adds the twelfth. Stewart's night is on the reel. France arrived in a final.

Sunday adds the twelfth. Stewart's night is on the reel. France arrived in a final.

Gold landed in Berlin at 97-79, a twelfth title rather than a thirteenth. America spent the night climbing out of a fourteen-point hole. Stewart's line is numbers, not a legend. France walked into a first final and left with silver.
Gold is 97-79, a twelfth title. Stewart's line is numbers, not a legend. Stewart's night is on the reel.

Gold is 97-79, a twelfth title. Stewart's night is on the reel. Stewart's line is numbers, not a legend.

-- AMARA OKONKWO, Lagos