Unbeaten Aussies beat South Korea

Australia's Jenni Screen (left) vies with South Korea's Younah Choi

Australia's women maintained their bid for Olympic basketball gold with a comfortable 90-62 victory over South Korea to top the Group A standings.

Guard Penny Taylor and centre Suzy Batkovic led the way for the unbeaten Opals with 18 points apiece.

Meanwhile, Anete Jekabsone-Zogota scored 25 points, including a lay-up with seconds left, as Latvia claimed a narrow 79-78 win over winless Brazil.

In Group B, defending champions the US recorded an easy 97-41 win over Mali.

Hosts China defeated New Zealand 80-63, while Spain were 74-55 victors over the Czech Republic.

606: DEBATE Give us your thoughts on the basketball action

Australia are widely regarded as the only team capable of preventing the US from claiming their fourth Olympic title.

But Australia coach Jan Stirling denied the competition was a two-horse race, saying: "Neither I or (American coach) Anne Donovan feel like that. We still have a lot of hard yards to do."