The United States maintained their winning ways in women’s Olympic basketball in their bid for an eighth straight gold with an 87-68 success over Germany in their final group match on Sunday. The US team struggled only in the first quarter in the duel of unbeaten teams when they trailed 15-6 and then 19-16 at the end of it. The match was effectively settled at half-time when the US led 41-29 en route Jackie Young paced the US team with 19 points, while WNBA player Satou Sabally topped debutants Germany’s scoring with 15 points. The US topped Group C into Wednesday’s quarter-finals ahead of the…