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. Jackie Young paced the US with 19 points off the bench, while WNBA player Satou Sabally topped debutants Germany’s scoring with 15 points. “We knew there’d be real opportunities to learn about ourselves p…