Clutch Cayla George buckets in a seven-point defeat of France have steered the Opals from oblivion, into the Paris Games quarter-finals and away from an immediate United States meeting.
Australia's Olympic revival in Lille continued on Sunday with a 79-72 defeat of previously-unbeaten France, a dramatic conclusion to the women's basketball pool stages before action moves to Paris.
The victory, after a shock first-up loss to Nigeria and defeat of Canada, ensured they progressed to the last eight to face Serbia at Bercy Arena on Wednesday.
