RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Olympic celebration for Spains womens basketball team is on. The Spaniards are guaranteed to receive the countrys first medal in the sport at the Rio Games.Theyre so excited the party might still be going on, even with Saturdays final looming.Alba Torrens and Astou Ndour each scored 14 points as Spain defeated Serbia 68-54 Thursday, and the Spaniards were barely able to contain their excitement as the final minutes ticked off the clock, dancing and hugging before running on the court to celebrate.Torrens struggled to put into English exactly how she felt about Spain finally being an Olympic medalist.Its something amazing, Torrens said. To win a medal is a dream.Spain will play either the U.S. or France in the gold medal game Saturday. In group play, Spain lost by 40 to the heavily favored Americans.After the final horn, the Spaniards took their time, soaking in the moment. They posed for group photos after the buzzer; about the only thing they didnt do was cut down the nets. Torrens said this is huge for Spain, which has worked so hard to bounce back after missing the 2012 London Games.Spain won the Eurobasket in 2013 and silver at the 2014 World Championships. This is the European nations fourth Olympics, and Spains best finish previously was fourth in 2008. Torrens said this teams accomplishments are shared with everyone over the past few years who worked so hard to return to the games.Today I think that it pays off, but how I say its not only that the people whos here, its from all the people who work in this team and for Spain basketball, Torrens said.Spain reached the gold medal game despite not having center Sancho Lyttle, who also plays for the WNBAs Atlanta Dream, due to broken bone in her right foot.I think people saw we didnt have Sancho they thought we couldnt be as good as wed otherwise be, said Spain guard Leticia Romero, who plays at Florida State. We proved that its not just one player. We fight with each other, for each other. We just show it.While Spain didnt seem too concerned about Saturday, neither did the Serbs -- but for different reasons.Several disappointed Serbia players sat on the court for a few minutes after the game as if their Olympics had ended. Spain led 20-9 after the first quarter and frustrated Serbia all game. Late in the third quarter Sonja Petrovics pass went off a teammates hands out of bounds. Petrovic kicked the Rio 2016 boxes bordering the court along the baseline -- smashing one into pieces.The Serbs are not done, they have one more game. The will play Saturday for a bronze medal, not bad for a country making its Olympic debut in this sport.I feel like we got to put this game out of our mind, said forward Danielle Page, who played in college in the U.S. at Nebraska. We have a chance to do something special and make history for Serbia. We need to focus on the opportunity we have rather than the opportunity we lost.---Online:AP Summer Games website: http://summergames.ap.org/ Mitch Wishnowsky Super Bowl Jersey . A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner Anthony Bosch and several other individuals. 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Even if North Melbourne lose Saturday nights elimination final, Jed Anderson hopes it doesnt end Brent Harveys long-standing connection with the AFL club.Anderson isnt in denial about Harvey being shown the door at Arden Street or the prospect of the 38-year-old playing on at another club in 2017.But the speedster is upbeat his mentor will consider a seamless transition into coaching next year.Hes been at the club for a really long time and itd be hard to see him go. Id love for him to hang around and help develop us younger boys, Anderson told AAP.We could learn more from him and all the things hes done over the last 20 years.But hell decide what he wants to do. Everyones really grateful for everything he has done.Anderson is nearing the end of his first season at North, having joined the club in last years trade period.The 22-year-old is one of many Kangaroos indebted to Harvey, who boasts a record 431 games of experience at the highest level.Anderson has been picking Harveys brain throughout the year, desperate to improve his own approach.Ive been trying to do all the things he does, watching his vision with him and going over it all. Working out what is going on in his head when he does the things he does on the field, he said.You look at how he finds the footy and what hhe does with it - its always exciting isnt it?But the other side is how he goes about it.ddddddddddddAll the little things he does to prepare himself.Hes helping me grow my game and Im trying to adapt and build my game around his position. He does it really well and hopefully in the next few years I can start to grow like hes grown over the course of 20 years.Coach Brad Scott declared no player will be able to fill the void left by Harvey a fortnight ago, when the announced the AFL icon wouldnt be offered a new contract despite his impressive form in 2016.It is a statement Anderson agrees with, having been floated as the closest thing North have to a like-for-like replacement by some judges.Theyre big shoes to fill arent they? Theres a few good small forwards that we have here. Well all need to grow, he said.Andersons more pressing concern is a knock-out clash with Adelaide this weekend.He knows there will be a lot of added emotion as Harvey, Drew Petrie, Nick Dal Santo and Michael Firrito prepare for their final game at North, which will come at some point in the next four weeks.The boys really want to send them out on a high note, Anderson said. ' ' '