WATCH: Highlights from Thursday, Aug. 1 at the 2024 Olympics

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The United States women's basketball team worked harder than they would have liked in an 87-74 win over Belgium on Thursday at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.

Tied 23-23 after the first quarter, the U.S. outscored Belgium 23-15 in the second to take a 46-38 lead into halftime. However, Belgium didn't go away and cut the U.S. lead to 60-53 by the end of the third before the Americans put the game away with a strong fourth quarter.

Breanna Stewart poured in 26 points and A'ja Wilson notched a huge double-double with 23 points and 13 rebounds for the U.S., the seven-time defending gold medalists. The U.S. has won 57 consecutive Olympic games, dating back to the 1992 Barcelona Games.

The win moved the U.S. to 2-0 in group play and qualified them for the quarterfinals. They'll play Germany at 10:15 a.m. CDT Sunday in their final group game.

Here are other highlights from some of Thursday's action during the Paris Olympics:

Swimming: Kate Douglass delivers gold for U.S. in 200m breaststroke

Kiefer, Scruggs lead U.S. to first-ever team fencing gold

Tennis: Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz move on to men's doubles semis

Swimming: Summer McIntosh blitzes 200m butterfly, Regan Smith silver

Tennis: Carlos Alcaraz clinches first Olympic semifinal berth

Tennis: U.S. doubles duo Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram into final

Golf: Round 1 of the men's tournament from Le Golf National

Gymnastics: Suni Lee dazzles on bars in the women's all-around final

Water polo: U.S. keeper Adrian Weinberg scores full-pool goal at buzzer

Men's rowing: U.S. wins first gold medal in eight years

Highlights provided by NBC