BERLIN (AP) \u2014 A fire alarm went off in the middle of the night at the hotel where most of the Women\u2019s Basketball World Cup teams were staying early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
The players and coaches all had to evacuate the hotel around 2 a.m. before going back in about an hour later. The Americans stay at a different hotel so weren\u2019t affected by the early morning wake-up.<\/p>\n
There was no fire, someone had pushed the emergency alarm button in the elevator, according to Australia coach Sandy Brondello.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a what-if situation, isn\u2019t it?\u201d Brondello said smiling. \u201cNow we have that in our toolbox. Never done that before.\u201d<\/p>\n
The interrupted sleep didn\u2019t seem to hurt Australia, which beat Turkey 87-71<\/a> in the first game of the day that tipped at 11:30 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was kind of crazy. Just kind of happened,\u201d Australia forward Ezi Magbegor said. \u201cKnowing that it\u2019s out of our control, so just getting back to sleep and waking up. No one was going to feel sorry for us.\u201d<\/p>\n Turkish coach Andrea Masson said that he and his players got about three hours of sleep because of the alarm.<\/p>\n \u201cThey had a really bad night last night,\u201d Masson said. \u201cThat\u2019s not an excuse, but that\u2019s the reality.\u201d<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n