NEWARK, DEL — The U.S. Women’s National Team defeated France, 84-62, on Wednesday night at the Bob Carpenter Center at the University of Delaware. It was the second exhibition game for the USA, with two more to go before heading to Rio.

Here are five takeaways from Wednesday’s game:

Tina Charles can be the centerpiece of this offense

Tina Charles has been in MVP form throughout the WNBA season and it has already translated to her time with the U.S. Women’s National Team. Always known as a double-double threat that can dominate the paint, Charles’ game has evolved as she’s mixing in a variety of jumpers, including what coach Geno Auriemma called an “automatic” 15-footer, as well as a much-improved passing game.

These skills differentiate her from the other post-up bigs on the U.S. roster like Sylvia Fowles and Brittney Griner, who bring an equally important defensive intensity and overall physicality, but not the offensive versatility Charles does.

“Before the game, I told her ‘you need to be Tina Charles,’ and when she plays like that in the post we’re going to be a hard team to beat, because she’s just so dynamic down there,” Diana Taurasi said. “She draws so much attention and when she’s dialed in like that it just makes us better, so that was huge for her. We know she can do that for us and she’s just going to continue to be great.”

In Rio, Charles is one of the likely candidates for the team’s leading scorer — she did score a game-high 17 points Wednesday night — and her imprint on the offense could be as pronounced as any.

USA has a size advantage that will create impossible mismatch problems

No team competing in Rio is blessed with as much size as the USA. This we already knew. But what makes the USA’s size so daunting is the different archetypes of players that they have above 6-foot-4. Players like Fowles and Griner are known for clogging the paint while Elena Delle Donne and Breanna Stewart are marveled for their ability to play on the perimeter. Tina Charles, once known purely for playing on the low block, is developing into a hybrid of both.

What makes the USA such a matchup nightmare, then, is how Coach Auriemma utilizes his bigs. Almost always, there’s a combo of posts on the floor that blends these unique talents. Often on Wednesday night it was Fowles teamed with Stewart and then Charles sharing time with Delle Donne.

There may be some countries equipped to match up with one of those bigs, but likely none that will be able to consistently stop both.

This is not a team that will rely on transition points

Contrary to many other superteams compiled of other-worldly athletes that are best in the open floor, this USA team, while still supremely athletic, does not rely on transition points to score. In fact, on Wednesday, the team did not score a single bucket in transition.

The USA’s offense, keyed by veteran point guards Sue Bird, Lindsay Whalen and, at times, Diana Taurasi, is built more on precision than pace, more spacing than speed. Sure, the team will find a way to score some in transition — Angel McCoughtry coming off the bench is the likeliest to add this spark — but a half-court game will not intimidate this squad.

This is not a team that will panic

Playing the role of presumptive favorite is not an easy thing to do. The pressure is always on, and when the score gets unexpectedly close — like it did on Monday night when the USA defeated the Select Team in the final minutes, or like it did on Wednesday night when the USA was up by only one at halftime — a squad predicted to win could get tight and panic.

Not this team.

A veteran-laden squad, led by Taurasi and Tamika Catchings going for an unprecedented fourth gold medal, have unlimited amount of poise. Only leading by one at the half, the vets came back in the third quarter and more than doubled-upped their opponents in the next 10 minutes by outscoring France, 31-15.

“We came back to the locker room and I think we were only up one or two, but we felt like we were playing well,” Taurasi said. “A couple of mistakes here, a couple of turnovers there, a couple of bad shots, you look up and it’s a close game, so we felt good going into the locker room and we knew if we took care of a couple of details that we could break it open.”

Fans in Delaware love EDD … and USA

The scene inside the Bob Carpenter Center on Wednesday was very well received by the members of the U.S. Women’s National Team. Whether it was acknowledging the crowd on the court after the game, or during postgame interviews, the players openly appreciated the showing of the nearly 5,000 fans in attendance.

Of course, Delaware alum Elena Delle Donne was the star of the show, and the crowd roared every time she so much as touched the ball, but the reaction to the other players on the U.S. Women’s National Team was also emphatic. A seemingly knowledgeable fan base, one of the loudest roars of the night actually came when the USA forced a shot clock violation.

“That’s amazing what happened today,” Taurasi said. “That really was awesome, for them to come out and support our team and obviously her because she’s done so much for this state and this college that was really nice to get a reception like that for our team because we never play in America, we’re always across the pond and actually to have a couple of USA chants through the whole crowd, that felt really good, I haven’t had that a lot in my 14-years with the national team.”

Delle Donne echoed the sentiment.

“It was by far the most emotional game I’ve ever played at the Bob,” she said. “To see faces that have been watching me here since eighth grade and have gone along with me in this entire journey with me, and now see me in a USA jersey, which has been my dream my entire life, and really the pinnacle of my career, it was so special to come out and share that with them as well.”