Canadian ladies’s basketball group stays good at AmeriCup | CBC Sports activities

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One other rout by Canada’s ladies’s basketball group on the FIBA AmeriCup event.

Shaina Pellington scored 21 factors because the world No. 4-ranked Canadians trounced El Salvador 98-41 to enhance to 3-0 at their first event in 16 months.

Aislinn Konig added 14 factors, whereas Laeticia Amihere grabbed 9 rebounds to go along with eight factors.

The Canadians raced out to a 20-10 first quarter lead, then held Eighty fifth-ranked El Salvador to simply two factors within the second quarter to take a 42-12 benefit into the halftime break. Canada was up 69-29 to start out the fourth.

The Canadians beat the U.S. Virgin Islands 101-41 of their opener, Canada’s very first recreation for the reason that group clinched a Tokyo Olympic berth in February of 2020. They edged Brazil 71-67 in Sport 2.

Canada performs Colombia on Tuesday. The highest two groups from every group advance to the semifinals. The ultimate is Saturday.

The highest 4 groups advance to World Cup qualifying tournaments, Feb. 6-14, 2021. The highest three from every qualifier earn a berth within the World Cup, in Sydney, Australia, Sept. 22-Oct. 1, 2022.

The Canadians are with out WNBA gamers Natalie Achonwa, Kia Nurse and Bridget Carleton, who will be part of the group in Tokyo.

Following the AmeriCup, the Canadian ladies will return to Tampa, Fla., to proceed Olympic preparations. The ladies usually name Edmonton their house base, however could not collect there attributable to COVID-19 protocols and quarantine guidelines, and so are coaching out of the Toronto Raptors’ short-term house.

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