SYDNEY, Australia — Host Australia handed Canada’s women’s basketball team its first lost at the FIBA World Cup on Monday.
“We knew coming into this it would be a tough group for us” Magbegor said. “Everything would count for us. We have another tough one tomorrow against Japan.”
Nurse drained a three-pointer that gave Canada a 63-60 lead just over three minutes into the final quarter. It was Canada’s final lead as Australia employed a smothering defence to pull away from the Canadians.Article contentRECOMMENDED VIDEOtap here to see other videos from our team“They just played really great team defence towards the end and we made a couple mistakes and they really just punished us for it,” said Fields. “Overall it was a good game and we really fought hard.
The Canadians trailed by five in the early minutes but closed the first quarter with a 15-5 run, and Shay Colley’s three-pointer at the buzzer sent them into the second with a 25-14 lead.Magbegor and Tess Madgen each had six points during the run. “I knew would have his kind of game and I didn’t know when it would be,” said Australia’s Sami Whitcomb, who had 15 points. “It was massive for us tonight, I’m so proud of her. She showed up when we needed her in the biggest moment.”Share this article in your social network
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