Canada falls again in womens basketball
The Canadian national womens basketball team had to look at their latest world championship loss the same way they looked at their previous defeats: as a learning experience.
Despite another strong first-half performance, Canada fell 85-57 to Spain Sunday, likely eliminating them from quarter-final contention.
Canada lost to Argentina Saturday after holding leads in each of the first three quarters.
Head coach Allison McNeill says that the team has a tough time competing when its starters arent on the floor.
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Canadas womens team play Senegal on Tuesday to open the FIBA womens world championships in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Its Canadas first appearance at the world tournament since a seventh-place finish in 1994 in Australia.
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Canada beats Venezuela, falls to Lebanon
Canada defeated Venezuela 108-86 in the morning before losing to Lebanon 83-80 later Saturday in a rare two-game day for the Canadian mens national basketball team.
Venezuela arrived late in Slovenia due to travel problems for the International Alpos Cup Friday, so their game against Canada was delayed to Saturday morning.
Edmontons Jermaine Bucknor led Canada with 18 points against Venezuela.
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ISU mens basketball rally past Windsor to open Canada trip
Indiana States mens basketball team struggled at first in its game of a three-game Canadian exhibition swing, but the Sycamores prevailed with improved second half shooting to beat the University of Windsor 58-50 on Saturday.
Windsor led 28-19 at halftime, and according to ISU coach Royce Waltman, the Lancers packed the middle, making easy baskets in the lane tough to come by.
We tried to over-penetrate at times, and we didnt make enough shots, said Waltman in a telephone interview. In the second half, we started scoring points.
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Lithuania crushes Canada at worlds
Canadas womens basketball team lost 84-58 to Lithuania in its second game of the world championships yesterday.
Tammy Sutton-Brown of Markham led Canada with 11 points. Amanda Brown of Montreal had 10 points in the losing effort.
They really came out hard, said coach Allison McNeill. We were pretty flat to start and unfortunately we just couldnt make shots. They were a very, very good team.
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Canadas womens eight advances to final
Canadas womens eight boat is on to the final at the world rowing championships, while the mens eight and mens pair crews have advanced to the semifinals.
The womens eight finished second in its repechage race Thursday in six minutes, 10.26 seconds, despite losing time when Sabrina Kolker of West Vancouver slipped off her seat in the early part of the race.
We were down, but we edged back, said Kolker. It was in the first 500 metres, but I just got back and stayed as calm as possible.
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