Canada’s 3×3 basketball team beats Australia, advances to semifinals at Paris Olympics
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Canada will play for an Olympic medal in women’s 3×3 basketball after downing Australia 21-10 in a play-in game Saturday.
Kacie Bosch put up a team-high nine points for the Canadians, who were in fourth after going 4-3 in preliminary-round action.
Australia — which finished the preliminary round in fifth spot — got five points from Anneli Maley.
The Canadians jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never trailed, even when Bosch was sidelined for several minutes after taking an elbow to the face that required medical attention on the sidelines, leaving her three teammates to play without a substitute.
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Germany and Spain also secured spots in Monday’s medal round by finishing first and second respectively in pool play. They’ll be joined by the winner of Saturday’s late play-in game between the United States and China.
Canada will now face Germany on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. ET, streaming live on CBC Gem and CBC Sports’ Paris 2024 website and app. The gold medal game is set for Sunday at 4 p.m. ET, with the bronze clash just before at 3 p.m. ET.
Paris marks Canada’s first Olympic appearance in 3×3 basketball, coming after the discipline made its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
