| FINAL STANDINGS 1. Russia 2. United States 3. CANADA 4. Japan 5. France 6. Australia 7. China 8. Spain 9. Hungary 10. Latvia 11. Italy 12. Mexico 13. Mali 14. Puerto Rico 15. Korea 16. Egypt | CANADIANS Laeticia Amihere (Mississauga, Ont.) Angela Bongomin (Regina, Sask.) Hailey Brown (Hamilton, Ont.) Sarah Donovan (London, Ont.) Libby Epoch (Moose Jaw, Sask.) Hanna Hall (Hamilton, Ont.) Alyssa Jerome (Toronto, Ont.) Aislinn Konig (Langley, B.C.) Summer Masikewich (Calgary, Alta.) Shaina Pellington (Pickering, Ont.) Andrea Torres (Terrebonne, Que.) Kendra Van Leeuwen (Brantford, Ont.) Taya Hanson (Kelowna, B.C.) – alternate Kyla Shand (Saskatoon, Sask.) – alternate Carly Clarke – coach Ryan Thorne – assistant Claire Meadows – assistant Nick DeAdder – performance analyst Elyse Jobin – physiotherapist Leah Hillier – doctor Kristina Alvero – manager Denise Dignard – director performance management |
| POOL A | USA | CHN | ITA | MAL | Record | ||
| United States | —– | 91-51 | 66-49 | 95-58 | (3-0) | ||
| China | 51-91 | —– | 74-63 | 72-54 | (2-1) | ||
| Italy | 49-66 | 63-74 | —– | 63-54 | (1-2) | ||
| Mexico | 58-95 | 54-72 | 54-63 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL B | RUS | SPN | EGY | PUR | Record | ||
| Russia | —– | 77-58 | 114-63 | 85-50 | (3-0) | ||
| Spain | 58-77 | —– | 88-71 | 74-42 | (2-1) | ||
| Egypt | 63-114 | 71-88 | —– | 69-52 | (1-2) | ||
| Puerto Rico | 50-85 | 42-74 | 52-69 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL C | CAN | FRA | LTV | KOR | Record | ||
| Canada | —– | 54-45 | 72-68 | 91-45 | (3-0) | ||
| France | 45-54 | —– | 69-60 | 63-53 | (2-1) | ||
| Latvia | 68-72 | 60-69 | —– | 69-61 | (1-2) | ||
| Korea | 45-91 | 53-63 | 61-69 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL D | JPN | AUS | HUN | MEX | Record | ||
| Japan | —– | 66-61 | 68-59 | 91-52 | (3-0) | ||
| Australia | 61-66 | —– | 75-51 | 109-34 | (2-1) | ||
| Hungary | 58-69 | 51-75 | —– | 111-67 | (1-2) | ||
| Mexico | 52-91 | 34-109 | 67-111 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| RD16 | United States 104 Puerto Rico 46 | |
| RD16 | France 73 Hungary 58 | |
| RD16 | Spain 59 Italy 49 | |
| RD16 | Japan 86 Korea 47 | |
| RD16 | Canada 64 Mexico 43 | |
| RD16 | China 85 Egypt 43 | |
| RD16 | Russia 90 Mali 66 | |
| RD16 | Australia 61 Latvia 56 | |
| 9-16th | Hungary 90 Puerto Rico 46 | |
| 9-16th | Italy 78 Korea 59 | |
| 9-16th | Mexico 70 Egypt 66 | |
| 9-16th | Latvia 60 Mali 46 | |
| QFs | United States 78 France 51 | |
| QFs | Japan 95 Spain 71 | |
| QFs | Canada 68 China 65 | |
| QFs | Russia 67 Australia 65 | |
| 13-16th | Puerto Rico 77 Korea 72 | |
| 13-16th | Mali 85 Egypt 56 | |
| 9-12th | Hungary 73 Italy 65 | |
| 9-12th | Latvia 84 Mexico 66 | |
| 5-8th | Australia 70 China 64 | |
| 5-8th | France 55 Spain 53 | |
| Semi | United States 73 Japan 66 | |
| Semi | Russia 65 Canada 41 | |
| 15th | Korea 74 Egypt 57 | |
| 13th | Mali 61 Puerto Rico 58 | |
| 11th | Italy 72 Mexico 54 | |
| 9th | Hungary 75 Latvia 61 | |
| 7th | China 74 Spain 56 | |
| 5th | France 47 Australia 45 | |
| Bronze | Canada 67 Japan 60 | |
| Final | Russia 86 United States 82 | |
In its opener, Canada thrashed Korea 91-45 after leading 12-11, 38-22 and 69-30 at the quarters. Canadian coach Carly Clarke said “we were a little sloppy to get the game started today. There were some nerves and anxiety, it being our first game, but once we settled in, we did a good job of defending and rebounding the basketball. We had a size advantage that we used well and that was demonstrated in our offensive rebounding and number of free throw attempts. Lots of clean up to be better tomorrow against France but a great first win in the tournament.” Laeticia Amihere said “our first game was good, but we still have a lot to work on. I’m excited for the next games to come because we know what we need to work on and every game will get better.” Six different Canadians scored 10 to pace the scoring parade. Summer Masikewich scored 10 on 3-5 from the floor, 4-11 from the line and 6 boards. Shaina Pellington scored 10 on 4-4 from the floor, 2-5 from the line, 7 boards and 2 steals. Hailey Brown scored 10 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-10 from the line and 13 boards. Alyssa Jerome scored 10 on 4-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-3 from the line and 10 boards. Sarah Donovan scored 10 on 5-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and boards. Laeticia Amihere scored 10 on 3-6 from the floor, 4-8 from the line, 8 boards and 3 assists. Aislinn Konig notched 9 on 3-8 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 assists. Angela Bongomin scored 9 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Libby Epoch added 6 on 0-2 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 4 boards and 3 assists. Hanna Hall scored 6 on 1-1 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Kendra Van Leeuwen added 2 on 1-1 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 6 boars, while Andrea Torres was scoreless and nabbed 3 boards. Canada hit 32-69 (.464) overall, 27-48 (.563) from the floor, 5-21 (.238) from the arc and 22-45 (.489) from the line, while garnering 81 boards, including 32 on the offensive glass, 15 assists, 13 fouls, 22 turnovers, 5 steals and 1 block. Jihyun Park paced Korea with 13 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 6-10 from the line, 4 boards, 3 assists and 4 steals. Juyeon Lee added 11 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 2 steals. Yunjeong Na scored 8 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-16 from the arc and 2 boards. Jihyun Cha scored 4 on 2-2 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 2 boards. Gyeongrim Park added 3 on 0-2 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc. Semin Jin added 2, Nayeon Kim 2 and Min Jung Kim 2, while Sojung Lee, Hyemi Lee, Dunarang Kim and Jieun Kim were scoreless. Korea (coached by Young Min Kim, assisted by Ji Yun Bang and Sanghoon Lee) hit 14-68 (.206) overall, 9-27 (.333) from the floor, 5-41 (.122) from the arc and 12-20 (.600) from the line, while garnering 21 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 28 fouls, 10 turnovers, 10 steals and 1 block.
Canada improved to 2-0 by clipping France 54-45. France led 13-11 after one quarter. Canada led 26-21 at the half and 41-36 after three quarters. Coach Carly Clarke said “we had a great team win over France today. We did a tremendous job of executing our defensive game plan and stuck with it for forty minutes. France made multiple runs at us but we kept our composure. One of the major keys to the game was rebounding the basketball and we did a great job of controlling the boards. Great win to give us some momentum going forward to finish group play.” Hailey Brown said “today’s game against France was a great team effort. Playing France in exhibition prior to the tournament let us know what to expect from them. Everyone bought into their role and did their jobs well. We had a great team meeting before the game to set expectations and that helped us win. We have the day off tomorrow to recover and get ready to finish off pool play against Latvia on Tuesday.” Hailey Brown paced Canada with 17 on 7-14 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3-6 from the line and 8 boards. Laeticia Amihere added 12 on 6-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the line, 11 boards and 3 blocks. Alyssa Jerome added 8 on 3-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 7 boards. Aislinn Konig scored 8 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 3 boards and 8 assists. Hanna Hall added 5 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 3 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Kendra Van Leeuwen scored 3 on 1-1 from the arc and 5 boards. Shaina Pellington added 1 on 0-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards and 3 assists, while Libby Epoch, Sarah Donovan, Summer Masikewich, Angela Bongomin and Andrea Torres were scoreless. Masikewich nabbed 4 boards. Canada hit 22-59 (.373) overall, 20-49 (.408) from the floor, 2-10 from the arc and 8-18 (.444) from the line, while garnering 60 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 16 fouls, 21 turnovers, 4 steals and 3 blocks. Kadiatou Sissoko paced France with 12 on 5-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 8 boards. Marie-Paule Foppossi added 12 on 3-11 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 6 boards and 3 steals. Loreen Kerboeuf added 7 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 4 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Camille Lenglet scored 6 on 3-9 from the floor and 0-3 from the arc. Myriam Dejkoundade scored 5 on 1-1 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 4 boards. Hortense Limouzin added 2 and Amandine Michaud 1, while Amandine Toi, Tima Pouye, Shelby Sainte Juste, Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi and Ludivine Marie were scoreless. France (coached by Julien Egloff, assisted by David Gautier and Damien Leroux) hit 17-76 (.224) overall, 15-52 (.288) from the floor, 2-24 (.083) from the arc and 9-12 (.750) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 18 fouls, 7 turnovers, 12 steals and 5 blocks.
Canada closed out pool play by edging Latvia 72-68 (according to the official boxscore). FIBA also reported the score at 74-70, with Latvia leading 21-19 after one quarter and 33-29 at the half, and Canada leading 55-48 after three quarters. But a FIBA official said the official box score was actually correct. Canadian coach Carly Clarke said “we knew going into this game Latvia was going to be a challenging matchup. They are a tough defensive and disciplined team. We were happy to grind out a win and we knew it would be a forty-minute battle. Ace had a very special performance with 10 threes and it was exciting as a team to work together to get her the ball to make open shots. We are continuing to buy into that process of togetherness. It’s great to take home first place in our pool and we look forward to playing in the round of 16 tomorrow.” Aislin Konig said “today’s game was a real team effort. Everyone battled with such heart and determination despite the obstacles placed in front of us. Today I had the hot hand, but all the credit goes to my teammates because they were the ones finding me and trusting me to hit that shot. This was an important win and a great way to head into bracket play.” Aislinn Konig paced Canada with 32 on 1-1 from the floor, 10-15 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 assists. Shaina Pellington added 15 on 5-10 from the floor, 5-8 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. Laeticia Amihere added 14 on 5-10 from the floor, 4-9 from the line, 5 boards and 3 assists. Alyssa Jerome scored 7 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards, 6 assists and 3 blocks. Hanna Hall added 3 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 1-4 from the line, 3 boards and 5 assists. Hailey Brown scored 3 on 1-8 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 1-4 from the line, 14 boards and 2 assists, while Libby Epoch, Sarah Donovan, Summer Masikewich, Andrea Torres, Kendra Van Leeuwen and Angela Bongomin were scoreless. Masikewich nabbed 3 boards. Canada hit 26-61 (.426) overall, 16-39 (.410) from the floor, 10-22 (.455) from the arc and 12-27 (.444) from the line, while garnering 47 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 21 assists, 17 fouls, 21 turnovers, 3 steals and 4 blocks. Dinija Pavelsone paced Latvia with 19 on 5-7 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 7 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Digna Strautmane added 14 on 7-17 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc and 7 boards. Mara Mote added 8 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Laura Grabe added 6 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards and 3 assists. Linda Svenne added 5 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 4 boards. Janeta Rozentale added 5 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 8 boards. Marianna Klavina added 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 3 assists. Luize Septe scored 5 on 1-2 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Sabine Lipe added 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 assists. Ivanda Hudjakova added 1 on 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards, while Maija Gertsone and Alise Markova were scoreless. Latvia (coached by Ainars Cukste, assisted by Matiss Graudins and Daiga Zvirble) hit 28-75 (.373) overall, 21-50 (.420) from the floor, 7-25 (.280) from the arc and 7-11 (.636) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 17 assists, 23 fouls, 13 turnovers, 8 steals and 2 blocks.
In the round of 16, Canada pounded Mexico 64-43 after leading 22-5, 43-18 and 59-23 at the quarters. “Overall happy with the effort today. The team came out ready to play from the start and established a good lead. We will take the win as it’s do or die moving forward. We’re off to the quarter-finals and will turn our attention there as we get focused to play either China or Egypt,” said coach Carly Clarke. Summer Masikewich said “I think we played really unified as a team today and executed our key points like boxing out and rebounding. We also focused on getting some paint touches into our post because of our size advantage. I think we executed that well and we came out with some great scores.” Alyssa Jerome paced Canada with 12 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. Angela Bongomin added 10 on 5-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and 7 boards. Summer Masikewich scored 10 on 3-5 from the floor, 4-7 from the line and 7 boards. Aislinn Konig added 9 on 0-2 from the floor, 3-9 from the arc, 2 boards and 5 assists. Hailey Brown scored 8 on 4-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 7 boards. Laeticia Amihere added 8 on 4-7 from the floor, 5 boards and 2 blocks. Libby Epoch scored 3 on 1-3 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 assists. Sarah Donovan scored 3 on 0-1 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc. Hanna Hall added 1 on 0-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards and 3 assists, while Kendra Van Leeuwen, Andrea Torres and Shaina Pellington were scoreless. Van Leeuwen nabbed 4 boards and dished 3 assists. Torres nabbed 5 boards. Canada hit 25-65 (.385) overall, 19-37 (.514) from the floor, 6-28 (.214) from the arc and 8-14 (.571) from the line, while garnering 56 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 17 assists, 17 fouls, 18 turnovers, 4 steals and 8 blocks. Alexia Gonzalez paced Mexico with 12 on 0-4 from the floor, 4-9 from the arc and 6 boards. Abdi Xicotencatl added 9 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-5 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Ornella Rivera added 6 on 3-6 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 assists. Valeria Tapia scored 6 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-5 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Zaira Alvarado added 5 on 1-2 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 3 boards. Maria Gastelum scored 3 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Gabriela Rosas added 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 3 boards and 3 steals, while Carlota Martin Del Campo, Diana Villalobos, Daniela Sanchez, Patricia Ayala and Itzel Figueroa were scoreless. Villalobos dished 3 assists. Mexico (coached by Oswaldo Israel Zemeno Cisneros, assisted by Rigoberto Cortes Palomares and Viridiana Villavicencio Melendrez) hit 15-60 (.250) overall, 10-36 (.278) from the floor, 5-24 (.208) from the arc and 8-18 (.444) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 18 fouls, 14 turnovers, 10 steals and 2 blocks.
In the quarterfinals, Canada edged China 68-65. China led 21-10 after one quarter and 28-26 at the half. Canada led 48-45 after three quarters on a late trey from Aislinn Konig, and by 10 with three minutes to play, withstanding a furious last run by China as Laeticia Amihere drove for a critical bucket down the stretch. Coach Carly Clarke said “another great team win. We talked a lot about weathering the storm and playing through adversity. I thought we did a great job of keeping our composure when China got off to a hot start. Once we settled down, we were able to execute our game plan on both ends of the floor. We are thrilled to move on and have the opportunity to play for a medal. We are going to rest up, recover and prepare for our game against Russia tomorrow.” Laeticia Amihere said “I’m glad we pulled through and got the win today. We came in fighting and knew it was going to be a battle to the end. It was more of a redemption game for us because a lot of us played in the quarter-finals last year and fell short. Today’s game was a great show of character and I’m excited to keep on playing and following in the men’s footsteps (who won gold at the U19 Worlds a month earlier).” Laeticia Amihere paced Canada with 21 on 10-20 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 5 boards. Hailey Brown added 13 on 4-11 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 13 boards and 2 assists. Shaina Pellington scored 12 on 6-12 from the floor, 4 boards and 2 assists. Aislinn Konig added 9 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 3 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Hanna Hall scored 6 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 7 assists. Alyssa Jerome added 5 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Summer Masikewich scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 2 boards, while Libby Epoch, Kendra Van Leeuwen, Sarah Donovan, Andrea Torres and Angela Bongomin were scoreless. Van Leeuwen nabbed 2 boards. Canada hit 28-71 (.394) overall, 25-59 (.424) from the floor, 3-12 (.250) from the arc and 9-12 (.750) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 18 assists, 13 fouls, 8 turnovers, 7 steals and 1 block. Jiaqi Wang paced China with 21 on 2-9 from the floor, 4-10 from the arc, 5-7 from the line, 8 boards and 7 assists. Xu Han added 19 on 8-15 from the floor, 3-6 from the line, 14 boards and 2 steals. Yuan Li added 10 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 3 boards and 5 assists. Yu Tang scored 10 on 5-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 7 boards. Saiqi Jia added 5 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 7 boards, 7 assists and 2 steals, while Liwen Liang, Zhuoya Fang, Shuangyan Tan, Lu Liu, Xueyan Liu, Yueru Li and Yijia Cao were scoreless. Liang nabbed 4 boards. China (coached by Xuedi Cong, assisted by Jianxin Li) hit 25-67 (.373) overall, 18-42 (.419) from the floor, 7-24 (.292) from the arc and 8-15 (.533) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 20 assists, 13 fouls, 15 turnovers, 5 steals and 8 blocks.
In the semis, Russia torched Canada 65-41. Russia led 20-10, 43-17 and 56-24 at the quarters. Canada was never in contention. Coach Carly Clarke said “really tough loss today. When you get to this point in a world championship the games get increasingly tougher. Russia came out very prepared, shot well in the first half and just outplayed us. Their physicality influenced our play and we weren’t able to bounce back. Now we look ahead and focus on trying to bring a bronze medal home to Canada tomorrow.” Alyssa Jerome said “today was definitely a tough game. We got away from what was working for us, which was playing as a team. Russia is a great team and we struggled against them. We have to look past what happened today and get ready for tomorrow. We are still competing for a medal which was our goal coming into the tournament and we are hoping to finish with a bronze.” Raisa Musina paced Russia with 22 on 4-13 from the floor, 3-3 from the arc, 5-5 from the line, 16 boards, 3 assists and 2 blocks. Maria Vadeeva added 13 on 4-14 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 11 boards and 2 assists. Daria Kurilchuk scored 10 on 0-5 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Viktoriia Zavialova added 10 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 2 boards and 3 assists. Olesya Safonova added 5 on 0-3 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 assists. Victoria Cheren added 3 on 0-2 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 10 boards and 4 assists. Margarita Pleskevich added 2 on 1-1 from the floor, while Olga Stolyar, Eleonora Oleynikova, Sofia Kornienko, Svetlana Kramar and Valentina Kozhukhar were scoreless. Russia (coach Alexander Kovalev, assistant Denis Kandalov, assistant Andrey Ruzanov) hit 22-72 (.306) overall, 11-50 (.220) from the floor, 11-22 (.500) from the arc and 10-11 (.909) from the line, while garnering 58 boards, including 19 on the offensive glass, 18 assists, 12 fouls, 8 turnovers, 2 steals and 3 blocks. Hailey Brown paced Canada with 7 on 3-9 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 5 boards. Sarah Donovan added 6 on 2-2 from the floor, 2-2 from the line. Shaina Pellington scored 5 on 2-8 from the floor, 1-1 from the line and 2 boards. Angela Bongomin scored 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the line and 3 boards. Alyssa Jerome scored 5 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2 boards and 2 assists. Laeticia Amihere added 4 on 2-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and 8 boards. Andrea Torres added 4 n 2-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and 2 boards. Kendra Van Leeuwen added 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 assists. Summer Masikewich scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 4 boards. Hanna Hall added 1 on 0-3 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards, while Libby Epoch and Aislin Konig were scoreless. Konig nabbed 3 boards. Canada hit 17-66 (.258) overall, 16-51 (.314) from the floor, 1-15 (.067) from the arc and 6-10 from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 21 fouls, 9 turnovers, 5 steals and 2 blocks.
In the bronze medal match, Canada defeated Japan 67-60. Canada took a 14-10 lead after one quarter after Hanna Hall hit a buzzer-beating trey. They took a 33-27 lead at the half as Alyssa Jerome duplicated the feat. To cap off the miracles, Kendra Van Leeuwen nailed a trey at the buzzer to give Canada a 50-45 after three quarters and they held on for the win. Coach Carly Clarke said “incredibly proud of this team and this accomplishment. Following a tough loss last night, it sometimes hard to bounce back within a day. But our girls showed tremendous resilience, pride and determination to show up ready to go today. We did a tremendous job defending Japan and that really fed into our offensive game. We got back to moving and sharing the ball, playing inside outside. It truly was a complete team effort to bring home the bronze medal. I’m extremely proud of this accomplishment for these athletes. They have worked so hard, put so much time and effort into accomplishing it and they one hundred percent earned it.” Alyssa Jerome said “we are so happy to be leaving here with the bronze medal. It was a tough game as Japan put up a really great battle. We all wanted to leave here with a medal, so we worked really hard to do that. It couldn’t have been done without all the support that we had from our coaches, to our managers, to our attachés. It was all a great team effort, everyone was so connected and it showed in this final game.” Laeticia Amihere paced Canada with 13 on 6-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 10 boards and 2 assists. Hailey Brown added 12 on 3-12 from the floor, 6-6 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. Hanna Hall scored 10 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3-6 from the line, 3 boards and 4 assists. Aislinn Konig scored 8 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-9 from the arc, 2 boards and 2 assists. Kendra Van Leeuwen added 8 on 1-1 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 5 boards and 4 assists. Shaina Pellington added 6 on 3-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Alyssa Jerome scored 6 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 8 boards, 2 steals and 3 blocks. Summer Masikewich added 2 on 1-1 from the floor. Angela Bongomin scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor, while Libby Epoch, Sarah Donovan and Andrea Torres were scoreless. Canada hit 25-58 (.431) overall, 19-41 (.463) from the floor, 6-17 (.353) from the arc and 11-16 (.688) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 17 assists, 14 fouls, 19 turnovers, 4 steals and 4 blocks. Himawari Akaho paced Japan with 13 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 10 boards. Haruki Takahara added 13 on 4-9 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Kiho Miyashita added 12 on 6-8 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Satsuki Shibuya scored 7 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 2 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Stephanie Mawuli scored 7 on 3-12 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Kadysha Juna Umezawa added 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 7 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Miwa Kuribayashi added 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 2 boards, while Miki Sasaka, Izumi Abe, Moeka Era, Haruna Kasagi and Ayumi Fujita were scoreless. Japan (coached by Mikiko Hagiwara, assisted by Mayumi Tomiyama) hit 26-74 (.351) overall, 23-51 (.451) from the floor, 3-23 (.130) from the arc and 5-7 (.714) from the line, while garnering 38 boards, including 20 on the offensive glass, 17 assists, 15 fouls, 12 turnovers, 10 steals and 4 blocks.
The all-tournament team included MVP Maria Vadeeva (Russia); Raisa Musina (Russia); Laeticia Amihere (Canada); Chennedy Carter (United States); and Ty Harris (United States).