| FINAL STANDINGS: 1. Australia 2. England 3. New Zealand 4. CANADA 5. Jamaica Mozambique 7. Malaysia India | CANADIANS Jacey Bailey (Burnaby, B.C.) Niyah Becker (Winnipeg, Man.) Danielle Boiago (Hamilton, Ont.) Shay Colley (Brampton, Ont.) Paige Crozon (Humboldt, Sask.) Ruth Hamblin (Houston, B.C.) Alexandra Kiss-Rusk (Beaconsfield, Que.) Summer Masikewich (Calgary, Alta.) Ceejay Nofuente (Toronto, Ont.) Daneesha Provo (Dartmouth, N.S.) Merissah Russell (Ottawa, Ont.) Catherine Traer (Chelsea, Que.) Steve Baur – coach Fabian McKenzie – assistant Michelle Bell – therapist Nick Deadder – performance analyst Denise Dignard – team leader |
| POOL A | AUS | CAN | ENG | MOZ | Record | ||
| Australia | —– | 100-61 | 118-55 | 113-53 | (3-0) | ||
| Canada | 61-100 | —– | 80-54 | 85-53 | (2-1) | ||
| England | 55-118 | 54-80 | —– | 78-51 | (1-2) | ||
| Mozambique | 53-113 | 53-85 | 51-78 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL B | NZL | JAM | MAL | IND | Record | ||
| New Zealand | —– | 80-49 | 86-44 | 90-55 | (3-0) | ||
| Jamaica | 49-80 | —– | 81-58 | 66-57 | (2-1) | ||
| Malaysia | 44-86 | 58-81 | —– | 85-72 | (1-2) | ||
| India | 55-90 | 57-66 | 72-85 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| QFs | New Zealand 79 Mozambique 63 | |
| QFs | England 62 Jamaica 40 | |
| Semi | Australia 109 New Zealand 50 | |
| Semi | England 65 Canada 53 | |
| Bronze | New Zealand 74 Canada 58 | |
| Final | Australia 99 England 55 | |
In their opener, Canada whipped England 80-54. The score was knotted at 15 after one quarter. Canada led 41-32 at the half and 66-43 after three quarters. Canada bridged the half with a 9-0 run and pulled away in the third quarter. “This is our first game together so we started slow, but toward the end we played well,” Shay Colley told Canadian Press. Canadian coach Steve Bauer said “I think the team and probably myself shared some of the same things. We started off a little tight but as we got into the flow and loosened up a little bit, things got cleaner. We’ll finish this now and be able to assess the things we were doing well, which is something to build on, and there is a couple things we need to tidy up before we see Australia.” Ruth Hamblin said “you could tell it was our first game as it was a bit shaky in the first half. We were getting good looks but we couldn’t quite finish them. I thought that we played together and played really well and just kind of trusted the principles that we’ve been working on the past few weeks.” Daneesha Provo told the Halifax Chronicle-Herald that “it was a lot of fun, obviously there’s a sense of awe when you get to play for your country. It was fun to be out there with my cousin Shay Colley, just being able to compete with her. It was a great experience, being able to play at a high level again and really good to be back because I (haven’t played) for a month. … We weren’t expecting to beat them by that much because they’re an older team. They gave us a lot of freedom to play out there with each other, since it was our first time playing in a big tournament. And it was good experience for the coaches.” Shay Colley paced Canada with 14 on 1-9 from the floor, 4-6 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 3 boards and 4 assists. Daneesha Provo added 14 on 1-6 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 6-6 from the line and 4 boards. Alexandra Kiss-Rusk added 10 on 5-10 from the floor, 9 boards, 3 assists and 2 blocks. Ruth Hamblin notched 9 on 3-5 from the floor 1-1 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 3 blocks. Ceejay Nofuente scored 9 on 0-2 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards, 5 assists and 3 steals. Summer Masikewich scored 7 on 2-4 from the floor, 3-5 from the line, 3 boards and 2 steals. Jacey Bailey added 5 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 assists. Danielle Boiago added 5 on 1-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Merissah Russell added 2 on 2-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Catherine Traer scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Paige Crozon added 2 on 0-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Niyah Becker added 1 on 0-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Canada hit 24-70 (.340) overall, 13-42 (.310) from the floor, 11-28 (.390) from the arc and 21-28 (.750) from the line, while garnering 52 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 21 assists, 14 turnovers, 10 steals, 6 blocks and 16 fouls. Georgia Jones paced England with 11 on 2-3 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 4 assists. Hannah Shaw added 7 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards. Rachael Vanderwal notched 7 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 5 boards and 3 assists. Chantelle Pressley added 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 6 boards. Melita Emanuel-Carr scored 5 on 1-5 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc. Eilidh Simpson scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 2 assists. Azania Stewart added 4 on 1-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 8 boards. Dominique Allen scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor and 4 boards. Mollie Campbell notched 3 on 1-1 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Siobhan Prior added 3 on 0-1 from the floor and 1-2 from the arc, while Nicolette Fong Lyew Quee and Stefanie Collins were scoreless. England (coached by Jose Buceta-Fernandez, assisted by Vanessa Ellis and Christopher Bunten) hit 21-67 (.310) overall, 17-47 (.360) from the floor, 4-20 (.200) from the arc and 8-13 (.620) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 22 turnovers, 6 steals, 8 blocks and 25 fouls.
Canada evened its round-robin record at 1-1 after being pounded 100-61 by Australia, which led 28-7, 50-20 and 69-42 at the quarters. Australia opened with a 10-0 run and Canada never threatened. Canadian coach Steve Baur said “this was a great environment and team to measure ourselves against tonight. We now have a visual, and feel, for how important the details are. We have items to clean up and items we can control. And have the chance to apply these lessons tomorrow.” Alexandra Kiss-Rusk said “we dug ourselves into a bit of a hole early but we definitely learned a lot. We’re a young team so we’re hoping to take a lot of what we learned today forward into the rest of the tournament and hopefully we’ll get to play them again.” Elizabeth Cambage paced Australia with 23 on 9-11 from the floor, 5-6 from the line and 3 boards. Stephanie Talbot added 4 on 4-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 5 boards and 3 assists. Stephanie Blicavs added 10 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 3-4 from the line. Belinda Snell notched 10 on 1-2 from the floor 2-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Kelsey Griffin scored 9 on 3-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards, 3 assists and 5 steals. Jenna O’Hea added 7 on 3-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards and 3 assists. Ezi Macbegor scored 6 on 1-2 from the floor, 4-10 from the line and 2 boards. Alice Kunek added 6 on 3-3 from the floor. Nicole Seekamp scored 5 on 2-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards and 4 assists. Katie Ebzery added 5 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Cayla George scored 3 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 8 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Tessa Lavey added 2 on 1-4 from the floor and 2 boards. Australia (coached by Sandy Brondello, assisted by Paul Goriss and Cheryl Chambers) hit 36-62 (.580) overall, 31-45 (.690) from the floor, 5-17 (.290) from the arc and 23-36 (.640) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 23 assists, 14 turnovers, 12 steals, 2 blocks and 17 fouls. Alexandra Kiss-Rusk paced Canada with 15 on 5-8 from the floor, 5-6 from the line, 9 boards and 2 assists. Daneesha Provo added 13 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 6-6 from the line and 4 boards. Paige Crozon scored 10 on 2-4 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 4 boards. Shay Colley added 9 on 3-7 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc and 4 assists. Ruth Hamblin notched 4 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 8 boards and 2 steals. Catherine Traer added 2 on 0-2 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Danielle Boiago added 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc and 4 assists. Ceejay Nofuente added 2 on 1-4 from the floor and 0-2 from the arc. Jacey Bailey added 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 0-1 from the arc. Summer Masikewich added 2 on 2-4 from the line and 5 boards, while Merissah Russell and Niyah Becker were scoreless. Russell nabbed 2 boards. Canada hit 21-68 (.310) overall, 17-40 (.430) from the floor, 4-28 (.140) from the arc and 15-20 from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 21 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 24 turnovers, 6 steals and 28 fouls.
Canada closed out round-robin play at 2-1 by crushing Mozambique 85-53 after leading 28-11, 43-28 and 71-41 at the quarters. Canada quickly broke to a double-digit lead and was never threatened, quelling every erstwhile threat with timely shooting from beyond the arc. Canadian coach Steve Baur said “one of the big things we had touched on from the first two games is putting ourselves in a better position to start. We had talked about the elements we thought would allow that to happen and we’re pretty pleased today that we had a better first five minutes to both the first half and second half.” Ceejay Nofuente said “we were able to bounce back after the loss last night and come together as a team and end pool play out on a strong note with a win.” Ruth Hamblin paced Canada with 13 on 6-9 from the floor, 1-5 from the line, 10 boards and 5 blocks. Daneesha Provo added 13 on 1-2 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 5 assists. Ceejay Nofuente added 12 on 3-5 from the arc, 3-3 from the line and 6 assists. Alexandra Kiss-Rusk added 10 on 5-8 from the floor, 8 boards and 4 assists. Catherine Traer added 8 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 assists. Paige Crozon scored 8 on 0-2 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 8 boards and 3 assists. Danielle Boiago added 8 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc and 2 assists. Niyah Becker scored 5 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 2 boards. Merissah Russell notched 4 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Jacey Bailey added 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc and 4 boards, while Summer Masikewich and Shay Colley were scoreless. Masikewich nabbed 2 boards. Canada hit 30-68 (.440) from the floor, 18-38 (.470) from the floor, 12-30 (.400) from the arc and 13-18 (.720) from the line, while garnering 54 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 24 assists, 19 turnovers, 4 steals, 14 blocks and 16 fouls. Deolinda Gimo paced Mozambique with 13 on 5-9 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 3 steals. Odelia Mafanela added 10 on 3-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-7 from the line, 6 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Elioteria Lhavanguane added 9 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 9 boards and 3 steals. Ingvild Mucauro scored 7 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 5 boards and 4 assists. Elizabeth Pereira added 5 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 3 boards. Aquila Mucubaquire added 3, Iliana Ventura 2, along with 2 boards, Anabela Cossa 2, Ana Jaime 2, while Delma Zita, Onelia Mutombene and Dulce Mabjaia were scoreless. Zita nabbed 2 boards. Mozambique (coached by Deolinda Ngulela, assisted by Leonel Manhique) hit 20-70 (.290) overall, 16-50 (.320) from the floor, 4-20 (.200) from the arc and 9-15 (.600) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 11 assists, 16 turnovers, 15 steals, 1 block and 19 fouls.
Canada finished 2-1 in pool play, qualifying for the semis.
In the semis, England stunned Canada 65-53 after leading 16-14, 35-19 and 54-38 at the quarters. England took command with a 12-2 run to start the second quarter. Canada never seriously threatened thereafter. “I’m really proud of all of us,” said England’s Stefanie Collins. “We really came together as a squad, we believed in ourselves and we wanted to get away with a medal.” Canadian post Ruth Hamblin said “certainly disappointing to go down to a team we beat in pool play but I think that there are a lot of lessons that we learned as a young team tonight. I think recovery tonight is going to be important and we can go into tomorrow with a chance to make history for Canada.” Coach Steve Bauer said “credit to them. They took us out of what we were trying to do early on. I thought once we got out of rhythm, we had a hard time getting ourselves back into it. They kept it out of the post and we were trying to get that established early on. Without that we seemed a little disorganized for a bit on offence.” Rachael Vanderwal paced England with 20 on 6-11 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 6 assists. Chantelle Pressley added 11 on 4-6 from the floor, 3-5 from the line, 5 boards and 3 steals. Georgia Jones scored 7 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Stefanie Collins added 7 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 8 boards and 2 assists. Azania Stewart scored 6 on 2-7 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 12 boards and 3 assists. Eilidh Simpson scored 6 on 0-3 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc and 2 assists. Melita Emanue-Carr scored 6 on 0-2 from the floor and 2-2 from the arc. Hannah Shaw added 2, along with 3 boards, while Nicolette Fong Lyew Quee, Siobhan Prior, Mollie Campbell and Dominique Allen were scoreless. England hit 25-66 (.380) overall, 18-49 (.370) from the floor, 7-17 (.410) from the arc and 8-13 (.620) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, including 5 on the offensive glass, 16 assists, 10 turnovers, 8 steals, 2 blocks and 22 fouls. Ruth Hamblin paced Canada with 21 on 8-11 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 5-7 from the line and 10 boards. Ceejay Nofuente added 14 on 3-10 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 5-10 from the line, 9 boards and 2 assists. Daneesha Provo scored 12 on 3-13 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 5 boards and 3 steals. Paige Crozon scored 3 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 7 boars and 2 assists. Catherine Traer added 2 on 0-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Danielle Boiago added 1 on 0-2 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards, while Merissah Russell, Shay Colley, Niyah Becker, Jacey Bailey, Summer Masikewich and Alexandra Kiss-Rusk were scoreless. Kiss-Rusk was 0-9 from the floor and 0-2 from the line, while nabbing 10 boards. Canada hit 17-61 (.280) overall, 14-49 (.290) from the floor, 3-12 (.250) from the arc and 16-29 (.550) from the line, while garnering 53 boards, including 15 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 21 turnovers, 7 steals, 4 blocks and 12 fouls.
In the bronze medal match, New Zealand dusted Canada 74-58 after leading 16-12, 34-26 and 57-39 at the quarters. The Tall Ferns took total command with a 14-4 run late in the third quarter. Though Canada responded with an 8-0 run to start the fourth, they never seriously threatened. Ceejay Nofuente said “we battled it out and left everything on the court. It wasn’t the outcome we wanted but it was one for the books here at the Commonwealth Games for us to represent our country. It has been an amazing experience to be a part of the games and represent Canada for the first year here.” Ruth Hamblin said “the Commonwealth Games was an extremely valuable experience to me. Although we came up short in the end, and that was disappointing and hard, I know that this experience will be a pivotal growth moment for me in my career. It was fun to play with such a blend of new, up-and-coming players along with some old friends. I think all of us will use this experience to take our game, and ultimately Canada, to the next level.” Canadian coach Steve Bauer said “for us, it’s such a great opportunity and experience. We have a younger group and the chance to play against some professionals and senior level athletes gave us a real visual of where we want to be and I think we improved as this tournament went on. Obviously disappointed with the final result but lots of positives to build on and grow.” Baur told the Halifax Chronicle-Herald that “they did a real nice job of keeping the ball out of the inside. “We felt we had the advantage in there, they did a nice job of disrupting what we were doing offensively, applying pressure in the full court and we never really get ourselves established in the interior.” Natalie Taylor paced New Zealand with 18 on 6-13 from the arc, 5 boards and 2 assists. Charlisse Leger-Walker added 18 on 3-5 from the floor, 4-7 from the arc, 2 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Micaela Cocks added 16 on 5-8 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 6 boards and 7 assists. Antonia Edmondson added 9 on 3-3 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 5 boards. Kalani Purcell added 5 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 7 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Jordan Hunter added 3 on 0-2 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Josephine Stockill scored 3 on 0-1 from the floor and 1-4 from the arc. Chevannah Paalvast added 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 2 boards and 2 steals, while Zara Jillings, Erin Rooney, Jessica Bygate and Deena Franklin were scoreless. New Zealand (coached by Guy Molloy, assisted by Aik Ho and Jody Cameron) hit 29-73 (.400) overall, 14-31 (.450) from the floor, 15-42 (.360) from the arc and 1-1 from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 17 turnovers, 13 steals, 3 blocks and 11 fouls. Ceejay Nofuente paced Canada with 18 on 4-8 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 5 boards and 4 steals. Daneesha Provo added 14 on 3-9 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 6 boards. Catherine Traer added 6 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Danielle Boiago added 5 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Merissah Russell added 5 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Paige Crozon added 4 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc and 3 boards. Alexandra Kiss-Rusk scored 4 on 2-6 from the floor and 6 boards. Ruth Hamblin scored 2 on 0-4 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 blocks, while Shay Colley, Niyah Becker, Jacey Bailey and Summer Masikewich were scoreless. Masikewich nabbed 4 boards, dished 2 assists and pilfered 2 balls. Bailey nabbed 2 boards. Canada hit 22-65 (.340) overall, 15-39 (.380) from the floor, 7-26 (.270) from the arc and 7-10 from the line, while garnering 47 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 24 turnovers, 13 steals, 6 blocks and 7 fouls.