FINAL STANDINGS 1. CANADA 2. England 3. Australia 4. New Zealand 5. Scotland Kenya 7. British Virgin Islands Sri Lanka | CANADIANS Taya Hanson Rosalie Mercille Sarah Te-Biasu Tara Wallack |
POOL A | AUS | SCO | KEN | SRL | Record |
Australia | —– | 21-9 | 21-15 | 21-2 | (3-0) |
Scotland | 9-21 | —– | 21-17 | 21-5 | (2-1) |
Kenya | 15-21 | 17-21 | —– | 21-8 | (1-2) |
Sri Lanka | 2-21 | 5-21 | 8-21 | —– | (0-3) |
POOL B | NZL | ENG | CAN | BVI | Record |
New Zealand | —– | 15-14 | 21-11 | 19-5 | (3-0) |
England | 14-15 | —– | 21-17 | 22-5 | (2-1) |
Canada | 11-21 | 17-21 | —– | 22-6 | (1-2) |
British Virgin Islands | 5-19 | 5-22 | 6-22 | —– | (0-3) |
QF | Canada 17 Scotland 11 | |
QF | England 21 Kenya 12 | |
SEMI | England 21 Australia 15 | |
SEMI | Canada 16 New Zealand 11 | |
BRONZE | Australia 15 New Zealand 13 | |
FINAL | Canada 14 England 13 | |
In their opener, Canada clocked the British Virgin Islands 22-6. Taya Hanson said “I think we started off a little slow. We definitely had some nerves going in but after we got going a bit we just relaxed and just played basketball. … We’ve been waiting so long to play that kickstarter game and I thought we played really well as a team. We brought good energy, we’re finding each other and just playing good basketball.” Tara Wallack paced Canada with 7 on 7-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 14 boards. Rosalie Mercille added 7 on 0-1 from the floor, 3-8 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 5 boards. Taya Hanson notched 6 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 3 boards. Sarah Te-Biasu scored 2 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 6 boards. Canada hit 10-16 from the floor, 5-19 from the arc and 2-5 from the line, while garnering 29 boards. Mahkayla Pickering paced the British Virgin Islands with 2 on 0-2 from the floor and 1-1 from the arc. Shauliqua Fahie added 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 3 boards. Keithrece Smith notched 1 on 1-4 from the floor and 0-1 from the arc. Joy Victor scored 1 on 0-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 7 boards. The British Virgin Islands hit 2-17 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc and 2-3 from the line, while garnering 13 boards.
In their second contest, Canada was clocked 21-11 by New Zealand. The score was knotted at 11 before New Zealand closed out the affair with a 10-0 run. Taya Hanson said “they’re a good team, they’re an experienced team and credit to them, they hit shots. We struggled to do so. Next game we’re going to get into our offensive flow better and just battle. We’ve got to punch for the full 10 minutes.” Tiarna Clarke paced New Zealand with 9 on 1-2 from the floor, 4-4 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 3 boards. Jillian Harmon added 8 on 5-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 6 boards. Kalani Purcell notched 4 on 4-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 8 boards, while Gabriella Fotu was scoreless. New Zealand hit 10-18 from the floor, 4-7 from the arc and 3-5 from the line, while garnering 17 boards. Sarah Te-Biasu paced Canada with 6 on 0-3 from the floor and 3-6 from the arc. Rosalie Mercille added 2 on 1-1 from the arc and 4 boards. Tara Wallack scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the line and 4 boards. Taya Hanson notched 2 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Canada hit 2-14 from the floor, 4-9 from the arc and 1-1 from the line, while garnering 12 boards.
Canada closed out pool play by dropping a 21-17 decision to England. Sarah Te-Baisu said “it was a tough matchup. … We were aggressive. We [knew we] had to be aggressive, because they had their crowd and we didn’t let that disrupt us. We played hard and were aggressive … We played hard on defence, too.” Hannah Jump paced England with 9 on 1-3 from the floor and 4-9 from the arc. Cheridene Green added 6 on 5-7 from the floor, 1-1 from the line and 3 boards. Shanice Brandi Beckford-Norton notched 4 on 4-6 from the floor and 8 boards. Chantelle Handy scored 2 on 0-2 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 4 boards. England hit 10-18 from the floor, 5-11 from the arc and 1-1 from the line, while garnering 17 boards. Sarah Te-Biasu paced Canada with 12 on 5-8 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 5 boards. Taya Hanson added 4 on 2-8 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 4 boards. Rosalie Mercille notched 1 on 1-1 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Tara Wallack was scoreless on 0-4 from the floor and 3 boards. Canada hit 8-21 from the floor, 4-11 from the arc and 1-1 from the line, while garnering 14 boards.
In the quarterfinals, Canada dispatched Scotland 17-11. Tara Wallack paced Canada with 6 on 5-12 from the floor, 1-3 from the line and 11 boards. Rosalie Mercille added 5 on 1-2 from the floor and 2-3 from the arc. Sarah Te-Biasu notched 3 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 7 boards. Taya Hanson scored 3 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 4 boards. Canada hit 11-27 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc and 2-4 from the line, while garnering 25 boards. Claire Paxton paced Scotland with 3 on 3-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 boards. Sian Phillips added 3 on 3-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and 6 boards. Kennedy Leonard notched 3 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 4 boards. Scotland hit 10-20 from the floor, 0-7 from the arc and 1-3 from the line, while garnering 18 boards.
In the semis, Canada tripped New Zealand 16-11. Tara Wallack paced Canada with 8 on 6-11 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line and 10 boards. Sarah Te-Biasu added 4 on 4-8 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc and 4 boards. Rosalie Mercille notched 3 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 3 boards. Taya Hanson scored 1 on 1-7 from the floor and 6 boards. Canada hit 12-27 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc and 2-4 from the line, while garnering 23 boards. Jillian Harmon paced New Zealand with 4 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 12 boards. Gabreille Fotu added 4 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 3 boards. Kalani Purcell notched 3 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 1-3 from the line and 3 boards, while Tiarna Clarke was scoreless. New Zealand hit 5-17 from the floor, 2-12 from the arc and 2-4 from the line, while garnering 20 boards.
In the gold medal match, Canada nipped England 14-13 on a buzzer-beating layup by Sarah Te-Biasu. Te-Biasu said “it feels so amazing. That’s our first time playing 3×3 and we were the youngest team. We came here and our mind was on winning the gold and we did that today. I’m just so happy and excited. … It was hard at the beginning, because it’s really fast and quick. I didn’t know the rules and I had two weeks to prepare. I just love it now. It’s amazing.” Tara Wallack said “we went into this game being the underdogs, we had nothing to lose. I think we all have trust in each other and that Sarah can beat anyone off of the dribble to the basket. We just knew she could do this and we trusted her to have the last shot and she made it count.” Te-Biasu paced Canada with 7 on 7-12 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 2 boards. Taya Hanson added 5 on 4-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 4 boards. Tara Wallack notched 1 on 1-2 from the floor and 5 boards. Rosalie Mercille scored 1 on 1-2 from the floor and 5 boards. Canada hit 13-21 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc and 1-2 from the line, while garnering 19 boards. Shanice Beckford-Norton paced England with 6 on 2-10 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 4 boards. Cheridene Green added 3 on 3-11 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 9 boards. Hannah Jump notched 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Chantelle Handy scored 1 on 1-4 from the floor and 2 boards. England hit 7-29 from the floor and 3-7 from the arc, while garnering 21 boards.