| FINAL STANDINGS 1. United States 2. CANADA 3. Argentina 4. Brazil 5. Mexico 6. Colombia 7. Puerto Rico 8. El Salvador | CANADIANS Mary-Anna Asare (Pickering, Ont.) Jasmine Bascoe (Milton, Ont.) Shantavia Dawkins (Brampton, Ont.) Fatima Diakhate (Coral Springs, Fla.) Marah Dykstra (Vancouver, B.C.) Skylar Forbes (Markham, Ont.) Kali Grootenboer (Thunder Bay, Ont.) Lemyah Hylton (Mississauga, Ont.) Emma Koabel (Port Colborne, Ont.) Alisha Murray (Toronto, Ont.) Cheyenne Rowe (Ajax, Ont.) T’yana Todd (Toronto, Ont.) Steve Baur – coach Tamara Tatham – assistant Marlo Davis – assistant Isabel Ormond – apprentice/manager Jessica Roque – performance analyst |
| POOL A | CAN | BRZ | ARG | MEX | Record | ||
| Canada | —– | 80-38 | 89-55 | 68-40 | (3-0) | ||
| Brazil | 38-80 | —– | 54-34 | 64-56 | (2-1) | ||
| Argentina | 55-89 | 34-54 | —– | 67-53 | (1-2) | ||
| Mexico | 40-68 | 56-64 | 53-67 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL B | USA | COL | PUR | ELS | Record | ||
| United States | —– | 81-29 | 93-38 | 106-31 | (3-0) | ||
| Colombia | 29-81 | —– | 58-50 | 63-39 | (2-1) | ||
| Puerto Rico | 38-93 | 50-58 | —– | 65-44 | (1-2) | ||
| El Salvador | 31-106 | 39-63 | 44-65 | —– | (0-3) | ||
In their opener, Canada torched Mexico 68-40. T’yana Todd notched a pair of treys as Canada led 15-13 after the turnover-plagued first quarter, in which both squads suffered from tournament opening jitters. Although the misfires and miscues multiplied in the second quarter, Todd nailed another pair of bombs, while Lemyah Hylton and Emma Koabel each added a trey as Canada built a 36-24 lead heading into the lockers. Canada began to gain a measure of offensive rhythm in the third quarter, working the ball inside to Fatima Diakhate for a bucket, and then out to the perimeter for a trey by Jasmine Bascoe as they extended their lead to 19. They led 55-34 after three quarters and even got their transition game periodically on track as they coasted to the easy win. Todd said “my shot was pretty on. I was just feeling it and kept on shooting. … The key to us winning this game was to really play defence and not take our opponents for granted. … I thought we started off slow, but really picked it up in the second half. Our defence then led to offence which is what really separated us.” Canadian coach Steve Baur said “it’s always important to get off to a good start in the tournament. We were really excited to get started with a win. The game started and I think there’s a bit of an adjustment. We got our first exposure to international basketball a little slower than we would have liked, but T’yana hit a couple of big shots for us in the first half. We were able to take that momentum, get some stops on defence and then get some energy going into the second half. We’re looking to use this to build us into the rest of the tournament.” T’yana Todd paced Canada with 16 on 1-7 from the floor, 4-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Lemyah Hylton added 11 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 1-3 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Jasmine Bascoe notched 10 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-7 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 8 boards, 7 assists and 2 steals. Emma Koabel scored 9 on 0-3 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 0-2 from the line, 5 boards and 4 assists. Marah Dykstra added 7 on 2-4 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 11 boards. Fatima Diakhate scored 7 on 3-11 from the floor, 1-4 from the line and 6 boards. Skyla Forbes added 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 7 boards, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Shantavia Dawkins scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 boards. Cheyenne Rowe added 2 on 1-3 from the floor and 3 boards, while Alisha Murray, Mary-Anna Asare and Kali Gootenboer were scoreless. Asara nabbed 3 boards and dished 3 assists. Grootenboer nabbed 2 boards. Canada hit 24-79 (.304) overall, 14-49 (.286) from the floor, 10-30 from the arc and 10-23 (.435) from the line, while garnering 66 boards, including 24 on the offensive glass, 20 assists, 12 fouls, 20 turnovers, 10 steals and 4 blocks. Anisa Jeffreis paced Mexico with 9 on 4-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-4 from the line, 7 boards and 2 steals. Itzel Navarro added 8 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. Valeria Mora notched 6 on 3-13 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 7 boards and 2 blocks. Loriette Maciel scored 6 on 3-9 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 2 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Julieta Ceja added 5 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 7 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Regina Yanez scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 7 boards and 2 steals. Jennifer Moreno added 1 on 0-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 1-2 from the line. Regina Campuzano scored 1 on 0-1 from the floor and 1-2 from the line, while Ixchel Rojo, Andrea Vazquez and Karla Marquez were scoreless and Isabella Caballerro did not play. Marquez nabbed 4 boards and Rojo 2. Mexico (coached by Alejandra Wendolly Arellano Reyes, assisted by Marcela Arrieta and Roy Rojo) hit 17-68 (.250) overall, 16-49 (.327) from the floor, 1-19 (.053) from the arc and 5-13 (.385) from the line, while garnering 48 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 16 fouls, 24 turnovers, 13 steals and 4 blocks.
Canada improved to (2-0) by pulverizing Brazil 80-38. Brazil broke to a 6-3 lead by capitalizing on lax Canada defensive transitions. But Canada countered with a 14-0 run by repeatedly breaking Brazil down off the dribble and led 22-8 after one quarter, with Emma Koabel drilling a trio from beyond in the arc in the frame. Brazil opened the second quarter with an 8-0 rugn before Jasmine Bascoe ended the four-minute drought, while igniting a 9-0 run, with a trey. A late trey and a driving baseline layup by T’yana Todd gave Canada 38-25 lead at the half. Canada’s superior quickness and defensive pressure began forcing a host of Brazilian turnovers early in the second half. Then Lemyah Hylton took command, draining a pair of treys and threading an outlet to Bascoe for a runout as Canada extended its lead to 53-30. The shell-shocked Brazilians never recovered. Canada led 63-32 after three quarters and by as many as 44. Hylton said “I think starting out the game, we really went in there with a dog mentality. We all came together and really contributed. Everybody scored, everybody was on the boards today. Everybody participated and did our part. I think that’s really what led us to our win today. Our energy was high. We went in with a bench-mob mentality as well. We took our scout and everything that we talked about in our meetings and we really translated it on the court and that’s really what made it so effective in the win today.” Hylton added that her third quarter “It felt good,” Hylton said of her third quarter “felt good. Especially with the players I have around me, I have Emma Koabel who runs the floor and I can always find her for a shot. I have Jas [Bascoe], who is always pushing the pace, and then I have my bigs that run the rim as well. Honestly It’s a full contribution from our whole team and it’s fun to play.” Todd said that at half-time, “we all discussed playing hard defence and playing in the passing lanes, getting steals and getting out.” Canadian coach Steve Baur said “this was a big win for us, a chance to control our fate, moving forward in the rest of pool play. Brazil did a really great job in the first half on their offensive glass and it really set up a challenge for us at halftime to meet that. Our athletes had a great response owning the defensive glass which allowed us to get out in transition and get some easy buckets. We used the easy points to create some momentum and create some separation going into the fourth quarter.” T’yana Todd paced Canada with 15 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 6-6 from the line and 3 steals. Emma Koabel added 14 on 1-7 from the floor, 4-11 from the arc, 2 boards and 3 assists. Lemyah Hylton notched 10 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 9 boards, 3 steals and 3 blocks. Fatima Diakhate scored 10 on 4-7 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 7 boards. Jasmine Bascoe added 8 on 1-5 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 6 boards and 6 steals. Kali Grootenboer notched 6 on 3-5 from the floor and 9 boards. Cheyenne Rowe added 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 7 boards. Shantavia Dawkins scored 4 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the line and 2 boards. Marah Dykstra added 4 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 15 boards and 3 assists. Alisha Murray scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 0-1 from the arc. Mary-Anna Asare added 2 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 6 boards and 3 assists, while Skylar Forbes did not play. Canada hit 30-89 (.337) overall, 21-58 (.362) from the floor, 9-31 (.290) from the arc and 11-13 (.846) from the line, while garnering 70 boards, including 28 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 15 fouls, 8 turnovers, 9 steals and 4 blocks. Ana Paula de Oliveira paced Brazil with 13 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-8 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 8 boards and 2 assists. Raissa Nascimento Queiroz added 9 on 3-16 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 3-5 from the line and 11 boards. Stephany Goncalves notched 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards. Letycia Miranda Vasconcelos scored 3 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-1 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Paula Bernardo Carvalho added 2 on 1-1 from the floor. Ana Beatriz Passos Alves Da Silva scored 2on 1-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 8 boards. Manuella Aquino added 2 on 0-3 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 3 boards. Arianny Francisco De Oliveira scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor and 2 boards, while Vitoria Romualdo Kons, Alexia Araujo Dagba, Manuella Alves and Diully Nicole Feitosa Da Silva were scoreless. Araujo Dagba nabbed 2 boards. Brazil (coached by Adriana Moisés Pinto Mafra, assisted by Luciana Thomazini de Araujo) hit 14-70 (.200) overall, 13-53 (.245) from the floor, 1-17 (.059) from the arc and 9-15 (.600) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 5 assists, 15 fouls, 15 turnovers, 5 steals and 3 blocks.
Canada closed out pool play with an undefeated (3-0) record by dusting Argentina 89-55. Argentina broke to a 12-7 lead on a series of mid-range jumpers and transition runouts. But Canada rallied to take a 26-23 lead after one quarter on a late trey by Emma Koabel. It was a lead Canada would never relinquish. Fatima Diakhite posted-up for a bucket, Koabel notched another trey and Marah Dykstra long jumper as Canada extended its lead to eight. Mary-Anna Asare notched a trey to ignite a late 11-3 run that gave Canada a 50-36 lead at the half. Koabel, Jasmine Bascoe and T’yana Todd nailed treys as Canada built its lead to 63-39 early in the second half. When they weren’t tossing the ball into the stands or directly to Argentinians in the third quarter, Canada continued to drain treys. Jasmine Bascoe and Todd each tossed in a pair from beyond the arc, while Koabel added a singleton, as Canada built a 79-45 lead heading into the final frame. Although coach Steve Baur ran in the reserves in the fourth, Argentina never threatened. Emma Koabel said “we talked a lot about this game. We prepared a lot. We came out slow, out of the gates, but as we went on we brought energy and we gave it to them and we wouldn’t be stopped. … When our bench starts going crazy, you feel the energy run through you on the floor and you want to go crazy for them. I love shooting the ball, but another great feeling is getting your teammates open looks. When that ball goes in it’s an even better feeling than when you hit it. I just love hitting my teammates for those open shots.” Canadian coach Steve Baur said “we came into the tournament like everyone else, focused on getting ourselves to the podium. Tonight was a great step for us. Our first progression, our goal was to win our pool. Argentina had a great start and I thought our response to their offence early and the crowd showed great character for us and great resilience. We shared the ball well. Both Lemyah and Emma had great assist numbers to show that the ball was moving and T’yana Todd continues to make shots for us. Moving forward now to our next step to qualify for worlds.” T’yana Todd paced Canada with 17 on 1-4 from the floor, 4-7 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 7 boards and 3 steals. Marah Dykstra added 13 on 3-8 from the floor, 7-10 from the line, 13 boards and 3 assists. Mary-Anna Asare notched 13 on 3-9 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 3 boards, 3 assists and 4 steals. Jasmine Bascoe scored 12 on 1-1 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards and 4 assists. Fatima Dikahate notched 11 on 4-8 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 4 boards and 2 blocks. Lemyah Hylton added 9 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 3 boards and 7 assists. Emma Koabel scored 9 on -36 from the floor and 5 assists. Cheyenne Rowe added 3 on 0-3 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 9 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Shantavia Dawkins scored 2 on 0-1 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals, while Alisha Murray, Skylar Forbes and Kalie Grootenboer were scoreless. Grootenboer nabbed 4 boards and blocked 3 shots. Canada hit 29-74 (.392) overall, 15-43 (.349) from the floor, 14-31 (.452) from the arc and 17-25 (.680) from the line, while garnering 57 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 25 assists, 15 fouls, 17 turnovers, 13 steals and 7 blocks. Angelina Giacone paced Argentina with 14 on 4-10 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Lara Tribouley added 12 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 9 boards. Violeta Maggi notched 8 on 4-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 assists. Julia Fernandez scored 7 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-2 form the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 4 steals. Malena Maggi added 5 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 3 boards. Alma Bougarel scored 2 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-1 form the arc, 5 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Dagmar Hentschel added 2 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 4 boards. Gianella Espedale scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 4 assists. Natassja Kolff added 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 2 boards. Nicole Tapari scored 1 on 0-1 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc and 1-4 from the line, while Ema Baldo and Juana Amaya were scoreless. Baldo nabbed 2 boards. Argentina (coached by Sandra Carolina Pavon, assisted by Agustin Lukac and Mariano Jose Marcos) hit 23-75 (.307) overall, 19-56 (.339) from the floor, 4-19 (.211) from the arc and 5-12 (.417) from the line, while garnering 47 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 16 assists, 18 fouls, 19 turnovers, 9 steals and 1 block.
In the quarterfinals, Canada clocked El Salvador 92-24 to earn a berth at the 2023 U19 World Cup in Madrid, Spain. El Salvador broke to a 6-2 lead but Canada rallied to take a 10-9 lead on an offensive putback by Cheyenne Rowe. Kali Grootenboer notched a pair of buckets in the blocks, while Shantavia Dawkins added a pair of runouts off steals, T’yana Todd another runout, Fatima Diakahate a putback and Skylar Forbes a trey as Canada capped a 13-0 run and extended the lead to 25-12 after one quarter. Then Canada lowered the boom. Dominating the boards at both ends of the floor and repeatedly pilfering the ball from their hapless opponents, they took the quarter by a 22-3 count to lead 49-15 lead at the half. Emma Koabel nailed a trey, three free throws, as well as four-point play as Canada built a 61-19 lead and then built the margin to 73-23 after three quarters. They opened the final frame with a 13-0 run and coasted to the win. Diakhate said “we started off rough, but later on in the first quarter, the team got together and we decided we didn’t want to lose.” Rowe said “after a while we picked it up, got together, had a group talk and we were able to pull through and get the win. We weren’t ready to lose. We were fully invested. We all had this goal (qualifying for worlds) from the beginning, since March. We were like, ‘Okay. One mindset. Let’s do this.’” Emma Koabel paced Canada with 14 on 0-2 from the floor, 3-12 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Fatima Diakhate added 14 on 7-16 from the floor, 0-1 from the line, 12 boards and 4 steals. Cheyenne Rowe notched 12 on 2-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 8-8 from the line, 11 boards and 2 steals. T’yana Todd added 10 on 5-6 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 steals. Mary-Anna Asare scored 8 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 3 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Skylar Forbes added 8 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 3-6 from the line, 12 boards and 3 assists. Shantavia Dawkins notched 6 on 3-6 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Kali Grootenboer added 6 on 3-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and 5 boards. Alisha Murray scored 5 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 assists. Jasmine Bascoe added 5 on 0-2 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Lemyah Hylton scored 4 on 1-4 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 6 boards and 4 assists, while Marah Dykstra did not play. Canada hit 32-92 (.348) overall, 24-51 (.471) from the floor, 8-41 (.195) from the arc and 20-30 from the line, while garnering 68 boards, including 32 on the offensive glass, 18 assists, 10 fouls, 11 turnovers, 17 steals and 7 blocks. Gabriela Alfaro paced El Salvador with 4 on 2-9 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 assists. Ana Ruiz added 4 on 0-8 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 3 assists and 3 steals. Nicole Ayala notched 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 5 boards. Luz Garcia added 3 on 1-2 from the arc. Andrea Canales scored 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the line and 3 boards. Daniela Escobar added 2 on 1-1 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 boards. Tara Rivas scored 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 8 boards and 2 blocks. Iliana Sibrian added 2 on 1-2 from the floor, while Anna Laguan, Gabriela Escobar, Maria Garcia and Ana Quijano were scoreless. Laguan nabbed 3 boards and pilfered 2 balls. Quijano nabbed 2 boards. El Salvador (coached by Jose Raimundo Santana Cruz, assisted by Gabriela Margarita Mena Suncín) hit 10-59 (.169) overall, 8-46 (.174) from the floor, 2-13 (.154) from the arc and 2-5 from the line, while garnering 44 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 6 assists, 21 fouls, 36 turnovers, 6 steals and 3 blocks.
In the semis, Canada clipped Argentina 73-68. Canada notched five treys, including a pair by Skylar Forbes and singletons by Lemyah Hylton, Jasmine Bascoe and Emma Koabel, as they took a commanding 29-16 lead after one quarter. Despite losing their focus and being plagued by ballhandling miscues, Canada extended its lead to 44-25 at the half by dominating the boards and continuing to drain treys, including a pair by T’yana Todd and a singleton by Mary-Anna Asare. Argentina ripped off a 10-0 run in the third quarter to draw within 56-42. But Asare stemmed the bleeding with a trey and Hylton added a bucket in the blocks off an in-bounds pass and a pair of free throws as Canada rebuilt its lead to 63-44. But Angelina Giacone notched a buzzer-beating trey to draw Argentina within 63-47 after three quarters. Giacone drained another trey to trim the margin to 13. But Asare promptly answered with a trey and a 15-foot jumper as Canada extended the margin to 20 and then coasted to the win. Asare said “our key was to come out with a lot of energy and throw the first punch. … Obviously there were a lot of ups and downs, but feeding off the energy of each other and staying together, that’s what helped us pull out this win today and go on to the final.” Jasmine Bascoe said “our energy and our focus to stay committed to the game [is what made the difference]. There were a few times we let up a bit, but we managed to keep ourselves together and come out with the W.” Canadian coach Steve Baur said “we’ve been focused on the opportunity to play for a gold medal and now we’ve earned that chance, but tonight Argentina showed a lot of heart, a lot of passion and we couldn’t find a way to finish them off when we had our opportunities. We showed great resilience, bouncing back from each of their runs, we had some timely shots from T’yana and Mary, and we continued to battle on the glass to keep [Argentina] from extending any runs.” T’yana Todd paced Canada with 14 on 1-6 from the floor, 3-4 from the arc, 3-5 from the line and 4 boards. Mary-Anna Asare added 13 on 2-6 from the floor, 3-12 from the arc, 4 boards and 4 assists. Skylar Forbes notched 10 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Jasmine Bascoe scored 9 on 2-2 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Lemyah Hylton added 9 on 2-8 from the floor, 1-9 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards, 2 assists and 7 steals. Emma Koabel notched 8 on 1-2 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 4 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Fatima Diakhate scored 7 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 5 boards and 2 blocks. Shantavia Dawkins added 6 on 3-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3 boards and 3 steals. Cheyenne Rowe scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 10 boards and 2 assists, while Alisha Murray and Kali Grootenboer were scoreless, and Marah Dykstra did not play. Canada hit 28-79 (.354) overall, 16-38 (.421) from the floor, 12-41 (.293) from the arc and 10-13 (.769) from the line, while garnering 49 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 15 assists, 18 fouls, 18 turnovers, 17 steals and 5 blocks. Violetta Maggi paced Argentina with 11 on 5-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 steals. Angelina Giacone added 9 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 1-3 from the line and 7 boards. Dagmar Hentschel notched 8 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 3-4 from the line. Malena Maggi scored 8 on 2-2 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 4 boards. Juana Amaya added 6 on 0-2 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Lara Tribouley scored 5 on 1-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3-6 from the line, 4 boards and 2 blocks. Alma Bourgarel added 4 on 2-2 from the floor, 3 boards and 6 assists. Julia Fernandez scored 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 2 assists and 2 steals. Nicole Tapari added 3 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc and 5 boards. Natassja Kolff scored 2 on 1-5 from the floor and 4 boards, while Ema Baldo and Gianella Espedale were scoreless. Argentina (coached by Sandra Carolina Pavon, assisted by Agustin Lukac and Mariano Jose Marcos) hit 21-57 (.368) overall, 14-36 (.389) from the floor, 7-21 from the arc and 11-20 (.550) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 15 assists, 14 fouls, 26 turnovers, 6 steals and 2 blocks.
In the final, the United States dispatched Canada 82-77. The United States led 20-16 after one quarter as Londynn Jones hit a pair of treys and the Americans generated a host of second-chance opportunities by controlling the offensive glass. Both squads struggled to score in the halfcourt and repeatedly coughed up the ball against pressure in the second quarter. But the Americans kept drilling free throws as they built a 41-31 lead heading into the lockers. The Americans extended their lead to 14 by beating Canada in transition or pounding the ball into the paint for easy layups. But T’yana Todd hit a pair of late treys as Canadian rallied within 57-53 after three quarters. Cotie McMahon notched a pair of and-ones, while Kira Rice drove for a trio of buckets as the U.S. rebuilt a 15-point lead by dominating the blocks. Although Canada closed out the affair with a 12-2 run, it was too little, too late. Todd said “we really fought back at the end, but we just came up short. I’m proud of the whole team. We all fought until the very end and I’m proud of the team we became in a very short time.” Canadian coach Steve Baur said “we felt the team really competed, continued to bounce back from a couple of deficits, and kept themselves in the game right until the end. … T’yana made a few huge shots for us, both in timing and a few that she had to bail us out of some tougher situations to keep us alive. In the end, the USA’s effort on the offensive glass was just too much to overcome. This sets the tone for us heading into World’s next year, building some confidence and a good foundation moving forward.” Cotie McMahon paced the United States with 22 on 8-12 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 2 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Kira Rice added 18 on 4-12 from the floor, 10-13 from the line, 2 boards and 3 assists. Londynn Jones notched 15 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 7-8 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 5 steals. Grace Van Slooten scored 22 on 5-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 7 boards, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Isuneh Brady added 8 on 4-13 from the floor and 15 boards. Chloe Kitts scored 6 on 3-6 from the floor, 7 boards and 2 steals. Indya Nivar added 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 2 steals, while Justine Pissot and Aalyah Del Rosario were scoreless, and Kailyn Gilbert, Courtney Ogden and S’mya Nichols did not play. Del Rosario nabbed 2 boards. The United States (coached by Mary Taylor, assisted by Teri Marie Moren) hit 29-74 (.392) overall, 26-60 (.433) from the floor, 3-14 (.214) from the arc and 21-27 (.778) from the line, while garnering 45 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 12 assists, 20 fouls, 10 turnovers, 15 steals and 3 blocks. T’yana Todd paced Canada with 19 on 1-5 from the floor, 4-8 from the arc and 5-8 from the line. Mary-Anna Asare added 15 on 5-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards, 2 assists and 2 steals. Emma Koabel notched 11 on 0-1 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Marah Dykstra scored 11 on 5-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 5 boards and 4 assists. Fatima Diakhate added 8 on 4-7 from the floor and 4 boards. Lemyah Hylton scored 7 on 0-7 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 7-11 from the line, 4 boards and 5 assists. Skyla Forbes added 6 on 3-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 boards, while Jasmine Bascoe and Cheyenne Rowe were scoreless, and Shantavia Dawkins, Alisha Murray and Kali Grootenboer did not play. Rowe nabbed 3 boards and Bascoe 3. Canada hit 26-62 (.419) overall, 18-38 (.474) from the floor, 8-24 (.333) from the arc and 17-26 (.654) from the line, while garnering 40 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 20 fouls, 17 turnovers, 2 steals and 4 blocks.
The all-tournament team featured MVP Kira Rice (United States); T’yana Todd (Canada); Ana De Oliveira (Brazil); Cotie McMahon (United States); and Lara Tribouley (Argentina).