FINAL STANDINGS 1. United States 2. CANADA 3. Chile 4. Puerto Rico 5. Ecuador 6. Brazil 7. Mexico 8. El Salvador | CANADIANS Isaline Alexandar (Keswick, Ont.) Louelle Allan (Laval, Que.) Lauren Audino (Welland, Ont.) Fatima Diakhate (Coral Springs, Flor.) Isabell Forsythe (Langley, B.C.) Deja Lee (Surrey, B.C.) Rosalie Mercille (St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que.) Hannah Riddick (Calgary, Alta.) Teah Stupar (Etobicoke, Ont.) Avianna Thompson (Montreal, Que.) Tara Wallack (Surrey, B.C.) Izabella Zingaro (Bolton, Ont.) Cheryl Jean-Paul – coach Tamara Tatham – assistant Nate McKibbon – assistant Fabienne Blizzard – associate Donna Rowlands – doctor Agnes Borg – team leader |
POOL A | CAN | PUR | ECU | BRZ | Record | ||
Canada | —– | 83-40 | 79-53 | 78-39 | (3-0) | ||
Puerto Rico | 40-83 | —– | 52-39 | 57-62 | (1-2) | ||
Ecuador | 53-79 | 39-52 | —– | 71-55 | (1-2) | ||
Brazil | 39-78 | 62-57 | 55-71 | —– | (1-2) | ||
POOL B | USA | CHI | MEX | ELS | Record | ||
United States | —– | 109-44 | 98-33 | 114-19 | (3-0) | ||
Chile | 44-109 | —– | 61-34 | 63-46 | (2-1) | ||
Mexico | 33-98 | 34-61 | —– | 73-25 | (1-2) | ||
El Salvador | 19-114 | 46-63 | 25-73 | —– | (0-3) | ||
QF | Canada 61 El Salvador 15 | |
QF | Puerto Rico 50 Mexico 48 | |
QF | Chile 56 Ecuador 43 | |
QF | United States 107 Brazil 32 | |
5-8th | Mexico Brazil 49 Mexico 39 | |
5-8th | Ecuador 59 El Salvador 26 | |
Semi | Canada 50 Chile 38 | |
Semi | United States 103 Puerto Rico 30 | |
7th | Mexico 61 El Salvador 38 | |
5th | Ecuador 59 Brazil 47 | |
Bronze | Chile 59 Puerto Rico 49 | |
Final | United States 87 Canada 37 | |
In their opener, Canada clubbed Ecuador 79-33 after leading 11-3, 28-11 and 56-24 at the quarters. Canada took total command with an 9-0 run to open the second quarter and later opened the fourth with a 14-0 run. Teah Stupar paced Canada with 11 on 4-9 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 7 boards. Avianna Thompson added 10 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-4 from the line, 6 boards and 3 assists. Isaline Alexander notched 8 on 3-6 from the floor, 2-6 from the line and 10 boards. Izabella Zingaro scored 8 on 2-5 from the floor, 4-5 from the line and 4 boards. Louella Allana notched 6 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Rosalie Mercille scored6 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 5 boards and 2 assists. Hannah Riddick added 6 on 3-6 from the floor and 2 boards. Fatima Diakhate added 6 on 3-6 from the floor, 0-2 from the line and 3 boards. Tara Wallack notched 5 on 1-3 from the floor, 3-7 from the line and 5 boards. Isabelle Forsyth added 5 on 2-3 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 7 boards. Deja Lee scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 4 boards and 3 assists. Lauren Audino added 4 on 1-2 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 5 boards. Canada hit 30-69 (.435) overall, 28-57 (.491) from the floor, 2-12 (.167) from the arc and 17-34 from the line, while garnering 64 boards, including 23 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 8 fouls, 14 turnovers, 8 steals and 1 block. Blanca Quinonez paced Ecudador with 12 on 5-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 4 boards and 3 assists. Kennya Mora added 6 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Paulina Vaicekauskas notched 5 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 steals. Daniela Arguello scored 3 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2 assists. Evelyn Pilay added 3 on 1-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 3 boards. Samy Bacilio scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor and 0-2 from the arc. Rebeca Carrion added 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc and 2 boards, while Sarahi Mosquera, Justine Sampredo, Karima Valencia, Joseline Narangjo and Daleska Prado were scoreless. Prado had 3 steals. Ecuador (coached by Miguel Salvitelli, assisted by Victor Gonzalez) hit 14-60 (.233) overall, 12-40 (.300) from the floor, 2-20 from the arc and 3-6 from the line, while garnering 30 boards, including 6 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 20 fouls, 14 turnovers, 10 steals and 1 block.
Canada improved to (2-0) by whipping Brazil 78-39 after leading 25-16, 44-19 and 56-34 at the quarters. Canada opened the second frame with a 16-0 run to take total command. Rosalie Mercille said “I think the team did great. The ball movement was there and our defence was really disruptive. We were a team, not individual basketball we were really a team.” Canadian coach Cheryl Jean-Paul said “one of our focuses this entire summer was being a disruptive defensive team and back to back games of that statement is so important to us moving forward. When we’re disruptive we share the ball better on offence. The fact that we’ve had two games in a row where almost everyone has scored is so important for us. Every game we’re learning something new. It’s really nice to see the team really focused and be engaged in our one-hour practices early in the morning and then that’s exactly the defensive rotation or the stop we’re looking for in the game. So, they’re focused they’ve been engaged and we’re excited to see us continue to get better day by day.” Lauren Audino paced Canada with 12 on 5-6 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 7 boards and 2 assists. Rosalie Mercille added 10 on 2-3 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 7 boards and 5 assists. Isabelle Forsyth notched 10 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, -26 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Tara Wallack scored 9 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 3 assists. Louella Allana added 6 on 0-2 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc and 4 assists. Isaline Alexander notched 6 on 2-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-8 from the line, 12 boards, 4 assists and 3 blocks. Izabella Zingaro added 6 on 2-3 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 assists. Teah Stupar notched 6 on 3-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 steals. Hannah Riddick scored 5 on 2-2 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards. Deja Lee added 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Avianna Thompson scored 2 on 1-6 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Ratima Diakhate added 2 on 1-4 from the floor, 9 boards and 2 blocks. Canada hit 2968 (.426) overall, 22-46 (.478) form the floor, 7-22 (.318) from the arc and 13-27 (.481) from the line, while garnering 71 boards, including 21 on the offensive glass, 24 assists, 18 fouls, 21 turnovers, 7 steals and 10 blocks. Ana Oliveira paced Brazil with 8 on 4-10 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 3 boards, 2 assists and 5 steals. Vitoria Carvalo added 6 on 2-6 from the floor, 2-6 from ythe line, 5 boards and 2 blocks. Brenda Bleidao notched 6 on 3-13 from the floor, 0-1 form the line, 7 boards and 2 steals. Stephany Goncalves scored 5 on 1-8 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 2 boards. Rhayssa Souza added 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Mariana Medeiros added 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Anna Rodrigues scored 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc and 2 steals. Giovanna Juzzo notched 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3 boards. Raiane Dias added 1 on 0-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 4 boards and 4 steals. Eduarda Reolon scored 1 on 1-4 from the floor. Wanessa Camarago added 1 on 0-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 1-4 from the line and 7 boards, while Maristela Sena did not play. Brazil (coached by Virgil Lopez, assisted by Bruna Heloisa Rodrigues) hit 16-73 (.219) overall, 15-29 (.254) from the floor, 1-14 (.071) from the arc and 6-22 (.273) from the line, while garnering 42 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 21 fouls, 15 turnovers, 15 steals and 4 blocks.
Canada closed out pool play with a (3-0) record by dusting Puerto Rico 83-40. Canada opened with a 14-0 run and led 21-5, 43-16 and 63-27 at the quarters. Avianna Thompson paced Canada with 16 on 5-7 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 10 boards and 3 assists. Isaline Alexander added 11 on 5-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards. Isabelle Forsyth notched 9 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 3 assists. Teah Stupar scored 9 on 3-5 from the floor, 3-4 from the line and 4 boards. Fatima Diakhate added 8 on 4-10 from the floor, 0-2 from the line, 5 boards, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Lauren Audino notched 7 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the line, 4 boards and 2 steals. Louella Allana scored 6 on 0-1 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 4 assists and 2 steals. Tara Wallack added 5 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 0-4 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 5 steals. Izabella Zingaro notched 5 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-3 from the line, 4 boards and 4 assists. Hannah Ridiick added 4 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. Deja Lee scored 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 assists. Rosalie Mercille added 1 on 0-5 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 3 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Canada hit 33-81 (.407) overall, 27-59 (.458) from the floor, 6-22 (.273) from the arc and 11-22 from the line, while garnering 60 boards, including 28 on the offensive glass, 26 assists, 6 fouls, 12 turnovers, 18 steals and 5 blocks. Julie Ruiz led Puerto Rico with 14 on 6-11 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 3 boards and 4 steals. Betzalys Delgado added 8 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc and 3 boards. Nina De Leon notched 5 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 steals. Kayla Perez scored 4 on 2-5 from the floor, 8 boards and 2 assists. Khiara Lamberty added 4 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Paloma Garcia scored 3 on 0-7 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 2 boards. Sophia Fontaine added 2 on 1-1 from the floor, 2 boards, 2 steals and 2 blocks, while Lianmarie Aviles Paola Hernandez, Victoria Escribano and Carolina Del Toro were scoreless. Hernandez nabbed 3 boards and blocked 2 shots. Escribano nabbed 2 boards. Silkiari Vazquez did not play. Puerto Rico (coached by Zuleimarie Sanchez Del Valle, assisted by Glenda Linette Negron Torres and Jorge Alberto Otero Vazquez) hit 16-56 (.286) overall, 12-40 (.300) from the floor, 4-16 from the arc and 4-5 (.800) from the line, while garnering 34 boards, including 7 on the offensive glass, 6 assists, 15 fouls, 27 turnovers, 10 steals and 7 blocks.
In the quarterfinals, Canada qualified for the FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup in 2020 by crushing El Salvador 61-15 after leading 20-0, 38-6 and 52-9 at the quarters. Avianna Thompson paced Canada with 13 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 8 boards and 2 blocks. Tara Wallack added 1 on 4-7 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 7 boards and 3 assists. Rosalie Mercille scored 6 on 0-1 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 steals. Teah Stupar added 6 on 3-3 from the floor, 0-5 from the line and 11 boards. Louella Allana scored 5 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2 steals. Deja Lee added 4 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 2 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Lauren Audino scored 4 on 2-6 from the floor and 5 boards. Isaline Alexander added 4 on 1-5 from the floor, 2-4 from the line, 3 boards and 4 assists. Hannah Riddick notched 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 7 boards. Isabelle Forsyth scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Izabella Zingaro added 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 4 boards and 3 steals. Fatima Diakhate scored 2 on 1-6 from the floor, 4 boards and 3 blocks. Canada hit 26-69 (.377) overall, 21-46 (.457) from the floor, 5-23 (.217) from the arc and 4-11 (.364) from the line, while garnering 66 boards, including 28 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 5 fouls, 24 turnovers, 12 steals and 6 blocks. Rebeca Roque paced El Salvador with 6 on 3-6 from the floor, 6 boards and 2 steals. Silvia Vega added 3 on 1-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 5 boards, 3 steals and 3 blocks. Gabriela Alfaro notched 2 on 1-6 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3 boards and 3 steals. Amanda Williams added 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 2 boards and 3 steals. Fatima Tejada scored 2 on 1-4 from the floor and 0-2 from the line, while Ashley Williams, Dayana Maldonado and Sofia Alfaro were scoreless. Alfaro nabbed 3 boards. Keylin Murcia and Marcela Tejada did not play. El Salvador (coached by Jose Raimundo Santana Cruz, assisted by Maria Eugenia Mendez Galvez) hit 7-51 (.137) overall, 7-41 (.171) from the floor, 0-10 from the arc and 1-4 from the line, while garnering 24 boards, including 6 on the offensive glass, 3 assists, 10 fouls, 25 turnovers, 12 steals and 3 blocks.
In the semis, Canada dispatched host Chile 50-38. The score was knotted at 15 after one quarter as Chile kept draining treys. Canada led 27-19 at the half and 38-36 after three quarters. Isaline Alexander paced Canada with 16 on 5-12 from the floor, 6-7 from the line, 13 boards, 4 assists and 5 steals. Rosalie Mercille added 11 on 2-8 from the floor, 2-9 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 7 boards. Avianna Thompson notched 7 on 2-7 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 10 boards and 2 steals. Lauren Audino scored 5 on 0-12 from the floor, 5-8 from the line and 10 boards. Teah Stupar added 4 on 2-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the line, 6 boards and 2 blocks. Deja Lee notched 4 on 1-5 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Isabelle Forsyth scored 3 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 4 boards, while Louella Allan, Hannah Riddick, Tara Wallack, Fatima Diakhate and Izabella Zingaro were scoreless. Allana nabbed 6 boards and pilfered 2 balls. Zingaro nabbed 3 boards. Canada hit 16-75 (.213) overall, 12-52 (.231) from the floor, 4-23 (.174) from the arc and 14-19 (.737) from the line, while garnering 66 boards, including 30 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 16 fouls, 21 turnovers, 10 steals and 4 blocks. Fernanda Ovalle paced Chile with 15 on 4-10 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 4-6 from the line, 13 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Catalina Valenzuela added 8 on 1-5 from the floor, 2-7 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 assists. Damaris Alarcon notched 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 2 boards. Valentina Ojeda added 4 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the line and 2 boards. Barbara Torres scored 3 on 1-1 from the arc. Constanza Hernandez added 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc and 0-2 from the line, while Gabriel Ahumada, Josefa Orrego, Francisca Rocha, Valentina Monzo, Martina Gallardo and Valentina Olmedo were scoreless. Ahumada had 2 steals and 2 blocks. Rocha had 2 blocks. Monzo nabbed 5 boards. Chile (coached by Warren Espinoza Jiménez, assisted by Enzo Ernesto Gonzalez Maturana and Juan Francisco Miranda Brenet) hit 15-57 (.263) overall, 11-33 (.333) from the floor, 4-24 (.167) from the arc and 4-10 from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 8 on the offensive glass, 8 assists, 13 fouls, 19 turnovers, 9 steals anf 5 blocks.
In the final, the United States clocked Canada 87-37 after leading 24-2, 45-13 and 70-22 at the quarters. Payton Verhulst paced the US with 18 on 9-12 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 boards. Sonia Citron added 13 on 5-10 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2 steals. Saylor Poffenbarger notched 10 on 1-2 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2-3 from the line, 2 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Londynn Jones scored 9 on 1-2 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Olivia Miles added 8 on 4-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2 boards, 8 assists and 2 steals. Timea Gardiner notched 7 on 2-3 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 assists. Kira Rice scored 6 on 3-6 from the floor, 2 boards and 2 assists. Lauren Betts added 6 on 3-5 from the floor and 14 boards. Aaliyah Moore scored 5 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 5 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Calyn Bransford added 3 on 1-6 from the floor and 1-2 from the line. Amari DeBerry scored 2 on 1-8 from the floor, 3 boards and 2 steals, while Janiah Barker was scoreless and nabbed 6 boards, dished 2 assists, pilfered 2 balls and blocked 3 shots. The United States (coached by Mark Campbell, assisted by Kelly Nicole Carruthers and Ruth Ann Sinn) hit 38-82 (.463) overall, 31-68 (.456) from the floor, 7-14 from the arc and 4-6 from the line, while garnering 54 boards, including 22 on the offensive glass, 26 assists, 13 fouls, 15 turnovers, 14 steals and 10 blocks. Avianna Thompson paced Canada with 10 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Fatima Diakhate added 6 on 3-4 from the floor and 2 boards. Lauren Audino notched 6 on 2-5 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 4 boards. Isabelle Forsyth scored 5 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 3 steals. Izabella Zingaro scored 5 on 2-8 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 steals. Louella Allana added 2 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4 assists and 2 steals. Deja Lee notched 2 on 1-6 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 0-2 from the line and 4 boards. Isaline Alexander scored 1 on 0-7 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 2 steals, while Rosalie Mercille, Hannah Riddick and Teah Stupar were scoreless. Riddick nabbed 3 boards and Mercille dished 3 assists. Tara Wallack did not play. Canada hit 14-61 (.230) overall, 11-45 (.244) from the floor, 3-16 (.188) from the arc and 6-10 from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 10 assists, 12 fouls, 28 turnovers, 9 steals and 5 blocks.
The all-tournament team featured MVP Payton Verhulst (United States); Isaline Alexander (Canada); Fernanda Ovalle (Chile); Lauren Betts (United States); and Sonia Cintron (United States).