Canada’s men’s wheelchair basketball team beats Italy 72-60 to lock up Paralympics berth
Patrick Anderson scored a game-high 23 points as Canada ’s men’s wheelchair basketball team earned a spot for the Paris Paralympics with a 72-60 win over Italy at a repechage qualifying tournament Monday.Colin Higgins had 14 points and 16 rebounds, while Vincent Dallaire and Nik Goncin added 11 points each in the wire-to-wire win.
Canada’s men’s senior basketball team has appeared in every Paralympic Games since 1968 and won gold in 2000, 2004 and 2012. “For the team, it was the perfect win in terms of getting contributions from everybody and building on the last three days, as crazy as that sounds,” said the 44-year-old Anderson, who has long been one of wheelchair basketball’s biggest stars.
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