PARIS — Canada closed out its preliminary round in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics with a win Saturday, downing Azerbaijan 21-19. Katherine Plouffe put up seven points for the Canadians and Paige Crozon contributed six.
PARIS — Canada closed out its preliminary round in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics with a win Saturday, downing Azerbaijan 21-19.Tiffany Hayes led Azerbaijan with nine points while Alexandra Mollenhauer had seven.
The two sides traded buckets early and Canada held an 11-10 lead at the halfway mark and, while the Canadians pulled away temporarily pulled away with two minutes to go, Azerbaijan rallied and levelled the score at 19-19 with seconds left on the clock. Canada won three of its first four games in the tournament before taking a pair of overtime losses to the United States and Spain on Saturday.
The top two teams in the eight-team tournament will advance straight to Monday's semifinals, while the next four teams will advance to a series of play-in games scheduled for Sunday night.
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