Canada’s 3x3 women’s basketball team is heading home from the Paris Olympics empty-handed after losing 16-13 to the United States in the bronze-medal matchup Monday.
USA's Cierra Burdick and Canada's Michelle Plouffe - The Canadian PressPARIS — Losing their bronze-medal game left Katherine Plouffe and her teammates awash in emotion Monday night.
After years with the Canadian women's basketball squad, Plouffe and her twin sister, Michelle Plouffe, decided five years ago to create a 3x3 program."It's been worth it," Katherine Plouffe said after Monday's loss."I would rather have my neck a little bit heavier right now, but the journey is worth it. And there's so many serendipities along the way that I would never trade. So I'm still positive on what we did, definitely.
"It was always about leaving something, leaving a legacy behind. And I think we've made a big leap forward in doing that," she said."So it's been a huge journey, and I'm just so grateful.” Michelle Plouffe opened the scoring with a two-pointer and Bosch added another deep shot to give Canada a 7-3 lead less than three minutes into the game.Dearica Hamby gave the U.S. a 14-13 lead on a free throw with 1:17 left to play and the Canadians couldn't recover.
The loss to the Americans marked Canada's 10th game in seven days. Games were played at an outdoor, temporary venue on Paris' Palace de la Concorde, and temperatures often reached the high 20s.
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