Canada improves to 2-0 at men's 3x3 basketball Olympic qualifier. MORE:
Jordan Jensen-Whyte added four points and six rebounds for Canada, which improved to 2-0 at the tournament after opening with an 18-14 win over Croatia.Dimeo van der Horst had a game-high nine points for the Dutch.
Canada, seeded 13th at the tournament, faces No. 5 Latvia and No. 20 Austria on Saturday to close out its pool games. Latvia leads Pool D heading into Saturday's games with a better points-per-game average than second-place Canada. Austria is third, followed by the Netherlands and Croatia . The top two teams from each pool qualify for the quarterfinals. The two finalists and the winner of the third-place game will qualify for the Olympics.
Men's and women's 3x3 basketball is set to make its debut at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Canada does not have a team participating in the women's qualifying event.