Canada falls to Spain 76-66 in women’s basketball and has never medaled at the Olympics
And it’s happened a lot sooner than they expected.
“Heartbroken for our team,” head coach Lisa Thomadis said. “Not the outcome we were looking for. We certainly wanted to take matters into our own hands. We won two of the four quarters, but unfortunately we dug ourselves into too much of a hole.Cristina Ouvina added 15 points and seven assists as Spain clinched first in Group A.“We believed in ourselves, and just weren’t able to put it together.”
The top two teams in each of the tournament’s three groups advance to the start of the medal round Wednesday, along with the two best third-place squads. Nurse hit a three early in the fourth to cut the deficit to 60-52. The Canadians would get back to within six a couple of times, but couldn’t close the gap any further.Currently sitting No. 3 in the world rankings, Spain won silver in Brazil five years ago.
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