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Weekly Report #64
Australia The Big V championship game was played on Saturday between the teams with the top two records. The game did not end up being remotely competitive as the McKinnon Cougars quickly took the lead, getting 31 points from Javyn Nicholson and defeating the Sherbrooke Suns by over 50 points. Uruguay The semifinals started in…
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Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Final
The championship game was on Sunday as the winner of the game would get a spot in the Olympic qualifying tournaments in early 2028 without having to worry about their performance at AmeriCup next year. The game between the teams in the group stage was pretty close, but the rematch ended up being a different…
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Weekly Report #63
Rwanda The finals started in Rwanda as they were not necessarily expected to be quite as dramatic as the semifinals. The Hoops made it close in the second half, but still ended up losing the opener on Thursday. REG took an even bigger lead on Saturday to double their advantage in the series with another…
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Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Semifinals
After a day of rest, the teams started the knockout round on Saturday with the semifinals. Canada’s young guards were great again, helping them build up a big lead by halftime. Lauren Whittaker and New Zealand made it closer in the second half, but never really challenged in the 86-71 loss. Brazil was looking to…
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Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Game 3
Group A Thursday was the final day of group play in this tournament and this group had their games first. Both contests would give the winners the two spots in the semifinals with the group winner being determined by which team had won the previous head-to-head matchup. Brazil had a tough start to the event,…
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Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Game 2
Group A The second games in this group were played on Tuesday as Argentina looked to bounce back from an opening loss in the first game of the day. South Sudan trailed halftime, but started their comeback in the second half, taking the lead at times in the fourth quarter. They tied the game with…