France edges Canada in women's basketball
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Emilie Gomis scored 16 points and Isabelle Yacoubou added 14, leading France to a 64-60 victory over Canada in women's basketball.
Sandrine Gruda contributed 10 points and seven rebounds for the undefeated French, who improved to 3-0 in Group B and clinched a berth in the quarterfinals. Celine Dumerc also scored 10 in the victory, including six from the line in final 90 seconds that helped the French seal it.
Shona Thorburn led Canada with 17 points and Natalie Achonwa chipped in 14. The Canadians fell to 1-2.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}France led by as many as seven in the fourth quarter, but Canada pulled within 54-51 with 1:36 remaining on a bucket by Kim Smith. Dumerc then hit a pair from the stripe and Thorburn missed at the other end, leading to two more Dumerc free throws for a 58-51 margin with 44 seconds to play.
Canada still had a slim chance after Achonwa grabbed the rebound of a missed free throw by Thorburn and drew a foul while converting the putback with nine seconds left. Achonwa made the subsequent free throw to pull the Canadians within 62-60, but Dumerc drained two more from the line to ice it for the French.
France opened an 11-4 advantage early in the contest, but Canada trimmed its deficit to 13-12 after the opening quarter and the lead changed hands early in the second before France carried a 28-25 edge to the break.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The French again pulled ahead in the third and built a 40-33 cushion with just under five minutes to play in the period, but Canada again rallied and made it a two-point game, 42-40, entering the fourth.