Edmonton’s Katherine Plouffe racked up 11 elements, consisting of the successful basket in extra time, as Canada beat the united state 19-18 to win the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Plouffe, along with colleagues Paige Crozon of Humboldt, Sask., Saicha Patrica Grant-Allen of Hamilton, and Kacie Bosch of Lethbridge, Alta., went unbeaten within the competitors, sending off Cuba within the quarterfinals and Brazil within the semis previous to beating the Americans within the nationwide championship.
On the blokes’s aspect, Canada beat the Dominican Republic 21-16 to catch bronze. Canada’s group included Steve Sir of Edmonton, Jerome Desrosiers of Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., Marek Klassen of Vancouver and Grant Audu
SEE|Canadian girls win gold:
Canada beats the United States 19-18 in extra time within the girls’s gold medal final on the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup 2024 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
