Taipei City, Chinese Taipei (Team Canada) - Team Canada's men's basketball team captured their third win of the tournament with a convincing 84-71 win over Japan on Thursday night.

The win improves their record to 3-1, while Japan drops to 1-3. Connor Wood  (Carelton Ravens) lead Canada in points with 19, followed up by Ravens teammate Kaza Kajami-Keane with 16. Japan's Keisuke Masuda recorded a game-high 25 points in the game.

Canada came out of the gates hot and they were led by Kajami-Keane at the point. His nine points helped the red and white to a 20-11 lead after the first quarter. The Japanese offence picked up in the second as they tried to close the gap, but it was Jordan Jensen-Whyte who stepped up his game and help Canada gain a 13-point lead by halftime.

"We got the result we wanted tonight," said UBC Thunderbird Jensen-Whyte. "Japan was a great team and they went up and down the floor with us. We were a little bigger than them so we tried to pound the ball inside.  We executed our plan tonight, but obviously there are a couple things we need to clean up."

Team Canada really started to pull away in the third quarter, going up by a high of 19. With everyone on the squad getting ample playing time, the menâ??s basketball team sailed to an 84-17 win over Japan.

"Finland was a tough one, obviously, but we're still in this thing," said Jensen-Whyte. "We have to come out tomorrow and give Germany everything we've got. The two wins following the Finland game were huge and we just have to keep building from there."

The men's basketball team will finish pool play on Aug. 25 at 3:00 p.m. (3:00 a.m. Eastern) when they face Germany who has gone undefeated thus far at the 29th Summer Universiade. The game will determine which round of classification Team Canada qualifies for.

SOURCE: U SPORTS

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