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Canadian Women Drop Exhibition Opener To Spain

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May 26, 2017

<table border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DATE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TIME</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>OPPONENT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>LOCATION</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Friday, May 26, 2017</p></td><td><p>1:00 PM EST</p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>Torrelavega, Spain</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

TORRELAVEGA, SPAIN - Ruth Hamblin had 13 points and 8 rebounds while Katherine Plouffe added 13 points and 6 rebounds in Canada's 64-42 loss to world #2 Spain. The game was the first of a 5-game European exhibition tour as the Women's National Team Program looks to set benchmarks and assess athlete performance heading into the next stage of training. Click here for the box score.

Bridget Carleton, Miah-Marie Langlois, Katherine Plouffe, Michelle Plouffe and Jamie Scott started for Canada. Click here for the full team roster.

Photos courtesy of Baloncesto FEB.

QUOTES

“Anytime you get a chance to play against a team like Spain, ranked as high as they are internationally, it gives you a great benchmark for where you’re at currently. For a lot of our younger players who haven’t played at this stage before, it gave them a great benchmark for where we need to go from here. This will be a great building block for us to continue to grow and develop throughout the course of the next couple games.” - Lisa Thomaidis, Head Coach

“We played hard…people hustled really hard, we played through to the end despite the score and I think that shows the heart Canadians are made of.” - Ruth Hamblin

UP NEXT

Canada's next game is against 13th-ranked Japan on Saturday, May 27. Tip-off is set for 1:00 PM EST and live stats can be found here. For the complete European exhibition schedule click here.

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