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Canada Drops Exhibition Game 72-55 To China

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Jul 3, 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>Monday, July 3, 2017</p></td><td><p>4:00 AM EST</p></td><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia, China</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

XILINHOT, INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA (JULY 3, 2017) - Team Canada dropped a tough exhibition game 72-55 to host China. Canada is currently in a six-game exhibition series in China for training en route to the FIBA Women's AmeriCup 2017 in August.

Ruth Hamblin had 21 points and 6 rebounds while Shay Colley added 13 points and 1 rebound.

Shay Colley, Quinn Dornstauder, Jamie Scott, Ruth Hamblin and Bridget Carleton started for Canada.

Click here for the full team roster.

         

         

QUOTE

"We expected China to be a tough opponent and they showed it today. They shot the ball really well from the three which ended up being the difference in the game. Lessons learned that we will take forward to the next set of games." - Lisa Thomaidis, Head Coach

UP NEXT

Canada travels to Liupanshui, Guizhou, China and will continue their China exhibition series on July 6 against Lithuania at 9:30 AM EST. Click here for the complete China exhibition schedule and follow us on Twitter for score updates.

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Matt Walker, mwalker@basketball.ca