Bridgeport, Conn. - The Canadian Women's Olympic Team continues to get ready for the 2016 Summer Games after meeting the host team at the USA Basketball Showcase on Friday.

In its second of three games at the pre-Rio Games exhibition tournament, Canada was defeated 83-43 by the two-time defending Olympic champion United States at Webster Bank Arena.

Canada's Starting Five featured Miah-Marie Langlois, Kia Nurse, Kim Gaucher, Tamara Tatham and Miranda Ayim. Click here for full team roster.

Langlois led Canada with 11 points, and Natalie Achonwa scored seven in just her second outing with the SWNT this summer. Team Canada's top rebounder was Nurse with 4, while Tatham contributed 6 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Team USA's Diana Taurasi notched a game-high 14 points. For game boxscore click here.

“We need to play against tough competition. The last two years we haven't lost a lot of games, so this was great for us because we need to identify gaps and we certainly got those identified pretty quick,” Team Canada coach Thomaidis said. “We're gong to continue to improve and our goal is to be at our best the time Rio rolls around. There's some key games that we have to win down there in order to move forward and achieve some of the goals that we set for ourselves. The USA team is where we want to be, and that's where we're striving to get at some point.”

The score at the end of the first quarter favoured Team USA 19-6, after the Americans ended the period out-scoring Canada 14-2 over the final 4:35. Team USA continued its run, scoring the first nine points of the second quarter, before Ayim hit a jumper with just over six minutes remaining to start an 11-9 stretch for Canada. The half ended with Team USA ahead 44-20.

The United States held a 21-5 scoring edge in the third period to take a 65-25 lead into the final 10 minutes. The fourth proved the Canadians strongest quarter both offensively and defensively, as they scored 18 while holding Team USA to 18.

“We came into the game knowing what we were up against, we came into to it as a learning opportunity, to go up against the best in the world and to see how we match up,” said Thomaidis. “USA just does so many things defensively with their length and athleticism, that really changes how you want to play the game and that was evident for us. We really struggled at the offensive end to put the ball in the hoop, and we're going to learn to get better from this experience,”

Canada meets France in its final game of the USA Basketball Showcase, 1:30 p.m. ET on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York. For full tournament schedule click here.

The 2016 Olympic women's basketball tournament begins Aug. 6 when Canada plays China.

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