DEBRECEN, HUNGARY (July 12, 2022) – Canada’s National Women’s Under-17 Team defeated Egypt 67-44 on Tuesday at the FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 in Hungary.
The Canadians were led by Cassandre Prosper’s 11-point, 14-rebound brace who also recorded three assists, six steals and three blocks as she showed her all-around game in the win. Toby Lee Fournier added a 13-point, 14-rebound brace while adding three steals and three blocks. Deniya Trinity Prawl had 12 rebounds and added five assists and six steals in just 18 minutes of play and Delaney Gibb added 12 points for the Canadians.
Jana Elalfy was the game’s leading scorer with 15 points for Egypt in the loss, while Jana Sallman added nine points and eight rebounds.
After a sluggish start to open the game, Canada recorded a 12-0 in the final 3:38 minutes of the first quarter, including a buzzing basket from Marina Radocaj on a superb pass from Cassandre Prosper to take a lead 11 points, 17-6, after the first 10 minutes of play.
Egypt beat Canada 20-15 in the second quarter, going 6-0 to come within five points, 24-19, 3:46 into the break. A Deniya Trinity Prawl steal and layup ended a four-plus-minute scoring drought for the Canadians, then a Bree Robinson three-pointer made Canada’s lead eight points to 1: 41 from the end of the first half. After a layup by Egypt’s Jana Sallman, Canada led 32-26 at the break.
Canada finished with 20 stray shots but made up for it with 22 steals. The Canadians also grabbed 59 rebounds, Egypt only 42, including 26-13 on the offensive rebound.
Fournier opened the scoring early in the second half with a layup as Canada’s defense forced Egypt past 24 seconds of possession twice in a row before a three-point field goal from Summer Bostock carried the lead of his team to more than 10 points. Another Canadian three-pointer, this time from Prosper, put Canada ahead by 13 points with 2:25 left in the quarter. After a loose ball on either side, Elalfy made both of her free throws to put Egypt back to 11 points with 1:28 remaining. She followed that up with a block before scoring on a layup to come back to nine points for Egypt as Canada led 46-37 heading into the fourth quarter.
In the final quarter, Canada increased its intensity on defence. A block and a layup from Fournoi put Canada more than 10 points behind their opponent. Bostock scored a two-pointer on a stepback to lead by 11 points with 7:40 left in the game, then a jump shot along the baseline from Prosper gave the team a 13-point lead. Canada.
Egypt struggled to score in the fourth quarter, failing to register a single point between the 6:41 mark and a Sallman three-pointer 29 seconds from time as Canada inflicted a 13-0 to his opponent to fold the match.
Canada’s next game is Wednesday, July 13, timing and opponent are yet to be determined.
