Canadian women reach final at wheelchair basketball worlds after win over the Netherlands
The Canadian women advanced to the wheelchair basketball world championship final after beating the Netherlands 85-73 on Thursday in Ottawa.
Canada will face the U.S. in the gold-medal game on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Kady Dandeneau continued her outstanding tournament, leading Canada with 35 points, 11 rebounds and six assists.
Dandeneau scores 49 points, leading unbeaten Canadian women's wheelchair basketball team to world semis
The 36-year-old from Pender Island, B.C., was coming off a dominant effort against Japan from start to finish in Wednesday’s quarterfinal, scoring a game-high 49 points while adding 12 rebounds and eight assists.
Arinn Young provided more fire power for Canada, scoring 34 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists.
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