Canada loses semifinal to U.S. at Americas Cup wheelchair basketball tournament
The national senior men's wheelchair basketball team dropped a 70-57 semifinal decision to the United States, and will now have to refocus on a bronze-medal game with host Colombia on Wednesday.
Canada led 15-14 after the first quarter, but the Americans were ahead 32-28 at halftime and 49-43 entering the final quarter.
Colin Higgins led Canada with 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Reed De'Aeth had 17 points and seven rebounds. Canada outrebounded the Americans 43-34.
Jorge Salazar led the Americans with 13 points, while Paul Schulte, Kesean Paire and Jeromie Meyer scored 12 points each. The U.S. will play Argentina in Wednesday's gold-medal game. Argentina edged Colombia 59-55 in the semifinals.
The Americas Cup is a qualification tournament for the 2026 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championship that will take place in Ottawa, from Sept. 9-19. Argentina, the United States and Colombia have secured their qualification for Ottawa 2026 with victories in Monday's quarterfinals.
The fourth- and fifth-place teams in Bogota will advance to the Repechage.
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