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CBC
10 hours ago
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- CBC
Canada's women play Friday for chance at quarterfinal berth at 3x3 basketball World Cup
Canada's women's team dropped both of its games Wednesday at the FIBA 3x3 basketball World Cup and will now have to go the play-in route for a shot at the quarterfinals. Cassandra Brown had six points in a 14-13 loss to France, where a mid-game injury to Saicha Grant-Allen disrupted Canada's momentum. Grant-Allen had five points while Paige Crozon scored two. Despite the injury, Grant-Allen returned to post five points and eight rebounds in a 16-14 loss to Hungary. Crozon added five, with Brown finishing with four. The sixth-ranked Canadians opened the tournament Monday with wins over Austria and Latvia in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. FIBA 3x3 Women's Basketball World Cup Ulaanbaatar: Canada vs. Hungary 2 hours ago Duration 26:42 Watch Canada take on Hungary at the FIBA 3x3 Women's Basketball World Cup in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Canada finished third in Pool C and will face the second-place team from Pool B on Friday. The 17th-ranked Canadian men's team, sporting a 1-1 record after splitting games with Austria and China, returns to action Thursday against France and Puerto Rico.
CTV News
10 hours ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Canada's women fall to France, Hungary at 3x3 basketball World Cup, head to play-in
Canada's Paige Crozon (7) drives past Hortense Limouzin (15) of France in the women's 3x3 basketball pool round match during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) ULAANBAATAR — Canada's women's team dropped both of its games Wednesday at the FIBA 3x3 Basketball World Cup and will now have to go the play-in route for a shot at the quarterfinals. Cassandra Brown had six points in a 14-13 loss to France, where a mid-game injury to Saicha Grant-Allen disrupted Canada's momentum. Grant-Allen had five points while Paige Crozon scored two. Despite the injury, Grant-Allen returned to post five points and eight rebounds in a 16-14 loss to Hungary. Crozon added five, with Brown finishing with four. The sixth-ranked Canadians opened the tournament Monday with wins over Austria and Latvia. Canada finished third in Pool C and will face the second-place team from Pool B on Friday. The 17th-ranked Canadian men's team, 1-1 after splitting games with Austria and China, returns to action Thursday against France and Puerto Rico. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 25, 2025.
Winnipeg Free Press
11 hours ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Canada's women fall to France, Hungary at 3×3 basketball World Cup, head to play-in
ULAANBAATAR – Canada's women's team dropped both of its games Wednesday at the FIBA 3×3 Basketball World Cup and will now have to go the play-in route for a shot at the quarterfinals. Cassandra Brown had six points in a 14-13 loss to France, where a mid-game injury to Saicha Grant-Allen disrupted Canada's momentum. Grant-Allen had five points while Paige Crozon scored two. Despite the injury, Grant-Allen returned to post five points and eight rebounds in a 16-14 loss to Hungary. Crozon added five, with Brown finishing with four. The sixth-ranked Canadians opened the tournament Monday with wins over Austria and Latvia. Canada finished third in Pool C and will face the second-place team from Pool B on Friday. The 17th-ranked Canadian men's team, 1-1 after splitting games with Austria and China, returns to action Thursday against France and Puerto Rico. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 25, 2025.
CBC
2 days ago
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's women down Austria, Latvia on Day 1 of 3x3 basketball World Cup
Canada's women, minus star 3x3 basketball players Katherine and Michelle Plouffe, Canada's women's team opened World Cup play Monday with a pair of victories in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Cassandra Brown and Saicha Grant-Allen filled in admirably, taking turns dominating on the court against Austria and Latvia. The Plouffes, who are twin sisters, were unable to play due to a scheduling conflict and minor injuries. Brown scored a game-high nine points to lead the Canadians to their second win of the day, 20-15 over Austria. The 33-year-old from Vernon, B.C., extended her team's lead to 17-13 and led it victory by making good on two foul shots with nine seconds left on the clock. Brown was a member of Canada's five-on-five squad at the 2019 Pan Am Games and spent 10 years plying her trade internationally before committing to the 3x3 format, which sees games end when a team reaches 21 points, or the 10-minute time limit expires. Also, the standard three-point line serves as the two-point line in 3-on-3, while baskets made from inside the arc are worth one. Grant-Allen had six points against Austria while Paige Crozon posted nine rebounds, tops among all players. Before the 20-team tournament, Crozon told CBC Sports the goal is to establish chemistry with Grant-Allen and Brown as she and Kacie Bosch have had with the Plouffes. "There was a level of comfort because we understood each other's tendencies and there was a lot of trust that was built," said Crozon. "There's not as much comfort going into this tournament. However, I think we're all excited because we get to explore ways that we can expand our game." Live coverage of the World Cup will be available on CBC Gem and continuing Monday at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT through to the medal games on Sunday. Despite Monday's outcome, the Austrians pushed Canada early in Monday's contest. A two-point shot from Anja Fuchs-Robetin gave Austria a 6-2 advantage in the opening two minutes six seconds. It was 8-4 Austria with 6:30 remaining but Canada scored four points to draw even and later went on a 6-0 run for a 14-9 lead. The Austrians didn't let up, though, as Sigrid Koizar's two-pointer cut the deficit to 14-12 with 1:43 left. She finished the game with five points, three rebounds and went 3-for-3 from the foul line. Grant-Allen was the story against Latvia, a game in which the Canadians never trailed en route to a 17-10 victory. The 29-year-old from Hamilton had a game-high nine points, including the first three from either side, and eight rebounds. Grant-Allen played four years at the University of Dayton in Ohio, graduating in 2017 before playing professionally in Russia, Spain and Turkey until 2022. Canada faces No. 3 France on Wednesday The Canadian women, who are ranked sixth, led 7-2 midway through Monday's game and pulled away with a 5-0 run to extend its lead to 12-4. Brown and Crozon had four points apiece. Canada returns to the court Wednesday at 5:10 a.m. ET against third-ranked France and opposes No. 11 Hungary at 7 a.m. Sixteen countries will reach the single-elimination knockout stage, with division winners advancing to the quarterfinals. Canada's best World Cup result was a silver medal in 2022. The team has won back-to-back regular-season championships on the 3x3 circuit and earned the inaugural Champions Cup title in March. It also lost to the United States in the 2024 Olympic quarterfinal in Paris. The Canadian men, making their first World Cup appearance since 2018, begin competition Tuesday, facing Austria at 2:55 a.m. and China at 7 a.m. Canada's squad features Alex Johnson, who committed to 3x3 full-time in 2021, alongside Grant Audu, Jerome Desrosiers and Toronto Metropolitan University's Aaron Rhooms. The Canadians are ranked 17th and grouped in Pool C with No. 3 France, No. 6 Austria, No. 11 China and No. 14 Puerto Rico.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Yahoo
Family fears block party shooting victim was retaliation for testifying in another case
The 66-year-old woman shot and killed while harmlessly sitting in a chair on the sidewalk during a block party had recently filed a witness tampering and vandalism report and testified in a case that led to a life sentence, court records show. Cassandra 'Shawty' Elizabeth Brown was shot in the head during the June 13 gathering with over 100 people at Grothe and Eaverson streets, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. No possible motive or description of the shooter have been released. But family and friends told Action News Jax they believe it's related to her testimony and that she had been receiving threats. On May 10 Brown called police about vandalism at her home on West Third Street not far from the block party, according to the incident report. She said she had returned home to find chairs thrown all over the lawn, her trash bin emptied and scattered over her porch and her car tires deflated. The report lists the offense as "Tampering with witness, victim or informant in a 1st degree felony proceeding." It does not specify the case, but on June 16, 2024, Brown was a witness to a shooting in the same 1000 block of Grothe Street that led to the arrest of 58-year-old Carla Temere Hill. Brown and another woman identified Hill as the woman who shot an acquaintance in his early 70s in the ankle and shin area during a brief encounter. Brown told police she'd known Hill for three years and were once incarcerated at the same time, the arrest report said. The victim said he knew Hill for about six months and was hanging out when he saw her packing up her bicycle, according to the report. He said he engaged in small talk with her asking if she was leaving. She became angry telling him he should stay out of people's business and then fired several shots from 5 to 6 feet away. Hill told police she fired at the ground during a short verbal altercation and didn't think she hit him. Jurors found Hill guilty on Dec. 4, 2024, of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon. She was sentenced the next month to life in prison. Transcripts from the Dec. 3, 2024, trial proceedings provide Brown's testimony. Here are some excerpts obtained by The Florida Times-Union. She said that after the victim made a comment about Hill's bike, she pulled out a pistol and told him, 'If you say anything else, I'll kill you,' according to the court transcripts. He backed away with his hands up trying to take cover behind a pole and said, 'What you going to do, Carla? You going to shoot me?' And she did. 'I ran up to her and grabbed her arm and I said, 'Carla, you going to kill this man,'' and she kept firing. She got on the bicycle and stood over him, saying 'I should have killed you' and spit in his face. The defense countered with questions about Brown could hear the entire conversation from 20 feet away and how her friendship with Hill ended and that they previously lived together. Grothe and Eaverson streets: 'It's a (expletive) butter knife': Bodycam released in latest Jacksonville police shooting While Brown's case is still early in the investigation, First Coast Crime Stoppers is offering a $3,000 reward for anyone with pertinent information that helps lead to an arrest. Call (866) 845-8477 (845-TIPS), text **8477 or email rewards@ to remain anonymous and be eligible for rewards. The Sheriff's Office also can be reached at (904) 630-0500 or email JSOCrimeTips@ This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Block party shooting victim in Jacksonville reported witness tampering
