Anthony Bennett had 30 factors and Kaza Kajami-Keane had 27 as Canada clinched qualification for the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 event with a 95-90 win over the U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Canada, which pulled out a 95-93 victory when these groups final performed Wednesday, improved to 3-1 group part play.
Walter Hodge had a game-high 44 factors for the U.S. Virgin Islands, which fell to 1-4.
Bennett, a former first-overall NBA draft choose, shot 7-for-9 from the sphere and 3-for-5 from three-point vary. He added 9 rebounds.
Johnny Berhanemeskel had 10 factors for Canada and went 3-for-3 from deep. He got here off the bench to make a pair of three-pointers within the fourth quarter. The large buckets opened a decent recreation by giving Canada a seven-point lead with simply over 4 minutes to play.
Fined for pulling out of qualifying video games
The standing of Canada’s closing two group video games in opposition to Cuba, which have been speculated to occur throughout this qualifying window in San Juan, stay unresolved after the Cuban workforce was unable to make it into the Puerto Rico bubble.
FIBA mentioned in a information launch the standing of the 2 missed video games shall be decided later.
Canada withdrew from qualifying video games in opposition to Cuba and the U.S. Virgin Islands within the Dominican Republic in late November as a result of collaborating would have contradicted Canada’s well being, security and journey suggestions round COVID-19.
FIBA fined Canada Basketball 160,000 Swiss francs ($227,138 US) and docked the workforce a degree within the standings for withdrawing, however half of the positive and lack of the standing level have been erased after Canada performed on this certified window.
Canada’s roster:
- Anthony Bennett – Ahead – 6’8″ – Toronto, ON – N/A
- Aaron Greatest – Guard – 6’4″ – Scarborough, ON – Boulazac (France)
- Johnny Berhanemeskel – Guard – 6’2″ – Ottawa, ON – Nanterre (France)
- Junior Cadougan – Guard – 6’1″ – Toronto, ON – Fraser Valley Bandits (CEBL)
- Jadon Cohee -Guard – 6’4″ – Langley, BC – Mgzavrebi (Georgia)
- Kadre Grey – Guard – 6’1″ – Toronto, ON – Hamilton Honey Badgers (CEBL)
- Jermaine Haley – Guard – 6’7″ – Vancouver, BC – College of West Virginia (NCAA)
- Kaza Kajami-Keane – Guard – 6’2″ – Ajax, ON – Le Mans (France)
- Owen Klassen – Centre – 6’10” – Kingston, ON – Boulazac (France)
- Kyle Landry – Centre – 6’10” – Calgary, AB – Ottawa BlackJacks (CEBL)
- MiKyle McIntosh – Ahead – 6’7″ – Pickering, ON – Le Portel (France)
- Conor Morgan – Ahead – 6’9″ – Victoria, BC – Joventut (Spain)
- Adika Peter-McNeilly – Guard – 6’3″ – Toronto, ON – Edmonton Stingers (CEBL)
- Phil Scrubb – Guard – 6’3″ – Richmond, BC – Limoges (France)
- Thomas Scrubb – Ahead – 6’7″ – Richmond, BC – Bourg (France)
- Grant Shephard – Ahead – 6’10” – Kelowna, BC – Carleton College (U SPORTS)
