The Canadian women’s basketball program has been ascending through the global ranks for more than a decade. All of the lessons learned in that rise are going to come in handy as the women make their final push toward a third straight Olympic berth, starting Thursday afternoon in Ostend, Belgium. Canada is in a group — with Belgium, Sweden and Japan — vying for two spots at the Tokyo Olympics this summer. Toss in the international experience and nothing is likely to come up that the players haven’t seen. “We’re really able to build on some of things we were doing in November because it’s only been about two months.

Source: thestar February 06, 2020 00:22 UTC