Team BC women drop game two at the 2017 Canada Games basketball tournament

In a tough game Sunday afternoon in Winnipeg, Team BC was down early and then couldn’t catch up to New Brunswick in women’s basketball.  NB led BC 46-33 at the half. But BC bounced back scoring 19 points in the third quarter to come within four of New Brunswick.  But it was Team NB’s turn to crank up the heat again scoring 19 points in the fourth to take the win 75-63. After two days of the women’s basketball tournament, BC is 1-1.

Quotes
Coach: WATTS, Carrie (Agassiz)

On being down in today’s game vs. New Brunswick
“You kind of see what it takes. Everyone is here fighting for an opportunity to win a medal. I thought we played with enough fight in the third quarter. I thought that showed a lot of grit. We were down and brought it back.  So it’s great to see that. We just need to extend that for a longer period of time. We gave up a lot of points in the first half.”

On the first weekend of the Canada Games
“It’s exciting for all the girls here to be in this situation. We had chance to meet up with Prime Minister Trudeau the other morning. It’s been an amazing experience, just to soak it all in and to see the other excellent calibre athletes here.”

Team BC is back in action on Monday evening against Newfoundland at 19:45.