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[QUOTE="awhom111, post: 4690709, member: 8683"]
Tough loss for Canada even though Aaliyah had 14 points and 11 rebounds as they just could not get their guards going:
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.fiba.basketball/womensamericup/2023/game/0807/Canada-USA#tab=boxscore[/URL]

The 67-63 loss to the United States means that Brazil takes the other direct spot in Olympic qualifying from the Americas.  Canada will be have to finish as one of the top two out of four teams to move on to the final qualifying tournament.  While, college players are unlikely to be available, WNBA players should be selectable.

No, they are two separate events.  The one that Aaliyah won MVP of was the Basketball Without Borders at the NBA All Star weekend in February of that year:
[URL unfurl="true"]https://pr.nba.com/bwb-global-camp-2019-all-star/[/URL]

Some of the players at the event that I am talking about are listed here:
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nba.com/news/nba-academy-alumni-in-2023-ncaa-tournaments[/URL]

As you can see, there were some of the same participants, but also a lot of differences.  FIBA is involved in BWB, but was not involved in this.
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