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Canada made its first Women's Basketball World Cup semifinal in 36 years — now comes the hard part

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Last night's 79-60 win over Puerto Rico gave Canada its first trip to the semifinals of the Women's Basketball World Cup since 1986. To put that timespan in perspective, the '86 tournament (then known as the World Championship for Women) was played in the Soviet Union and no one on Canada's current roster had been born yet. The Canadians lost their semifinal to the eventual-champion United States but went on to win the bronze medal by beating Czechoslovakia. Canada's leading scorer in that game, Bev Smith, is now 62 years old.

Leading the way for Canada last night was 26-year-old guard Kia Nurse, who scored a team-high 17 points (on 6-of-12 shooting) with four rebounds and a pair of assists. This tournament is the first action for Canada's most productive WNBA player since she tore an ACL nearly a full year ago, causing her to miss the Phoenix Mercury's entire season. Nurse has started all six Canadian games and, with the exception of a blowout win over Mali in the group-stage finale, has seen her minutes steadily increase with each outing. Her 17 points and 24 minutes last night were both personal highs for the tournament.

Four other Canadians scored in double figures against Puerto Rico, led by Bridget Carleton with 15. The 25-year-old forward for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx is Canada's leading scorer, averaging 14.8 points per game. Thirty-one-year-old Canadian centre Kayla Alexander, who grabbed 13 boards vs. Puerto Rico, is the tournament's second-leading rebounder with 11.7 per game.

Everything seems to be clicking for Canada, which is 5-1 in its first tournament under

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