Canadian men's, women's wheelchair basketball teams out of world medal hunt in Dubai

Patrick Anderson clearly didn't like how he or the Canadian men's wheelchair basketball team was faring against Australia, so he decided to let his play do the talking.

Canada had been outscored 17-9 in the second quarter of Saturday's 5-8 crossover game at the world championships when Anderson poured in 17 of the squad's 22 third-quarter points for a 49-47 lead entering the final 10 minutes.

While the 43-year-old shooting guard from Fergus, Ont., didn't score in the fourth quarter of Canada's 62-57 victory, he topped all players with 26 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists.

The Canadians, who improved its record to 3-3 in Dubai, will face Italy in the fifth-place match on Monday while Australia (4-2) meets Germany in the 7-8 contest following a second consecutive loss.

Earlier Saturday, Canada's women dropped a 66-47 semifinal decision to the Netherlands.

Robert Hedges and Garrett Ostepchuk had eight points apiece for the Canadian men on Saturday, with the latter scoring six in the opening quarter. Colin Higgins added nine rebounds and seven assists.

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"We want to finish better than our eighth-place showing at the [2020] Tokyo Paralympics," Hedges said on Friday.

The Australians were led by captain Tristan Knowles's 15 points while Bill Latham had 13 points and eight rebounds.

Canada, which lost 68-53 to the Netherlands in Friday's quarterfinals, led by as many as six points in the final quarter and the Aussies couldn't draw closer, missing a pair of three-point attempts in the final minute.

Australia padded its advantage to eight points at 43-35 with 6:09 left in the third quarter when Anderson went to work. Canada cut the deficit to two with 1:58