Canadian women wrap up Olympic pre-qualifying basketball tournament with 3-0 record

Natalie Achonwa scored a team-high 16 points in leading Canada to a 77-68 win over Puerto Rico on Sunday in FIBA Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament action in Medellín, Colombia.

Laeticia Amihere added 11 points and 15 rebounds, with Syla Swords and Shay Colley also chipping in 11 points apiece for Canada's basketball squad.

The fifth-ranked Canadians finished the four-team tournament 3-0, after already securing their spot in one of the four FIBA Women's Olympic qualifying tournaments on Friday.

"I'm excited that we came here and we did what we wanted to do," Toronto native Achonwa said to Canada Basketball. "We won three games, we qualified for the Olympic qualifiers. That was our main goal. Now we get to take some things that we learned in this tournament and apply it to the next round."

The qualifying tournaments are set to take place in February, with 10 Olympic berths on the line. The U.S. and France have already qualified for the 2024 Paris Games.

Arella Guirantes paced Puerto Rico with 22 points, six rebounds and five steals.

The 12th-ranked Puerto Ricans had also already booked their spot into an Olympic qualifier after consecutive wins over host Colombia and Venezuela.