'Incredibly disappointed': Canadian women fall to China in wheelchair basketball bronze-medal match in Paris

Canada's wheelchair basketball teams will be leaving Paris without a medal.

Following the men's tough loss to Germany in Saturday's bronze-medal game, the Canadian women faltered and were unable beat China for a place on the podium.

China took bronze with a 65-43 win at Bercy Arena on Sunday, the final day of the Games.

Canada refused to quit and outscored the Chinese squad 18-14 in the fourth quarter, but the damage had already been done after being outscored 51-25 through the first three. The normally-sharp Canadians, who had scored at least 60 points in every game to that point, were held to just six points in the second quarter and eight in the third.

"Just from a basketball standpoint, we started so poorly and we can't afford to start like that in a bronze-medal game," said Canada's Arinn Young. "The rest of the time, it's trying to fight back when China is scoring every shot we're giving them.

"I'm still really proud of how we've done. We've been able to get to a medal game and that's huge. We haven't been able to get to that in nine years with me on the team.

"I'm really proud of the team, but I'm also just incredibly disappointed."

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Young, a St. Albert, Alta., native, led the Canadians in scoring with 12 points, eight rebounds and five assists, while Montreal's Rosalie Lalonde also reached double digits in scoring with 11 points.

Kady Dandeneau of Pender Island, B.C., nearly had her fourth double-double of the tournament, scoring 10 points while collecting nine rebounds and five assists.

"A lot of disappointment," Dandeneau said. "Regardless of whether you win or lose, that was just a horrible game for us. 

"We couldn't put anything together