Edmonton’s Katherine Plouffe racked up 11 factors, consisting of the winning basket in overtime, as Canada beat the united state 19-18 to win the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Plouffe, together with colleagues Paige Crozon of Humboldt, Sask., Saicha Patrica Grant-Allen of Hamilton, and Kacie Bosch of Lethbridge, Alta., went unbeaten in the competition, sending off Cuba in the quarterfinals and Brazil in the semis prior to beating the Americans in the national championship.
On the guys’s side, Canada beat the Dominican Republic 21-16 to catch bronze. Canada’s group included Steve Sir of Edmonton, Jerome Desrosiers of Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., Marek Klassen of Vancouver and Grant Audu
SEE|Canadian ladies win gold:
Canada beats the United States 19-18 in overtime in the ladies’s gold medal last at the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup 2024 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
