Sour Olympic debut for Aussie women 3×3 basketballers

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Sour Olympic debut for Aussie women 3×3 basketballers

Australia’s women’s 3×3 basketball team have endured a horror Olympic Games debut, tumbling to an eight-point loss to Canada.

The Canadians ***** the platform for their comprehensive 22-14 victory on Tuesday with an early blitz at Paris’ Place de la Concorde.

And they sealed the win with one minute and 21 seconds remaining of the 10-minute maximum – the game ends when a team has scored 21 or more points if the time hasn’t expired.

Australia couldn’t find the basket until more than three minutes in – they trailed 0-6 before a Marena Whittle lay-up got her side on the board.

But the Australians continued to struggle for possession and, compounded by some wayward *********, at one stage trailed 2-15.

A belated rally reduced the final margin but the Aussies were never in the hunt against a ********* outfit propelled by Katherine Plouffe (10 points) and her sister Michelle (eight points).

Alex Wilson top-scored for Australia with six points, Whittle and Anneli Maley notched four each and Lauren Mansfield was scoreless.

Australia meet Germany on Wednesday before pool games against China and the ******* States.

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