Kayla Alexander, Team Canada face Korea Wednesday Night
7/28/2021 8:17:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Syracuse women's basketball all-time leading scorer Kayla Alexander '13 and Team Canada will face the Republic of Korea Thursday at 10 a.m. JST (9 p.m. ET, Wednesday) in the preliminary round of group play. Canada is 0-1 in Tokyo so far with a loss to 72-68 loss to Serbia on July 26.Â
Alexander is the first Orange alumnae to represent her native country at the Olympics in women's basketball. She first joined the Canadian Women's National Team in 2018. In 2019, Alexander helped lead Canada to a silver in the AmeriCup, averaging 15.6 points and 10.2 rebounds per game and notching a double-double three times during the group stage. She was named to the tournament's all-star team.Â
Alexander was a member of the 2020 International Basketball Federation Olympic Qualifying Tournament team that went undefeated (3-0) and locked up Canada's third straight Olympic appearance. In June, the Canadian Senior Women's Basketball Team dropped a double-overtime loss to Brazil to take fourth in the Women's AmeriCup 2021. Alexander scored 13 points and grabbed four rebounds in the game, and averaged nine points and seven rebounds in Canada's six games of the tourney.
Canada entered the Tokyo Olympics ranked fourth in the world and is in search of its first Olympic medal in women's basketball.Â
Fans can watch Canada and Korea play at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday online.Â
Alexander is the first Orange alumnae to represent her native country at the Olympics in women's basketball. She first joined the Canadian Women's National Team in 2018. In 2019, Alexander helped lead Canada to a silver in the AmeriCup, averaging 15.6 points and 10.2 rebounds per game and notching a double-double three times during the group stage. She was named to the tournament's all-star team.Â
Alexander was a member of the 2020 International Basketball Federation Olympic Qualifying Tournament team that went undefeated (3-0) and locked up Canada's third straight Olympic appearance. In June, the Canadian Senior Women's Basketball Team dropped a double-overtime loss to Brazil to take fourth in the Women's AmeriCup 2021. Alexander scored 13 points and grabbed four rebounds in the game, and averaged nine points and seven rebounds in Canada's six games of the tourney.
Canada entered the Tokyo Olympics ranked fourth in the world and is in search of its first Olympic medal in women's basketball.Â
Fans can watch Canada and Korea play at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday online.Â
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