Canada's women advance to quarterfinals at 3x3 basketball World Cup

The Canadian women had little trouble advancing the quarterfinals of the FIBA 3x3 World Cup tournament after a 18-6 victory over Japan on Friday in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 

Cassandra Brown led Canada's offence with eight points and five rebounds. Paige Crozon dominated the boards with 12 rebounds.

The Canadians will now will play Spain on Saturday, which will be live streamed on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem at 5:25 a.m. ET.

Crozon and Kacie Bosch have been playing with two new teammates in Brown and Saicha Grant-Allen.   

Prior to this week's event, Grant-Allen played 49 games and Brown, a relative rookie at 26 games.

Katherine Plouffe and twin sister Michelle are both sidelined with schedule conflict and minor injuries.

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Live coverage of the World Cup will be available on CBC Gem and CBCSports.ca through to the medal games on Sunday.

Canadian men ousted 

The Canadian men dropped two games Thursday to miss the playoff cut. France defeated Canada 21-18 in the early game. Aaron Rhooms and Grant Audu scored eight points apiece for the Canadians.

Puerto Rico beat Canada 21-17 later in the day. Jerome Desrosiers had eight points and four rebounds in the loss that left Canada at 1-3.

"I'm most proud of the way we fought," Desrosiers said. "This is a pretty young team in terms of 3x3 experience, so the way we stayed together throughout the whole experience is something to be proud of for sure."