Basketball: Team GB win opener as spoils shared at Meadowbank
But it was the former Sacramento Monarchs WNBA guard who led the charge when the visitors came out all guns blazing a few minutes later. They took charge of the game, going on to win 63-50 make it honours even for the weekend after Team GB had won an exhilarating first game 70-57 on Saturday to the delight of the big crowd.
Smith, an unerring jump shooter who had been top scorer with 19 in that game, has never been to an Olympics, having missed out when Canada failed narrowly to qualify for Athens in 2004 and Beijeng in 2008, but she is determined to get there this time which is why it was key for Canada to make a statement ahead of the final qualifying tournament in Turkey from June 25 to July 1.
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