{"id":539395,"date":"2026-03-16T04:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/539395\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T04:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:27:08","slug":"edwardss-game-high-22-points-15-rebounds-cant-help-canada-get-past-japan-at-fiba-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/539395\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwards\u2019s game-high 22 points, 15 rebounds can\u2019t help Canada get past Japan at FIBA qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n

Aaliyah Edwards of Canada plays against Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France.Mark J. Terrill\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Aaliyah Edwards scored a game-high 22 points and added 15 rebounds as Canada dropped a 66-62 decision to Japan on Sunday at the FIBA women\u2019s basketball World Cup qualifying tournament.<\/p>\n

Edwards finished 8-of-11 from the field for Canada (2-2). Shay Colley and Kayla Alexander both added 12 points.<\/p>\n

Mai Yamamoto led Japan (1-2) with 16 points.<\/p>\n

The contest was a close one with Canada leading 21-18 after the first quarter before the two teams went into halftime tied 39-39. Japan took a 54-50 lead into the fourth which was the final margin of victory as both teams scored 12 points in the final quarter.<\/p>\n

The loss was a big one for Canada. A victory would\u2019ve automatically qualified the Canadians for the World Cup, which runs from Sept. 4-13 in Berlin, Germany.<\/p>\n

Canada takes on Australia (3-0) on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Aaliyah Edwards of Canada plays against Nigeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,44,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-539395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-news","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}