This is a match between two teams that have not been doing well off late as both the teams have lost their opening two games in the competition.
Canada lost their first game against Canada by 92-108 and then also went on to lose their game against Lithuania 69-92. They will be looking at a good performance to salvage some pride in the competition.
Looking for some consolation also are their opponents Senegal who began their campaign dreadfully against Lithuania losing their match by 47-101. They were better against Australia but could not end up on the winning side.as they lost 68-81.
Here is a look at this game.
Match Timing: September 5, @ 01:00 PM IST
Venue – Dongfeng Nissan Cultural and Sports Centre, in Dongguan, China
Capacity- 15,000
Canada –
Canada has seen their Superstars pull out from the competition and the team has found it difficult to then deal with the competition. They will see this game as an opportunity to try out their bench strength as players like Melvin Ejim and Phillips Scrubb can get more minutes and players like Kyle Wiltjer will be getting lesser minutes on the pitch although he is still expected to make the same kind of impact he made in the previous game.
Canada squad for the World Cup:
Kevin Pangos, Melvin Ejim, Brady Heslip, cory joseph, Kaza Kajami-Keane, Andrew Nembhard, Conor Morgan, Owen Klassen, Thomas Scrubb, Khem Birch, Kyle Wiltjer
Senegal –
Senegal were never expected to make any impact in the competition and its players have had good exposure to some of the top teams in the competition. In this game as well they will be looking to give their players a run in specially with a full squad available to them. Players like Babacar Toure will be looking to get a better run in this game.
Maurice Ndour, Djibril Thiam, Xane Dalmedida, Pape Diop, Lamine Sambe, Mouhammad Faye, Hamady Ndoye, Ibrahima Faye, Babacar Toure, Makhtar Gueye r
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CAN – Cory Joseph, Khem Birch, Kevin Pangos, Philip Scrubb, Melvin Ejim
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Senegal –
Xane Dalmeida
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 38:06
Points – 14
Assists – 4
Rebounds – 5
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 29:18
Points – 13
Assists – 1
Rebounds – 10
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Canada –
Cory Joseph
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 33:56
Points – 15
Assists – 3
Rebounds – 4
Khem Birch
His stats in the previous game were
Minutes – 27:55
Points – 12
Assists – 1
Rebounds – 4
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The game is expected to be a close one and Canada are expected to win the game.