THE RUNDOWN

Day 5 of basketball action at the 2025 Canada Summer Games is officially behind us, as 12 games — including the tournament’s eight quarter-finals — across both 17U men’s and women’s divisions took place at the Newfoundland and Labrador Sports Centre and The Works – Field House at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

NOTEWORTHY

• Perhaps the win of the day belonged to Nova Scotia’s 17U Women’s squad. Nova Scotia entered the day as the No. 5 seed and defeated No. 4 Quebec to earn their spot in Friday night’s semifinals. Nova Scotia finished sixth at the 2022 Canada Summer Games and their last semifinal appearance at a Canada Basketball National Championship came in 2018.
• Two tremendous Men’s quarter-finals took place at the Newfoundland and Labrador Sports Centre early on Day 5, but both Alberta and British Columbia were able to hold Nova Scotia and Manitoba at bay, respectively. Nathan Yambayamba had a team-high 23 points for Alberta, while Jack Snead had a team-high 17 points for British Columbia.
• Ontario and Quebec were able to cruise to quarter-final wins on the Men’s side, both recording 25+ point wins. On the Women’s side Saskatchewan pushed British Columbia, but was never able to fully trim an early deficit, and fell 74-65. Ontario got past Prince Edward Island, while Alberta defeated New Brunswick to round out the semifinal action on the Women’s side.
• The four semifinal clashes are now set. On the Men’s side — No. 1 Ontario will face No. 4 British Columbia and No. 2 Quebec will meet No. 3 Alberta. On the Women’s side — No. 1 Alberta will now square up with No. 5 Nova Scotia and No. 2 Ontario will clash with No. 3 British Columbia.

STAND OUTS

• Jordyn Nohr, British Columbia 17U Women’s — 31 PTS, 6-8 3PT, 5 REB
• Theodore Asa Worley, New Brunswick 17U Men’s — 20 PTS, 6 REB
• Ryan Deutscher, Saskatchewan 17U Women’s — 24 PTS, 8-17 FG, 17 REB
• Amari Upshaw, Nova Scotia 17U Men’s — 22 PTS, 8-14 FG, 8-12 3PT, 4 REB
• Nina Visnjevac, Ontario 17U Women’s — 27 PTS, 7-14 3PT, 5 REB
• Bruno Ban Bewer, Manitoba 17U Men’s — 25 PTS, 8-17 FG
• Ella Hoyt, Nova Scotia 17U Women’s — 20 PTS, 6 REB
• Amanada Guss, Alberta 17U Women’s — 22 PTS, 7 REB

QUOTABLES

“That was a very important win for us, especially heading into next year and setting the future Alberta teams up for success. Especially being able to play for a medal, that’s always our goal — we set a goal at the beginning of our training camp that we’re just going to take little steps there. We’re a very connected team. This was a great team win." - Alberta 17U Women’s guard Amanda Guss

“This is a surreal feeling, they’re a great team. For us to come together like that near the end and finish off that win was awesome.” - British Columbia 17U Men’s forward Luka Guzina

RESULTS

• Prince Edward Island 83, Yukon 56 — Men’s
• Alberta 69, Nova Scotia 56 — Men’s
• British Columbia 81, Manitoba 74 — Men’s
• Ontario 105, New Brunswick 62 — Men’s
• Quebec 90, Saskatchewan 64 — Men’s
• Newfoundland and Labrador 77, Northwest Territories 62 — Men’s
  

• Northwest Territories 62, Yukon 40 — Women’s
• British Columbia 74, Saskatchewan 65 — Women’s
• Nova Scotia 69, Quebec 59 — Women’s
• Alberta 91, New Brunswick 52 — Women’s
• Ontario 103, Prince Edward Island 46— Women’s
• Newfoundland and Labrador 67, Manitoba 63 — Women’s

NEXT UP

As mentioned, semifinals get underway tomorrow as Day 6 is set for St. John’s. Medal games are set for Saturday, Aug. 16.