The BC Breakers Win the 2014 Canadian Women's Wheelchair Basketball Championships

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| May 06, 2014 |

The hometown B.C. Breakers upset the defending-champion Edmonton Inferno 74-57 to seize the gold medal at the 2014 Canadian Wheelchair Basketball League (CWBL) Women’s National Championship on Sunday at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, B.C.

The championship game was an intense, back and forth battle. The Edmonton Inferno (3-1) set the early tone in the first quarter and the Breakers (4-1) responded in the second frame to emerge with a 28-26 lead at halftime. The momentum continued to alternate sides as the teams were deadlocked at 44 apiece after three quarters. B.C. ultimately pulled away in the final quarter as the Breakers attack came alive to overwhelm the Edmonton defence with clutch shooting down the stretch. The Breakers outscored the Inferno 30-13 in the final frame to seal the victory.

“We played well today and that kept the game close,” said Breakers player and tournament most valuable player Janet McLachlan, of Vancouver, B.C. “We started getting a few buckets to fall in the fourth quarter that we hadn’t had earlier in the game and that helped us pull away a little bit in the end. It was a good game and they’re a great team and it was nice to win.”

McLachlan was an offensive catalyst once again for the Breakers with a team-leading 33 points. Kylee Evjen, of Stony Plain, Alta., led all Inferno players with 21 points.

The victory marks the third national championship title for the Breakers.

Quebec captured the bronze medal with a 65-45 victory over the Calgary Rollers. Quebec (3-1) came out of the gate firing on all cylinders and went on an 8-0 run en route to a 22-6 lead after the opening quarter. The team from la belle province never looked back.

National team player Cindy Ouellet, of Quebec City, Que., scored a game-high 32 points for Quebec. Kendra Ohama, of Calgary, Alta., was the top point producer for the Rollers (2-3) with 14 points.

Kendra Ohama (Calgary Rollers), Maude Jacques (Quebec), Amanda Yan (B.C. Breakers), Cindy Ouellet (Quebec), and Kylee Evjen (Edmonton Inferno) were named to the tournament all-star team.Ontario (1-3) and Saskatchewan (0-4) finished in fifth and sixth place, respectively.