FIBA named Minnesota Lynx wing Bridget Carleton its Player of the Day on Tuesday after she scored a game-high 27 points on 9/13 shooting for Team Canada in an 88-65 win over Team Mali at the Women’s World Cup down in Australia.
The trusted, two-way veteran shot 7/8 from 3, and added eight rebounds, three assists, a block, in a +22 performance across 26 minutes.
The offensive engine for Team Canada at the World Cup, Carleton leads her squad in scoring (14.8 PPG), minutes (32.0 MPG) and 3-point shooting (14/29 — 48.3%) through the team’s five Group Phase contests, in which Canada went 4-1 — good enough to place them in the quarterfinals.