Canada's basketball teams reach Commonwealth semifinals

Canada defeated England 97-79 Tuesday to earn a berth in the men's basketball semifinals against New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in Australia

Canada is fielding an all-U Sports men's team at the tournament.

UBC's Conor Morgan led the Canadians with 24 points while Ryerson's Ammanuel Diresssa added 18 and Carleton's Munis Tutu scored 16.

Game Wrap: Canada tops England to reach men's basketball semis

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Canada advanced to the men's basketball semifinals with a 97-79 win over England on Tuesday at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

The Kiwis defeated the Canadians 82-60 when they met in pool play Monday. New Zealand (2-1-0) and Australia (3-0-0) got byes to the semifinals.

The Canadian women (2-1-0) have already qualified for the semifinals and will play either England or Jamaica.

Canada did not enter a team at the 2006 Games in Melbourne, the only other time basketball has been on the program.