Joel Ewert and Team Canada lost a close one Monday in their final match at the Paralympics in Paris.
The hosts from France beat them 53-50 in the battle for fifth place at the eight-team tournament and Canada placed sixth.
Zak Madell of Edmonton led the Canadian cause with 35 tries.
Canada advanced to the fifth-place playoff with a 56-46 win over Denmark on Sunday. In that game Madell scored 27 tries, while Ewert, a 24-year-old Prince George native, scored two tries in 2:20 of court time.
Canada was eliminated from medal contention on Saturday with a 50-46 loss to Japan. The Canadians finished with a 2-3 record.
Japan went on to defeat the United States 48-41 for gold. Australia claimed bronze after a 50-48 win over Great Britain.
Meanwhile, in wheelchair basketball, former UNBC student Robert ‘Bo’ Hedges and Team Canada advanced to Thursday’s semifinal round with a 79-67 win over The Netherlands on Tuesday.
Patrick Anderson of Edmonton paced the Canadian offence with 20 points.
Hedges contributed seven points in 17 minutes of playing time.
Canada improved to 3-1.
Medal round games are scheduled for Saturday.
In the women’s pool, Canada was due to meet Germany in a Wednesday quarterfinal (9:15 a.m., CBC Gem app).
Canada finished second in Group A with a 2-1 record in the preliminary round, after posting an 81-49 win over Spain on Sunday. Kady Dandeneau, a fomer UNBC Timberwolf, led all Canadian shooters with 36 points.
Semifinals are set for Friday and the medal games will be played on Sunday.
