Crozon helps Team Canada to record-setting victory

By Lethbridge Herald on September 17, 2025.

FIBA3X3 photo Paige Crozon attempts a shot during the WomenÕs Series Final.

Justin Seward

Lethbridge Herald

University of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s basketball assistant coach Paige Crozon is on top of the FIBA 3×3 basketball world once again with Team Canada.

Crozon helped Team Canada win its record-setting  third 3×3 FIBA Women’s Series Final in the series’ sixth year of existence after a 21-12 win over  Azerbaijan on Sunday in the final in Shanghai.

Canada took two games of the three they played  in their pool to bolt them to  a semi-final berth  and defeated Spain in that game to book their spot to the final.

“There was a lot of excitement obviously to win the entire Women’s Series,” said Crozon.

“I was very proud of the growth and development of our team over the course of this season. Coming off an Olympic year, we were unsure what our season was going to look like  and had a bit of change from our core group.”

Crozon drained nine points to lead the Canadian charge in the final.

“My shots were falling (in) the last game and my teammates were feeding me,” said Crozon.

Crozon felt her teammates were diverse when it came to scoring.

“Each  player led the tournament at different points,” said Crozon.

Crozon saw the team’s resiliency level increase in the tournament after a heavy rain postponed all their games from Saturday to Sunday.

“ We had four games on day two and 41-degree weather, so I think we showed a lot of resilience and composure being able to make it through the tournament and still  play at an elite level,” said Crozon.

Crozon now has been a part of all three of Canada’s Women’s Series victories and each win has had its special feel to them.

“I had a lot of fun playing in the Women’s Series this year,” sad Crozon.

“I took steps in terms of  on-court improvement but more importantly (with) my mental preparation and just confidence on the court. That has felt like a huge victory for myself and just looking forward to building upon that in the future.”

Crozon won the series final with Cassandra Brown, Saicha Grant-Allen and Katherine Plouffe, and one her usual teammates, local Kacie Bosch, did not attend the final and Crozon did not want to get into specifics as to why she was not there.

Bosch did win bronze  at the World Cup and played in two Women’s Series stops  with Canada this season.

Canada also won in Edmonton and came second in Amsterdam this season.

Canada last won the FIBA Women’s Series in 2022 and 2023.

Crozon now will take a couple of weeks to recover before going off to the AmeriCup championships in November and the Champions Cup next March before the Women’s Series starts back up again in April.

“There’s a lot of opportunity to improve, grow, and get in this offseason ,” said Crozon.