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The last time Canada hosted the Edmonton Grads International Classic, Nirra Fields and Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe were spark plugs off the bench for Team Canada.

It was a role they held on the 2016 Olympic team that year.

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That’s not the case anymore. Fast forward two years later and Fields and Raincock-Ekunwe have brought their game to a whole new level. A world-class level.

Fields was explosive in every facet of the game and Raincock-Ekunwe was a dominant force at both ends of the floor for Canada as they crushed Turkey 78-45 in their opening game of the three-game exhibition series.

Prior to the three-game series tipping off against Turkey, Canada’s head coach Lisa Thomaidis said that Fields and Raincock-Ekunwe were going to play a big role in Canada’s future. She wasn’t kidding.

Raincock-Ekunwe led Canada with 14 points and five rebounds and Fields had 13 points, four rebounds and four steals in the dominant win.