Rich Chambers in on a scratchy telephone line from Chile but the sense of accomplishment comes through loud and clear.

“I can’t tell you how proud I am,” the coach of Canada’s under-19 women’s basketball team says.

Makes sense.

“This is a special group of girls,” said Chambers, the head coach of the highly-accomplished University of Victoria Vikings.

“We’ve got a lot of highly-skilled players who’ve been trained and coached well by their clubs and college teams.”

Chambers, though, singled out guard Korissa Williams of Amherstburg, as perhaps the player of the game.

“They’ve been really well coached,” said Chambers.