The Canadian women's basketball team's five-ring dream just got a little bit closer to reality.

Canada crushed the Dominican Republic 111-36 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton to improve to 3-0 in Group A and all but clinch a semi-final berth at the 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship.

Only mathematics separate Canada from a spot in the final round. It could become official as soon as Wednesday with a Cuba win over Chile. The semi-finalists are at worst guaranteed a place in next summer's Olympic qualifying tournament, while the winner of Americas secures an automatic berth to the Rio 2016 Games.

“That's a huge stepping stone already if that's the case and we guarantee ourselves finishing top four or whatever it's going to be,” said coach Lisa Thomaidis. “So that's kind of one step done, but a few more still to get through here.”

Just as in its first two wins, 94-57 over Puerto Rico and 93-36 over Chile, Canada employed a balanced attack, as forward Miranda Ayim led six Canadians in double-figures with 15 points. Canada also shored up what had been the team's only real shortcoming in what had otherwise been a pair of dominating performances, limiting itself to nine turnovers while doling out 37 assists, led by point guards Miah-Marie Langlois and Shona Thorburn with seven dimes apiece.

“We have a lot of offensive weapons and that was showcased tonight,” Thomaidis said. “We really talked about taking high-quality shots and executing our offence. A big part of what we've been trying to focus on the last year is really pushing pace and trying to play faster and I think that was showcased tonight.

“It was a great opportunity for us to work on some of those things and try to decrease our turnovers heading into our next game against Cuba, so I thought all of those things went well for us tonight.”

The Canadians, who have yet to trail through 12 quarters in Edmonton, stormed out of the gate, jumping to an early 13-2 lead and stretching the advantage to 23-7 after the first quarter. Canada didn't let up in the second, producing its highest-scoring quarter of the tournament so far, dropping 35 points on the DR to lead 58-19 at halftime. The Canucks headed into the fourth ahead 85-27. The100-point outing was Canada's second of the summer, following a 101-38 victory over Venezuela at last month's Pan American Games.

Canada has its first off day of the tournament on Wednesday, before closing out the preliminary round schedule Thursday against Cuba (6:30 MT, TSN) in a game that could decide first place in Group A.

The top two teams advance to the semi-finals. Canada is now 3-0, followed by Cuba at 2-0 and Chile at 1-1, while Puerto Rico and the Dominicans bring up the rear at 0-2 and 0-3.

“We're trying to just take one game at a time, so this game is another check off the list,” said Ayim. “We have the first three checks and we're looking for the fourth against Cuba.”