Canada is one win away from a gold medal in men's basketball at the Summer Universiade.
Ottawa's Tyson Hinz scored 21 points Sunday to lead the Canadians to an 83-68 semi-final victory over Lithuania, propelling Canada into the final for the first time since 1997.
"It's fabulous," said Canadian coach Kevin Hanson. "These guys are all very focused, this is a mature group and we have been following that old cliche of 'one game at a time."'
The Canadians (5-1) face Serbia (5-1) in Monday's final after the defending champion defeated Russia 81-61 in the other semi.
Canada downed Serbia 70-67 in the preliminary round.
Hinz continued to be Canada's go-to scorer with his third 20-plus point performance of the tournament.
"The guy is a winner, the fact that we are running everything through him isn't a surprise to anybody," Hanson said. "He's a bit undersized in the post, and a lot of people back home were questioning whether he can play internationally, and I think he is proving that he can right now."
Lithuania held the reigning CIS player of the year from Carleton to just five points in the first half before he lit it up in the second, finishing the 6-for-14 from the field.
"We are playing really well as a team and in particular we are defending well as a team," said Hinz, who has led Canada in scoring in four of six games. "If they are going to key in on me, someone always steps up — whether it's Boris (Bakovic), Warren (Ward), or someone else — we find a way."
Toronto's Bakovic scored the first eight points of the game for Canada, including two three-pointers, to open the quarter on an 8-to-2 run. The Canadians led 24-18 at the end of the first, and went into halftime up 39-29.
Bakovic and Ward each finished the game with 16 points, while Gediminas Zyle led Lithuania with 15.
In women's soccer, Canada (4-2) beat Russia 1-0 to finish fifth, matching its best-ever Universiade result. Gillian Baggott of Ottawa scored the game's lone goal in the 52nd minute, while 'keeper Rachel Bedek of St. Thomas, Ont., earned the shutout.
Canada also finished fifth in 1993 in Buffalo, N.Y., and in 2005 in Izmir, Turkey.
Canada's women's basketball team (3-3) finished sixth after dropping a 71-52 decision to Russia (5-1) on Sunday. Kendel Ross of Sarnia, Ont., topped the Canadians with 17 points.
Kate Van Buskirk of Brampton, Ont., was 10th in the women's 1,500 metres on the final day of track and field. Canada's track and field team was kept off the podium at the Universiade Center Stadium.
In taekwondo, Vadim Korotchenko of Vancouver was no match for Iran's Mehran Askari in the round of 32 at 80 kilograms, losing a lopsided affair 12-0.