Great Britain 65 Canada 73Jenaya Wade-Fray admitted Great Britain women’s basketball team’s qualification hopes hung in the balance after a disappointing defeat against Canada last night.Wade-Fray, who missed Britain’s opener against Australia through injury, had hoped for a triumphant return to action but couldn’t prevent her team slipping to their second successive loss.It leaves Britain rooted to the bottom of Group B, with Wade-Fray describing tomorrow’s match against Russia, who beat Canada 58-53 at the weekend, as a ‘must-win’ game.“We have to put this game behind us and be ready for Russia. We know they’re a very big side as we had a practice game against them last week,” said the Bermudian. “We know we are going to have to bring everything to that game, that’s for sure. We definitely have to win to stand a chance of qualifying.”Although she wasn’t satisfied with her own performance, the St David’s Islander was encouraged to have felt no reaction to the knee injury she suffered during a practice game last week.“The knee was alright; I was a little nervous about doing different things but it felt good and hopefully I will play better next game,” said the 23-year-old, who contributed five points for Britain.Wade-Fray went straight into coach Tom Maher’s starting line-up against Canada, who are playing in the Olympics for the first time since 2000 after finishing fifth last month’s qualifiers.And despite being underdogs, Britain managed to remain within touching distance of their opponents and were just two points behind heading into the final quarter.Cheered on by the three stands at the Olympic Basketball Arena, named after famous UK bands Oasis, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, it appeared there would be ‘no satisfaction’ for Canada when Britain opened up a four point lead at 61-57.But it didn’t last long with Canada pulling level before twisting the proverbial knife with a strong finish to come away with a 73-65 win.“The crowd was amazing and their cheering and clapping definitely gave us a boost,” added Wade-Fray. “When you’re playing it definitely gives you that extra oomph. It’s probably the biggest crowd I’ve playing in front of.“They gave us some momentum and we made a little run but the turnovers and open shots we gave (Canada) backfired on us.”Britain have been grouped with Australia, Canada, Brazil, France and Russia, with the top four teams going through to the knockout stage.France caused an upset by beating medal favourites Australia 74-70 yesterday to put them in a strong position to advance.Britain are back in action tomorrow against Russia at 2.45pm (Bermuda time).