Shona Thorburn (born August 7, 1982) is a Canadian professional basketball player, formerly a point guard for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA.
She was invited to join the national team, to play in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, held in Xalapa, Mexico from 21 to 28 September 2013.
She averaged 3.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, and helped the Canadian National team to a second place, silver medal finish.
Lizanne Murphy and Nirra Fields hit three-pointers to help extend the lead to 68–39 at the end of three quarters.
Canada continued to dominate in the fourth quarter with three-pointers by Kia Nurse and Kim Gaucher.
[5] The gold-medal game matched up the host team Canada against USA, in a sold-out arena dominated by fans in red and white and waving the Canadian flag.
However the Canadians, spurred on by the home crowd cheering, fought back and tied up the game at halftime.