EuroBasket 2011: Montenegro beats Macedonia with OT, Croatia with the W, Bosnia losing
Vladimir Dasic (photo: FIBA Europe)
01-09-2011 | 11:09 | Alexander Sotirov
Group C: Montenegro - Macedonia 70:65 (after OT)
Montenegro achieved a win in their first game of EuroBasket 2011, after beating Macedonia 70:65 after overtime. Dejan Radonic′s team could′ve sealed the victory in regulation, but Nikola Pekovic missed a jumpshot with the buzzer. However in the extra period the Montenegrin side won 9:4 and grabbed the win.
Vladimir Dasic shined with 20 points and 16 rebounds. Vladimir Dragicevic added 12 points.
Bo McCalleb scored 17 for Macedonia, while Pero Antic added 11.
Greece - Bosnia & Herzegovina 76:67
Greece played a strong third quarter, which made the difference in their first win at EuroBasket - 76:67 against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Five Greek players finished in double digit scoring in the success.
Nick Calathes and Nikos Zisis scored 13 each, Ioanis Bourousis added 12, while Kostas Koufos and Michail Bramos finished with 10 a piece.
Elmedin Kikanovic led Bosnia with 15, while Nemanja Gordic finished with 12.
Croatia - Finland 84:79
Croatia finished the day in the "Balkan group" with an 84:79 win against Finland. Bojan Bogdanovic was the key figure for the Croatian win, finishing with 27 points and 7 rebounds on the night.
Ante Tomic scored 14, Marko Popovic added 12 and Damir Markota finished with 11 points.
Petteri Kopponen scored 14 for Finland. Sasu Salin added 13, while Shawn Huff finished with 11.
Today Montenegro is facing Bosnia, Finland is playing against Greece, while in the last game of the day Macedonia will play Croatia.News
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