Reigning
champions Turkey, France, Germany and Lithuania all booked their tickets to the
Quarter-Finals of the 2015 U18 European Championship by remaining undefeated in
Volos while hosts Greece picked up a crucial victory on the first day of Second
Round action.
Turkey raced
past Bosnia and Herzegovina 80-47 as Omer Yurtseven led the way with 10 points
and 11 rebounds while Furkan Korkmaz scored 14 points. The Turks are atop Group
F with a 3-0 record while the Bosnians fell to 1-2 in the group.
Standing
even in Group F with Turkey are Lithuania, who used an 18-0 third quarter run
to beat Russia 73-65. Martynas Varnas led the way for the Lithuanians with 19
points, six rebounds, four assists and one steal. Russia are winless in the
group at 0-3.
Hosts Greece
bounced back from their disappointing loss to close the First Round by knocking
off Italy 63-52 to move to 1-2 in Group F. Dionysis Skoulidas tallied 17 points
and Georgios Papagiannis collected a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds
for the Greeks.
The Italians
have the same 1-2 mark.
Group E also
has two teams already into the Final Eight in France and Germany.
The French
powered past Latvia 91-62 as Stephane Gombauld and Luc Loubaki led four players
in double figures with 16 points each. Latvia are still in search for their
first win in the group.
Germany
booked their first top-eight finish since 1996 with a 74-47 win over Czech
Republic as Richard Freudenberg had 13 points while Kostja Mushidi scored 12
points.
Just like
Latvia, the Czechs are also without a win in the Second Round.
Spain
improved to 2-1 in Group E after a 74-62 triumph over Serbia with Ramon Vila
collecting 16 points and Santiago Yusta adding 15 points.
The Serbs
dropped to 1-2.
Croatia and
Finland meanwhile opened the Classification Round Group G with victories.
Bruno Skokna
poured in 30 points as Croatia beat Ukraine 95-87. Edon Maxhuni paced Finland
with 21 points while Lauri Markkanen added 18 points in a 70-68 victory over
Montenegro.
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