She had a bad foot in Eurobasket Women’s National Team knowing her lost 74-69 in Tel Aviv from the rather weaker team in the first group, Montenegro. Now he is “burning” for victory over her Latvia on Friday (18:15) to have hopes of qualifying, since on Sunday he will have a very difficult task against the mighty Spain (20:45).
His team Petrou Prekas he had a good face in the first period, but then with a big problem in rebounding and attacking found at -13 (49-62). In the last ten minutes, the Greek group counterattacked and came close to five (61-66), but missed many opportunities for the reversal and did not avoid defeat.
THE Mariella Fasoula had 15 points and 9 rebounds, h Anna-Niki Stamolambrau added 14 points and 4 assists, while Artemis Spanou had 15 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists. THE Dragana Zivkovic with 15 points and 14 rebounds he did the most damage from Montenegro, who got 15 offensive rebounds, while naturalized Natasha Mack had 12 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.
In the match, the first minutes were very balanced, however, with an 8-0 run by Hellas in the end, he ended the first period leading 23-18. There, the Montenegro significantly improved his competitive image and with a deafening 18-2 in the second quarter (36-27) he got a significant difference that determined a lot for the development of the game. At the end of the first part, stop with five consecutive personal points he reduced the difference to 41-36 which was also the halftime score.
The third period started with her basket Pavlopoulou (41-36) and then the two teams failed to neutralize each other, with the result that the small difference remains in favor of of Montenegro. Towards the end of the quarter, the typical home team with a 9-4 managed to escape and take a safety margin ahead of the fourth and final period (60-49).
There, the National Team reacted and showed its good face after the end of the first quarter. With the Anna Stamolambrau to make two three-point shots and Christinaki and Spanou to hit important baskets, the difference fell to -5 (64-59) and everything seemed to be decided in the end. The National team’s attacks did not find a target when the ball was … on fire, Montenegro managed to maintain the lead it had and did not risk it, thus taking the victory 74-69 and starting the Israel tournament in the best way.
Source: Sport Fm
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