Her chances of qualifying for the Olympic Games will continue to be claimed by Finlandwhich prevailed 89-88 Polandthrew her out of her Pre-Olympics Valenciaand will face her in the semi-final Spain!
The Finns were… out of place and time until the middle of the third quarter and ended up trailing by -15 (59-44). Nevertheless, with a sustained counterattack in the fourth quarter (17-29 individual scores), they managed to pull off the upset. Their hero was the former AEK player, Alexander Madsenwho collected a crucial offensive rebound and set up the final score with shots with 18 seconds left.
Top scorer from the winning team was Mikael Jatunen with 20 points, while Madsen had an overall impressive performance with 18 points. For the losers, AJ Slaughter had 21 points, Jeremy Sohan he scored one less point, while Mateusz Ponitka was stopped at 17. Bad performance for Olek Balcerovski with 1 point in 16 minutes of participation.
We remind you that beyond the semi-final Spain-Finlandthe other two teams vying for a place in the final of the Valencia tournament are Bahamas and Lebanon.
The quarters: 24-24, 47-38, 71-60, 88-89
Source: Sport Fm
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