The Lithuanian basketball players started the game better (11:6), but soon the tournament hosts took the initiative and began to pull away. After 2 quarters, the teams were already separated by 13 points (28:41).
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The Romanians started the 3rd quarter with a 17:0 run and pulled away irreversibly – 58:28.
When there was no suspense left, absolutely all members of the Lithuanian national team got playing time, and the top scorers among them today were Barbora Prišmontaitė (7), Vakarė Griškutė (7), Aušrinė Gaubytė (6), and Ema Čeilutkaitė (6).
On Sunday, the Lithuanian basketball players coached by Edvinas Justa will finish the European Championship with a match for 3rd place against the losers of the semifinal between the Israel and Austria teams.
For both teams, this will be a do-or-die battle for the last ticket to Division A, as the three best teams in the tournament will earn tickets to the elite group.
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