Finland defy Serbia on Day 2 to stay unbeaten in Radom

RADOM (FIBA U16 European Championship 2016) - Finland were one of four teams to make it two wins from two ahead of Sunday's rest day.

A strong third quarter set the platform for success with the Finns able to keep Serbia at bay in a 70-61 victory despite 27 points and 16 rebounds from Marko Pecarski.

Joel Parra led Spain to another win, over Latvia with 19 points as well as 17 boards, while Turkey claimed a 59-53 triumph against Croatia behind Eray Akyuz's 19 points to top Group B.

Lithuania followed up their crushing Day 1 win by defeating Montenegro 96-72 with Igor Drobnjak raising the bar for tournament-high with 36 points in defeat.

Poland are still to register a win after falling to Germany, who picked up their first - as did Greece, France and Italy to get themselves up and running.

Federico Miaschi was the top scorer again for the Italians with 17 points as they comfortably defeated Sweden 89-50.

The group phase is evenly poised ahead of the rest day with the Round of 16 fixtures confirmed following Monday's results.

Saturday's Results

Group A
Italy defeated Sweden 89-50
Spain defeated Latvia 91-71

Group B
Turkey defeated Croatia 59-53
Germany defeated Poland 75-58

Group C
France defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 55-46
Lithuania defeated Montenegro 96-72

Group D
Greece defeated Estonia 60-43
Finland defeated Serbia 70-61

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