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    Nurkic moves into top five on Bosnia and Herzegovina's EuroBasket scorers list

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    Jusuf Nurkic's legacy with Bosnia and Herzegovina continues on

    Jusuf Nurkic is now Bosnia and Herzegovina's 5th best scorer in EuroBasket history.

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    RIGA (Latvia) - Jusuf Nurkic became the fifth highest scoring Bosnian player of all-time at FIBA EuroBasket after scoring 20 points against Poland in the Round of 16.

    Appearing in his 11th EuroBasket game, Nurkic's point total in the Dragons' encounter with Poland pushed his all-time total in the competition to 183 points.

    At the top of list is Mirza Delibasic on 348 points, having represented Yugoslavia from 1975-1981.

    Check out the report

    Riga calling: Bosnia and Herzegovina clinch ticket to Round of 16

    Nurkic overtook Samir Advdic (170 points) and Nenad Markovic (182 points) to continue to climb the list, while point guard John Roberson entered the top 10 after passing the 150-point mark in his second EuroBasket tournament.

    Rank

    Player

    Games

    Points

    1.

    Mirza Delibasic

    30

    348

    2.

    Sabahudin Bilalovic

    9

    217

    3.

    Mirza Teletovic

    13

    195

    4.

    Mario Primorac

    12

    192

    5.

    Jusuf Nurkic

    11

    183

    6.

    Nenad Markovic

    11

    182

    7.

    Samir Avdic

    14

    170

    8.

    Gordan Firic

    20

    157

    9.

    Elmedin Kikanovic

    15

    154

    10.

    John Roberson

    11

    153

    =

    Jasmin Hukic

    12

    153

    Nurkic will have to wait until 2029 to move further up the list after the Dragons missed out on a place in the Quarter-Finals.

    Check out the pre-tournament lists

    Each nation's leading scorers in FIBA EuroBasket history

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