ARG/TUR - Argentina late show sinks Turkey
NOVI SAD (FIBA U19 World Championship) - Argentina continued their FIBA U19 World Championship revival with a 68-59 win over Turkey in the eighth-finals on Monday. Coming in on the back of their 112-72 demolition of Puerto Rico, the South Americans rarely looked like replicating Saturday's bursts of prolific scoring, but they did enough to ...
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NOVI SAD (FIBA U19 World Championship) - Argentina continued their FIBA U19 World Championship revival with a 68-59 win over Turkey in the eighth-finals on Monday.
Coming in on the back of their 112-72 demolition of Puerto Rico, the South Americans rarely looked like replicating Saturday's bursts of prolific scoring, but they did enough to claim their third win from four games.
Nicolas Aguirre did the bulk of the damage, pouring in 14 points and pulling down 11 rebounds, while Diego Gerbaudo and Sebastian Uranga both netted 11 points.
Dogus Balbay claimed 14 points in response, with eight rebounds, but other than the 13 points of Can Oezcan he lacked scoring support.
It was a disappointing result for Turkey, who have now lost two of their four games, and all the more frustrating considering they led for much of the match.
After the first quarter they sat 18-17 ahead, at half-time they led 36-31 and with just the final quarter to play they set the pace at 51-45.
Then, with four minutes and 22 seconds to play, Turkish indiscipline kicked in and eight free-throws allowed Argentina to steal the honours.
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