TUR/GRE - Turkey beat Maltsi, Greece
ISTANBUL (EuroBasket Women) - Turkey clinched their second victory in as many days at the Victory Cup on Friday with a 61-52 triumph over Greece. Trailing 30-28 at half-time, the tournament hosts edged into a 46-43 lead with 10 minutes to go and kept their noses in front the rest of the way. Star center Nevriye Yilmaz had 11 points, four rebounds and four ...
ISTANBUL (EuroBasket Women) - Turkey clinched their second victory in as many days at the Victory Cup on Friday with a 61-52 triumph over Greece.
Trailing 30-28 at half-time, the tournament hosts edged into a 46-43 lead with 10 minutes to go and kept their noses in front the rest of the way.
Star center Nevriye Yilmaz had 11 points, four rebounds and four assists as Turkey followed up their big win on Thursday against Montenegro.
Greece, who had fallen to Spain 71-57 in their meeting on Thursday, got 26 points from Evina Maltsi - the MVP of EuroBasket 2009 in Latvia.
Both sides are warming up for the EuroBasket Women, which tips off on June 18.
The side that wins the EuroBasket will qualifying for the London Olympics while the teams that come in second, third, fourth and fifth will be invited to the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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