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    TUR - Turkey, Slovenia win again in Efes World Cup

    ANKARA (FIBA World Championship) - Turkey were pushed to the limit by Qatar at the Efes World Cup but scraped an 89-85 triumph while Slovenia also won for the second day in a row with a comprehensive victory over Lebanon

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    ANKARA (FIBA World Championship) - Turkey were pushed to the limit by Qatar at the Efes World Cup but scraped an 89-85 triumph.

    Serkan Erdogan had 23 points and Ibrahim Kutluay weighed in with 17 for the Turks, who were knotted at 77-77 late in the contest before claiming the triumph.

    Ali Turki, Erfan Ali Saeed and Mohammed Saleem all had 14 points, Saad Abdulrahman scored 13 and Malek Saleem contributed 11 in a losing cause for Qatar.

    In the tournament’s other game on Saturday, Lebanon, who lost to Turkey on Friday, suffered an 88-66 setback against Slovenia.

    The European team stormed out to a 21-9 advantage by the end of the first quarter and held a firm grip on the contest the rest of the way.

    Rasho Nesterovic had 17 points to pace Slovenia, while William Vogel poured in a game-high 21 and Fadi El Khatib 18 for Lebanon.

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