Women’s EuroBasket 2019 quarterfinals qualifying gets started
By Kim Doss
Who advanced to the quarterfinals in Monday’s games?
Three days of preliminary rounds in Women’s EuroBasket 2019 left eight teams trying to get into the quarterfinals to face the group winners. Two of those teams fought their way through on Monday, July 1.
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Sweden 77, Latvia 62
The second-place finishers from Group B faced Group A’s third-place team in what was a road game. Sweden had to overcome both the Latvian squad and their home court advantage in Riga. They were more than up to the task.
The Swedish team had four players in double figures led by 21 points from Frida Eldebrink. Eldebrink added 5 rebounds and 2 steals. The balanced scoring was rounded out by Kalis Loyd (14 points), Amanda Zahui B (12), and Binta Drammeh (12).
Zahui B once again had a double-double with her 12 points and 10 rebounds. Elin Eldebrink was just short of doing the same with 9 points and 8 assists.
For the home team, point guard Elina Dikaioulaku once again paced Latvia with 14 points. She wrapped up the tournament averaging 20.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, and 4.5 apg, but she also had 5.3 turnovers per game over the four days.
Sweden will now move on to face the other co-host, Serbia, which won Group D with a perfect 3-0 record.
Great Britain 92, Montenegro 71
The second contest had an overmatched Montenegro team bow out to Great Britain behind stellar performances by Temi Fagbenle and Karlie Samuelson. Both players scored just shy of 30 points, with Fagbenle’s 29 points just edging out Samuelson’s 28 for game-high honors. They both added 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 steal. Fagbenle also contributed 3 blocks.
Those weren’t the only impressive performances by Great Britain. Rachael Vanderwal was one assist short of a double-double with 15 points and 9 assists. Johannah Leedham added 13 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 steals.
Montenegro had balanced scoring, getting 10 or more points from four of five starters, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the superior performance of Great Britain. They were led by Bozica Mujovic, who had 16 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 4 steals.
The British team advances to play Hungary in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
Looking ahead
Two more qualifying games will be held on Tuesday. Italy and Russia face off for the right to match up against Spain. Belgium and Slovenia play to advance to the quarterfinal game against France.
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