MISKOLC (Hungary) - The third day of the FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket saw France, Spain and Finland complete perfect Group Phase campaigns, while hosts Hungary collected their second win to finish on a positive record and Belgium scored their first win in emphatic fashion.
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Key Storylines
Senni Toljamo's clutch buckets keep Finland perfect
France and Spain also finish Group Phase undefeated
Belgium's Annie Kibedi has a 36-point night as Belgium score 106
Top Performers
Belgium were looking for their first Group Phase win, so Annie Kibedi went off for 36 points in a mission to achieve this. Also collecting 9 rebounds and 2 blocks, the forward finished with an efficiency rating of 38 after shooting 13-of-19 from the field.
Germany took their first loss of the tournament against Croatia, but strong performances such as Nala Koletzki's shows why they finished 2-1 as the point guard dropped a near double-double of 16 points and 9 steals with 7 rebounds for an efficiency rating of 26.
France have flat out dominated thus far thanks a talented roster with players like Thelma Leray, who today dropped 23 points with 3 rebounds and 2 steals in just under 20 minutes of action for an efficiency rating of 24.
Belgium's high-scoring night of 106 points was a great team performance as much as a Kibedi show, with Laura Vilcinskas also balling out collecting a double-double of 14 points and 10 rebounds to go with 2 blocks and finish with an efficiency rating of 24.
Latvia finished the Group Phase with a narrow win over Poland after forward Marta Plorina recorded a double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds to go with 3 steals for an efficiency rating of 23 and help Latvia finish with a 2-1 record.
Results of the Day
Group A Sweden 46-61 Italy Croatia 60-55 Germany
Group B Israel 45-82 France Hungary 69-50 Greece
Group C Serbia 53-86 Spain Latvia 48-47 Poland
Group D Finland 58-55 Slovenia Montenegro 53-106 Belgium
Round of 16 Pairings
Italy v Greece Latvia v Belgium Hungary v Croatia Finland v Poland Germany v Israel Spain v Montenegro France v Sweden Slovenia v Serbia
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