Alina Yagupova scored 21 points
national team Ukraine beat Lithuania in the last match of the group round of qualification for the women’s EuroBasket 2023.
The start of the fight was for the Ukrainians, who took the lead by +9 points. However, the Lithuanian national team quickly leveled the score thanks to three three-pointers in one minute.
In the third quarter, again, Ukraine took the lead, having spent a segment 16:3. In the final ten minutes, Lithuania closed the gap, but the Ukrainians kept the winning result.
The best in the national team of Ukraine was Alina Yagupova, who scored 21 points and made 9 rebounds and 7 interceptions. Olga Maznichenko has 16 points.
Ukraine finished the group round in second place with 10 points. Srdjan Radulovic’s wards retain the chances of entering the EuroBasket 2023 as one of the best teams that finished second. The final results of the qualification will be known later after all the matches played in the other groups.
- EuroBasket 2023. Women. Qualification. Group B
Ukraine – Lithuania – 71:65 (21:12, 19:30, 23:8, 8:15)
Team of Ukraine: Balaban (11), Dubnyuk (7), Yagupova (21 + 9 rebounds + 5 assists + 7 steals), Maznichenko (16), Yurkevichus (5 + 5 rebounds), Uro-Nile (5), Filevich (3), Gorobets (3)
Source: Sportarena
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