The Montenegrin basketball players traveled to Luxembourg with the ambition to open the door to the European Championship with a victory, but the reality is that they were not even close to fulfilling their goal and approaching the continental championship.
The "Reds" lost for the first time in the qualifiers, they were outplayed and outclassed by Luxembourg - 71:49 in a match of undefeated teams that was crucial in the fight for first place in the group.
Apart from the initial 4:0 points by Sofija Živaljević and Milica Jovanović, Jelena Škerović's team did not question anything, so the home team quickly took control and began to dominate from the beginning of the second quarter.
Our team was losing more and more by the minute, and with a little less than seven minutes to halftime, the difference was in double figures for the first time.
The second part of the second period directed the continuation, because Luxemburg too easily reached plus 18 - 46:28 before the big break.
In the third quarter, it was minus 25, then maximum 29 - 67:38...
Dragana Živković was the most effective in our national team with 16 points, Bojana Kovačević had 11 and nine rebounds, while Milica Jovanović had nine with eight caught balls...
After three rounds, Montenegro has a score of 2-1 (Luxembourg is 3-0), and the qualification continues on Sunday in Bar when it meets Bosnia and Herzegovina.
BiH has all three defeats, after losing to Switzerland 81:62 tonight in Sarajevo.
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