The women's basketball team of Montenegro defeated the selection of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Bar tonight (85:52) in the 4th round of Eurobasket qualifiers.
Our team reacted very well after losing to Luxembourg in the previous round, controlled the events on the field and celebrated convincingly.
"We made a reaction after the defeat in the last round, we showed energy, which was missing in Luxembourg. The girls really responded in the right way, we concentrated on what is important. This is a sign of how we should play and look, with a lot energy, quite aggressively, and by the end of the third quarter we had 14 points on the counter attack, while in Luxembourg we had four for the whole match. ", coach Jelena Škerović said after the match.
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In the second match of this group, Luxembourg lost to Switzerland (59:44).
"Now it's realistically much easier, because we don't have the imperative that we have to beat Luxembourg by 23 points. Again, everything is up to us, but first we have to confirm this on the road to Switzerland. It remains for the girls to play in their clubs and I hope that we will be in a good position to we will qualify for Eurobasket", Škerović concluded.
Tonight, Montenegro played in Bar for the first time.
"It was wonderful to play in front of our audience. We are happy and satisfied. We have to win both matches in February and continue in this rhythm," said Bojana Kovačević, who finished the match with 10 points and rebounds each.
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