Montenegrin women's basketball players wanted one victory and did not achieve their goal at the European Championship.
They ended it with three defeats, the first two of which (to the Czech Republic 89:44 and Belgium 87:53) were almost a foregone conclusion given the strength of their opponents, and in the last match of the tournament, Jelena Škerović's team had to congratulate their debutant at the Old Continent championships.
The "Reds" also lost to Portugal (63:49) in a duel in which they were only in the game in the first half.
The finish of the second quarter seemed to set the tone for the rest of the game, as the opponent went into the big break with a six-point lead, and in the third quarter they reached the maximum plus 18.
Our team reduced the deficit to 48:37 at the beginning of the last period, and had chances to get to a single-digit deficit, but they blew it with unreasonable offensive decisions.
And it was clear that Montenegro, which participated in the European Championship for the eighth time in a row, had no way back into the game when, with four minutes and 40 seconds left, Marijana Rodrigues hit a three-pointer for 54:40.
Tonight's duel was also the last for the national team for captain Milica Jovanović, Jovana Pašić and Jelena Vučetić, who is ending her career.
Jovanović was the only one on our team to score in double figures (13 points, with six rebounds), Maja Bigović scored eight, Zorana Radonjić seven, and Marija Leković six...
CRNA GORA - PORTUGAL 49:63 (11:14, 13:16, 12:18, 13:15)
Brno - "Starez arena". Referees: Jurčević (Croatia), Dara (France), Olio (France).
Montenegro: Kovačević 1, Živaljević 3, Pasić 4, Radonjić 7, Baošić, Ilic, Bigović 8, Vučetić 2, Glomazić 2, Leković 6, Jovanović 13, Bulajić 3.
Portugal: Soeiro 3, Umabano 3, Viana, Rodriguez 9, Ferreira 3, Korea 15, L. da Silva, Filipe 13, S. da Silva 10, Silva, Da Costa 7, Cruz.
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