The senior women’s basketball team of Bosnia and Herzegovina was defeated in the first match of the Eurobasket 2027 qualifiers.
From the menu selections Emir Halimić tonight in Sarajevo’s Zetra, there were better Israeli basketball players with the result 98:91.
BiH was defeated in an even match only in the exciting finale, when something prevailed greater experience of guest players. For most of the match, the BiH national team had the advantage, which melted away only in the last quarter of the duel.
Halimić’s chosen players opened the game very well and made a series of good moves and shots after the first ten minutes they had a seven-point lead (26:19). The second quarter brought again a good game of Bosnia and Herzegovina. national team, which is on the wings of a naturalized basketball player Kamiah Smalls and Dragane Domuzinwith a good mood Anđel Šipkoincreased the lead from the first quarter to nine points (53:44).
However, in the third period of the game, Israel showed that it is still a slightly more experienced and quality selection. In that part of the match, the guests managed to reach the result after winning the quarter with a difference of six points, so it is the advantage of BiH at the beginning of the last period was only three points.
Thanks to the moody ones Alyssey Baron and Abigail Meyers, in the last ten minutes, the Israeli basketball players come to a complete reversal. Israel won the last quarter with a ten point difference (27:17), which was enough for the final 98:91 and victory in the first qualifying round.
She was the most effective in the winning team Baron with 27 pointswhile Meyers added 21. In the BiH national team, Dragana Domuzin stood out with 25 points, Anđela Šipka scored 19, and Kamiah Smalls scored 18 points.
The BiH national team will play the next match of this qualification phase on November 15 in Dublin against Ireland.
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