Turkey, Serbia advance at basketball worlds

by pankaj kumar | September 11, 2010 at 01:15 pm

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Spain trailed throughout most of the fourth quarter, but tied it at 89-89 on a dunk by Marc Gasol with 25.8 seconds to play. After the Serbs called timeout, Teodosic worked his way free well beyond the top of the key with time running out and connected on a shot from about 27 feet.

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Ersan Ilyasova poured in 19 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead Turkey to a comfortable 95-68 win over Slovenia in the quarterfinals of the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Turkey will meet Serbia, a dramatic quarterfinal victor earlier in the day, in the semifinals.

Ilyasova, who plays for the Milwaukee Bucks, connected on 7-of-9 shots from the floor, including 3-of-4 from three-point territory as Turkey shot a blistering 66.7% during the game and was never really challenged. The hosts made 22-of-31 from inside the arc and 10-of-17 from long distance.

Sinan Guler added 12 points, while Hedo Turkoglu of the Phoenix Suns, Kerem Tunceri and Omer Onan chipped in with 10 apiece for the victors, who led 50-31 at the break.

Former NBA forward Bostjan Nachbar and Sani Becirovic led Slovenia with 16 points while Primoz Brezec, a free agent after splitting last season with Philadelphia and the Bucks, added 10 points and five boards in a losing cause.

Slovenia shot a ineffective 35.7% from the floor in bowing out.

Meanwhile, in the first game of the day, Milos Teodosic drilled a long three-pointer with 3.1 seconds remaining to lift Serbia to a 92-89 victory over Spain