FIBA Under 19 World Championship: Day Five

Senegal-Korea 88-79
Senegal gets the team's first win with an impressive dominance in the paint: they get 64 boards against opponents' 28, with a ridiculous amount of offensive boards (40). Abdoulaye Ndoye has 27 points and 16 rebounds (11 on the offensive end), while Sangjae Kang has 31 points for Korea.

Cote d'Ivoire-Czech Republic 59-69
Easy win for the hosts, despite the final break from Cote d'Ivoire. Without Martin Peterka, is Prokop Slanina the Czechs' top scorer with 16 points and 9 rebounds, while Cote d'Ivoire has 18 points, 9 rebounds and 7 turnovers from guard Alpha Touré.
Last two games in Classification round: Senegal-Czech Republic and Cote d'Ivoire-Korea.

Brazil-Russia 78-82 (OT)
Russia needs an overtime, and a block at the buzzer in the fourth quarter from Igor Kanygin, to overcome Brazil and keep them out of Quarter-Finals.
Mikhail Kulagin (21) scores with 23 seconds on the clock for the win, and today Russia will face Australia in a do-or-die battle for the fourth spot in Group F.
Russia has also 29 points from Ilnitskiy, while Barbieri (18 points, 11 rebounds) and Demetrio (18 points, 7 rebounds) are top scorers for Brazil.

Iran-Canada 57-95
A blowout that almost excludes Iran from Quarter-Finals (they need a win today against Croatia), while Canada has to beat Argentina to gain the fourth spot in Group E. Iran commits 21 turnovers and shoot only 8 free throws, while Canada commits only 4 turnovers and shoot 36 free throws.
Lyles is the top scorer with 18 points, while only Mashayekhi and Forutan Nik score in double-figures for Iran (both with 13 points).

Spain-Argentina 74-58
Spain is still undefeated and easily beats Argentina, with a break in the second half and outrebounding them 41-23. They have 17 points from Brizuela and 16 points and 7 rebounds from Hernangomez; Argentina has 18 points from Bernardini, the only double-figures scorer.

Serbia-China 76-50
Another impressive performance from Serbian defense, that allows only 50 points and holds China to 29% from the field. Without Qi Zhou, is center Quanxi Wu (10) the only double-figures scorer for China, while Serbia has 15 points and 7 rebounds from Jankovic and 14 points and 13 rebounds from Milutinov.
Today is scheduled the big match Serbia-USA, with both teams still undefeated

Croatia-Lithuania 91-90
Exciting game in which Lithuania goes from -16 to -4 in the first five minutes of fourth quarter, and is able to gain the lead with less than two minutes on the clock. Nevertheless is Martin Junakovic that scores the crucial three with 7 seconds on the clock, and Tomas Dimsa is unable to reply on the other end.
Man Of the Match is Junakovic (27 points), while Saric has 14 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists and Lithuania has 31 points from Marius Grigonis.
Another big match today, with Lithuania going against Spain.

Australia-USA 51-94
Just another blowout from USA, leading 55-20 at the half. Australia records 23 turnovers and 3 steals, while USA have 8 turnovers and 18 steals.
Top scorer is Aussie Felix Kalau von Hofe (17), Aaron Gordon has 15 points for USA.