Macedonia fairytale as Lithuania sent packing
China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-16 07:50
KAUNAS, Lithuania - Macedonia's Cinderella story at the 2011 European Championship continued on Wednesday with a shock 67-65 victory over host Lithuania which booked a place in the semifinals and a date with reigning champion Spain.
Bo McCalebb collected 23 points while Valdo Ilievski had 12 points and nailed the game-winning three-pointer with 11.3 seconds left.
Lithuania had a chance to tie the game but Simas Jasaitis missed a jumper with two seconds left and Pero Antic grabbed the rebound.
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