{"id":216419,"date":"2026-08-16T10:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=216419"},"modified":"2026-08-16T10:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:36:23","slug":"lionesses-taught-their-neighbors-a-lesson-serbias-young-basketball-players-defeat-croatia-and-set-up-a-battle-for-first-place-in-the-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/lionesses-taught-their-neighbors-a-lesson-serbias-young-basketball-players-defeat-croatia-and-set-up-a-battle-for-first-place-in-the-group\/","title":{"rendered":"LIONESSES TAUGHT THEIR NEIGHBORS A LESSON: Serbia\u2019s young basketball players defeat Croatia and set up a battle for first place in the group!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Serbia\u2019s U16 women\u2019s national basketball team has secured one of the top two spots in Group A at the European Championship in Pite\u0219ti.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team coached by Dragan Vukovi\u0107 followed up its convincing win over Romania with another dominant performance, defeating Croatia 73-47.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serbia will face France on Sunday at 12 p.m. in the third round, with first place in the group\u2014and a more favorable opponent in the Round of 16\u2014on the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as they did against Romania the previous day, the Serbian team quickly imposed its rhythm and built a double-digit lead. A run of seven consecutive points gave Serbia a 22-9 advantage in the eighth minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the remainder of the game, Serbia never allowed Croatia to get back into contention. Strong defense limited the opposition to just 27 points over the first three quarters, while Serbia extended its lead with numerous easy baskets on the offensive end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The score stood at 46-21 at halftime and 66-27 after three quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the final quarter, coach Vukovi\u0107 gave more playing time to players who had seen fewer minutes earlier in the tournament. Unfortunately, Jovana Todorovi\u0107 did not play due to the injury she sustained in the match against Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top performers for Serbia were Ana Gavrilov with 17 points and eight assists, Na\u0111a Maksimovi\u0107 with 14 points and 16 rebounds, and Mina Paunovi\u0107 with 10 points and three rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Serbia\u2019s U16 women\u2019s national basketball team has secured one of the top two spots in Group A at the European Championship in Pite\u0219ti. The team coached by Dragan Vukovi\u0107 followed up its convincing win over Romania with another dominant performance, defeating Croatia 73-47. Serbia will face France on Sunday at 12 p.m. in the third […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":216420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2863,2391,117,249,91,113,13855],"class_list":["post-216419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-eurobasket","tag-evropsko-prvenstvo","tag-hrvatska","tag-kosarka-2","tag-sport","tag-srbija","tag-srpske-kosarkasice","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t