MADRID ecco holton shoes sale , Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Hosts Spain continued their successful progress in the FIBA Basketball World Cup with an 88-64 win over France on Wednesday.
The win means Spain maintain their 100 percent record and will almost certainly finish as winners of Group A, ensuring a favorable draw in the knock out rounds which start on Saturday.
Spain netted 65 percent of their two point throws, but coach Juan Antonio Orenga will be looking for an improvement of their poor 26 percent from outside of the 'D' ecco helsinki shoes sale , which could be a factor as the competition continues.
Brazil will join Spain after winning a roller-coaster game against Serbia. Brazil led 48-32 before an immense third quarter 32-12 run from Serbia. The Brazilian defense woke up to keep them to just nine points in the decisive last 10 minutes.
The USA continued their prefect record and qualified for the last 16 with a comfortable 106-71 win over the Dominican Republic.
Argentina won their third game out of four in Group B to assure their place in the last 16 as a brilliant final quarter 28-8 helped demolish Senegal.
Luis Scola continued his excellent World Cup with 22 points and dominated under the hoop with 15 rebounds, while Walter Hermann kept things ticking over with three point throws.
In the same group a strong third quarter and 30 points from Jose Barea saw Puerto Rico home against the Philippines and saved them from an early exit.
Barea's performance eclipsed a towering display from the Philippines' Andray Blatche, who netted 25 points and pulled down 15 rebounds under the hoop.
Meanwhile Greece assured their qualification after defeating Croatia 76-65 to maintain their 100 percent record thanks to a result sealed in the second quarter.
Australia can also start planning for the knockout phase after beating Mexico 70-62. Aron Baines' power in the zone and Ryan Broekoff's four three point throws from seven shots kept them in control against the Mexicans.
Slovenia are another side with a 100 percent record and their effectiveness on field goals (61 percent) helped them past Angola to keep them top of Group D and book their place in the next phase.
Lithuania should also be in the next phase after beating South Korea 79-49 in an easy win against one of the weakest teams in the competition.
The Ukraine crashed to a shock 73-61 defeat to the 'Tall Blacks' (New Zealand) and with the USA facing the Ukrainians on Thursday ecco harold shoes sale , one of the favorites for a podium spot has seen things get more complicated than expected.
In the same group Turkey moved to two wins and two defeats after fighting back to beat Finland in overtime (77-73).
The Turks were reeling at 41-27 down after the second quarter, but their mean defense pulled them back into it, with Omer Asik again decisive ecco edinburgh shoes sale ,
