25 August 2007

Denmark held off a late Ukraine rally to prevail 90-85 in their EuroBasket qualifier on Saturday.

Chanan Colman poured in 21 points for the Danes who built the win largely in the third quarter with the game locked at 40-40 at the midway point.

22 August 2007

Israel defeated Ukraine 68-63 in Kiev on Wednesday to all but secure a place in Spain for the final phase of the additional qualifying tournament.

Meir Tapiro scored eight of his 16 points in the fourth quarter and Yaniv Green also hit some big buckets as the Israelis put away a Ukraine side that must now travel to Denmark on Saturday and try to avoid a big defeat which could sentence them to a place in the relegation tournament.