Spain has made it to the next round win big win over Korea, 84-69. Korea started the game strong from behind the arc, however Spain pulled through a big effort on defense to get the win. When Spain had trouble shooting from the outside, the ball was dished to Sancho Lyttle inside, where she was unstoppable on the boards and offensively. Lyttle finished with 28 pts and 15 rebounds for Spain.
Box Score
SPAIN (23+13+21+27), 84: Fernández (2), Lyttle (28), Palau (2), Montañana (15), Valdemoro (17) , Nicholls (-), Lyttle (6), Pascua (-), Aguilar (2), Martínez (2), Cruz (4) y Torrens (6).
KOREA (23+7+18+21), 69 : J. Kim (11), S. Jung (10), Beon (23), Park (12), K. Kim (2) , Bo Kim (0), Kang (0), Danbi Kim (5) y Sin (6).
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With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!