Slovenia Trounces Australia at Worlds

Filed under: FIBA World Championship

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- Jaka Lokovic scored 19 points and Slovenia hit 16 of 33 3-pointers to eliminate Australia 87-58 Sunday in the round of 16 at the basketball world championship.



Lokovic's corner 3-pointer in the game's opening seconds sparked a 12-0 run and Slovenia never looked back. Primoz Brezec of the Milwaukee Bucks had 12 points and Goran Dragic added 10 points and eight assists for Slovenia.



Slovenia's guards cut into Australia's interior defense all game for easy looks or passes to wide-open perimeter shooters.



"We did a poor job of getting to their 3-point shooters," Australian coach Brett Brown said. "We pride ourselves for playing hard, tough defense. We don't have great athletes, we aren't very quick."

 

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