Italy Turkey
Alessandra Tava
 Damla Gezgin
13Pts22
11Reb6
1Ass0
0ST2
1BS0
25Min30
Italy Turkey 
18/67FG M/A24/64
13/45 (28.9%) FG2P M/A18/42 (42.9%)
5/22 (22.7%) FG3P M/A6/22 (27.3%)
4/6 (66.7%) FT M/A24/39 (61.5%)
38 (12-26) Reb (O-D)60 (23-37)
7Ass9
23TO21
7ST8
4BS2
28PF18
45Pts78
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Italy
45-78
Final score
18-19, 11-19, 7-25, 9-15
19 July 2008 | 20:15h
Nitra (SVK)

Referees: Emilio Perez(ESP), Borislav Peltekov(BUL)
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Turkey
ItalyTurkey
Alessandra Tava (13)PtsDamla Gezgin (22)
Alessandra Tava (11)RebTugce Canitez (11),
Duygu Firat (10)
Erika Striulli (2)AssÖzge Yavas (6)
Erika Striulli (2),
Federica Nannucci (2),
Giulia Pasqualin (2)
STTugce Canitez (2),
Pinar Demirok (2),
Damla Gezgin (2)
Elena Bestagno (1),
Alessandra Tava (1),
Alice Richter (1),
Giulia Rulli (1)
BSDuygu Firat (2)

GAME STATISTICS

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Turkey Turn It Around 19 July 2008
Turkey thrashed Italy 78-45 to register their first win at the U18 European Championship for Women.

Ayhan Avci Esref's side used an 8-0 run to turn a 9-6 deficit into a 14-9 lead with just over three minutes left in the first quarter and never rescinded the lead.

Italy fought back to trail by the smallest of margins, 19-18, at the end of the first period before getting getting outscored 20-10 in the second quarter.

The Azzuris trailed 34-25 at the break and things went from bad to worse for them as play resumed in the second half.

The Turks outscored their opponents 22-7 over the first seven minutes of the third period to take a commanding 55-34 advantage and kept the gap around the 30-point mark for much of the fourth quarter.

Turkish guard Damla Gezgin led all scorers with 22 and team-mate Tugce Canitez notched a double double with 12 points and 11 rebounds while Ozge Yavas chipped with 10 points six rebounds and six assists.

Alessandra Tava had 13 points and 11 rebounds for Italy.
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