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Ivica Zubac leads Croatia past Poland with a double-double in the 2025 EuroBasket pre-qualifiers opener.

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The Croatian national team (1-0) edged Poland (0-1) in the pre-qualifiers for the EuroBasket 2025.

Ivica Zubac

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In the game in Warsaw, the Croatians defeated the Polish national team in a close-fought battle with a final score of 72-69 (11-15, 10-16, 28-16, 23-22).

After the first half of the game, the Croatians had a 10-point deficit (21:31), but head coach Damir Mulaomerovic's players won the third quarter 28-16 and gained a 2-point advantage (49-47) before the decisive quarter of the game.

With 20 seconds left in the final quarter, Michal Sokolowski had a chance to tie the game (69:72), but he missed a 3-point attempt. Croatians registered their first victory in Group E of the second qualifying round of the 2025 EuroBasket.

Croatia was led by Ivica Zubac, who ended up with 19 points (8/11 2PT, 3/5 Ft), 10 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 1 assist in 30 minutes.

The Polish team was not saved by Mateusz Ponitka, who had a strong personal performance and ended up with 26 points (6/10 2PTS, 3/5 3 PT, 5/6 FT), 6 rebounds, and 6 assists in 30 minutes.

Croatia: Ivica Zubac 19 (10 REB), Bojan Bogdanovic 16 (8 REB), Mario Hezonja 10.

Poland: Mateusz Ponitka 26 (6 REB, 6 AST), A.J. Slaughter 16, Aleksander Balcerowski 11.

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