Starless Spain blows out North Macedonia / News - Basketnews.com

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Spain (4-0) remains undefeated in the 2023 World Cup qualifiers after crushing North Macedonia (0-5) 80-44 (19-17, 26-6, 17-8, 18-13) in Zaragoza.

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The game was decided in the second quarter that Spain won by 20 points and gained a 22-point lead going into the second half.

Spain had a 19-0 run in the middle of the second quarter, after which North Macedonia could not come back into the game.

Spain had control for the rest of the game and only increased their lead in the third and fourth quarters.

Spain was led by Sebastian Saiz who had 19 points (8/9 2PT, 0/0 3PT, 3/3 FT), 9 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block.

For North Macedonia, Andrej Jakimovski posted 14 points (5/8 2PT, 1/5 3PT, 1/1 FT), 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block.

Spain:Sebastian Saiz 19 (9 REB), Jonathan Barreiro 11, Yankuba Sima 10,Jaime Pradilla 8 (5 REB);

North Macedonia:Andrej Jakimovski 14 (6 REB),Bojan Krstevski 7,Kristijan Nikolov 7.

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