Bosnia and Herzegovina basketball players in form: Convincing victory against Cyprus 99:66

(Patria) - The basketball national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina played its first match of the Eurobasket 2025 qualifiers tonight in Nicosia against the host team Cyprus. The match ended with a score of 99:66 in favor of the BiH national team.

Cyprus started the game strongly, leading 11:2, and scoring three three-pointers in their first five possessions. The Cypriots were incredible from three-point range in the first quarter, but our guys fought back with points from Musa, Kamenjaš, and Alibegović.

By the end of the first period, our team took the lead on the wings of Musa. The game then went back and forth, and our national team won the first quarter with a score of 28:27.

In the second quarter, our national team immediately started with a 5:0 run, going up by 6 points. Cyprus couldn't recover, which our guys took advantage of, and we went into halftime with a 13-point lead (38:51).

In the first half, we played with variety in offense, and coach Bećiragić also rotated players, so after a poor start, we quickly put things in order.

The third quarter saw a similar game to the second, with our team routinely doing the job, and at the end of the third period, the score was 77:56 for our team.

The picture on the court clearly showed that the fourth quarter would be just about finishing the job for our team. That's how it was, we played the last period without much trouble to the final score of 99:66.

For our team, the most effective player was Džanan Musa with 26 points and eight assists, Kenan Kamenjaš scored 13 points and added ten rebounds, and Ajdin Penava finished the match with 13 points, while Amar Alibegović scored 12 points. All players on our team's roster saw playing time tonight.

For Cyprus, Darral Willis stood out with 22 points and 12 rebounds, while Filippos Tigkas scored 19 points.

The BiH team will play their next match in front of a full Mejdan on Monday against France.