FIBA Europe Group E:

Russia 74, Belgium 69

Nizhny Novgorod, RUSSIA-- Dmitrii Kulagin scored 10 points and 9 assists in the close 5 point win at home against Belgium. Jean Salumu scored 17 points for the Belgians. Russia's 88% from the free throw line helped matters after Belgium only shot 43% from the charity stripe.
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France 84, Bosnia-Herzegovina 65
Rouen, FRANCE-- The French team, led by Louis Labeyrie's 13 points and 7 rebounds, win at home against a surging Bosnian squad, led by Milan Milosevic's 15 points. France knew to pass the ball around by out-assisting Bosnia 22-14.
Next games for this group will be played February 23rd: Bosnia-Herzegovina (1-1) vs Belgium (0-2), France (2-0) vs Russia (1-1)