LILLE, France – Defending champion France overwhelmed Turkey, 76-53, before a record indoor crowd to make the EuroBasket quarterfinals on Saturday.
Pistons forward Ersan Ilyasova led Turkey with 14 points and 10 rebounds. He played 29 minutes and shot 2-for-5 from behind the three-point arc.
France went on a 14-0 run late in the second quarter and led by 10 at halftime. Turkey and Ilyasova could not match France's physical play. France has won all six of its games in the tournament so far.
The match saw the attendance record for an indoor game broken with a sell-out crowd of 26,135, according to the organizers.