Israel's first loss in the European Cadet Championship in North Macedonia.
The team lost today (Saturday) to France 92:80 after overtime, and is tied 1:1 in the tournament.
Tomorrow she will meet Lithuania at the end of the group stage and then her place will be determined for the round of 16, which will be held on Tuesday.
Israel will arrive after defeating the Netherlands in the first game and France after a defeat to Lithuania.
Sharon Abrahami's men led twice by 10 points during the game, but the French came back.
24 seconds to the end of the game, the French led by 6 (68:74) and seemed to be on the safe way to victory, then two three-pointers and another penalty point by Uri Yair arrived to set up overtime (75:75).
The French opened the overtime at 0:13. In the end, in a battle between Israel's three-pointers and the opponent's offensive rebound, the French won.
Israel scored 18 three-pointers in the game (compared to 5 baskets and 2!), France, on the other hand, took 22 offensive rebounds.
Ben Sharaf scored 21 points for Israel and Rani Blaga 16. Each of them scored 5 three-pointers.
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