GB Senior Men Advance to EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers with Kosovo Victory

By Sam Neter on August 17, 2019

Image Credit: FIBA

Great Britain Senior Men advanced to the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers with a dominant 101-79 victory over Kosovo on Saturday evening at the NBPC in Manchester.

Nate Reinking’s side improved to 3-0 ahead of a trip to Luxembourg where the result will make little difference, as they move onto face France, Germany and Montenegro in the Qualifiers.

With the victory, it is GB’s first 6-game winning streak in FIBA competitions since 2007 when they were in division B.

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Myles Hesson came just short of a triple double with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists, Luke Nelson had 19 points whilst finding his range from beyond the arc, going 4-of-6, whilst Gabe Olaseni added 18 and Ashley Hamilton 13 points.

GB faced little resistance, jumping out to 22-4 lead and never looking back, as Kosovo were unable to get into the game.

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