- SIAULIAI, Lithuania: Bo McCalebb scored 27 points to lead Macedonia to an upset 72-58 victory over Greece at the European basketball championship on Saturday.
The American-born guard orchestrated the win by tearing Greece apart with his drives to the basket, leaving both teams with 2-1 records in Group C.
Antonis Fotsis led Greece with 16 points. Ioannis Bourousis had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Greece, which fell apart in the fourth quarter.
Also Saturday, Finland won its first game at a European Championship since 1977 when it beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 92-64 behind Mikko Koivisto’s 17 points and a 34-18 third quarter.
Ukraine won its first in 10 years by defeating Bulgaria 67-56. Both teams are 1-2 in Group D.
Slovenia stayed perfect after three games by beating Georgia 87-75.
McCalebb, who was born and raised in New Orleans, fired Macedonia to a memorable win over its Balkan neighbor. Macedonia nearly squandered its eight-point lead before completing an 11-0 run early in the fourth quarter to pull away.
Finland overcame a 25-point performance from Henry Domercant, who was Bosnia’s only effective player.
Bosnia also had twice as many turnovers with 16.
Jaka Lakovic led Slovenia with 22 points to match Georgia’s Zaza Pachouli, of the Atlanta Hawks.
Lakovic nailed a 3-pointer with 3:18 remaining to put Slovenia up 73-65 and his team was never threatened again.
Sasa Ozbolt had 21 points for Slovenia.
The Slovenia defense forced Georgia into 21 turnovers, while the Slovenes only gave the ball away seven times.
Ukraine used its powerful front line to wear down Bulgaria, which shot just 28 percent from the field.
Guard Oleksandr Kolchenko led Ukraine with 18 points, while twins Danylo and Kyrylo Ivanov combined for 18 of Bulgaria’s 56 points.

