Lithuania beats Lebanon 84-66 to go to 5-0
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) - Lithuania defeated Lebanon 84-66 to end its group stage campaign with a 5-0 record.
Lebanon (1-4) had already been eliminated, its fate in the six-team group sealed with a loss to Spain on Wednesday.
With the top spot in Group D secured, Lithuania gave its reserves nearly as much playing time as its starters and they outscored Lebanon's reserves 24-10 in the first half as Lithuania took a 39-32 lead.
Guard Renaldas Seibutis led Lithuania with 17 points, and Martynus Gecevicius added 16. Rony Fahed scored 19 points to lead Lebanon in the teams' first meeting in a major international tournament.
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