Italy cruised to a 75-49 home triumph over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday night but they have no chance of securing a top two place in EuroBasket Women qualifying Group B.

Kathrin Ress had 19 points and four rebounds to lead the Italians, who improved to 4-3 in Group B behind Turkey and Poland with one game remaining.

Germany upset Ukraine 74-65 on Saturday for their first victory in EuroBasket Women Qualifying Group A.

Anne Breitreiner had 23 points and seven rebounds for the Germans, who won despite a 22-point, nine-rebound performance from Ukraine's Olexandra Gorbunova.

Evelien Callens and Stephanie Dubuc scored 17 points apiece to lead Belgium to a convincing 87-60 win over Bulgaria in Liege on Saturday.

The Belgians, who improved to 2-2 in Group D while dropping the Bulgarians to 1-3, trailed early on but turned a 12-11 deficit with 4:14 remaining into a 23-14 advantage three minutes later.

Zuzana Zirková poured in 30 points to help fire Slovakia to a resounding 83-67 triumph at Romania in EuroBasket Women qualifying Group C action on Saturday.

The Slovakians improved to 4-3 with the success and tightened their grip on second place with third-top Hungary facing leaders France later in the day.

Ines Kresovic had 19 points and five rebounds to lead Serbia past previously unbeaten Greece and to a second straight win on Saturday.

Playing on the road, the Serbians won 64-61 with an excellent third quarter the platform they used for victory.

Lithuania broke open a close game in the third quarter on their way to a 76-68 win over Great Britain in Group A of EuroBasket Women qualifying on Saturday.

Sandra Valuzyte had 24 points and four rebounds to lead the Baltic giants, who are now in first place at 5-2 over idle Israel (5-1).

Turkey destroyed Finland 76-42 on Saturday to join Poland at the top of EuroBasket Women qualifying Group B.

The Turks, who are level with Poland at 5-1, took a 23-6 stranglehold on the game by the end of the first quarter with a solid defensive effort.