France led from start to finish and whipped Slovakia 58-39 on Saturday in EuroBasket Women Division A.

Pauline Krawczyk had a game-high 15 points for France

Pierre Vincent's team jumped out to a 15-6 lead in the first quarter and never looked back in rolling to a second consecutive triumph in Group C after opening their campaign with a four-point success against Croatia in midweek.

Pauline Krawczyk, who finished with a game-high 15 points, opened the scoring with a three-pointer at the start of the game for Les Bleues and ended up drilling three for the contest.

She also grabbed five rebounds.

Isabelle Yacoubou had seven points and seven boards for the French.

France's defense forced Slovakia to commit 21 turnovers, with Celine Dumerc coming up with four of the team's 17 steals.

Pierre Vincent, France head coach:

"A victory is always a good thing but... We had a lot of problems. At some point we just refused some shoots, we did not always take the right decisions. Therefore, there is still a lot of work for us to do."

Pauline Krawczyk, France forward:

"When we win, everything looks good. We had a lot of open shots but we missed also a lot. We have to take now one game after the other. Against Hungary, it will be a different ball game."

Pokey Chatman, Slovak Republic head coach:

"I am disappointed. I knew it was going to be tough. We had 21 turnovers and against France you can't win like this. We've also missed to many shots."

Lucia Laskova, Slovak Republic forward:

"France played good defence. We did not get any open shoot. We played good defence as well, but we missed to many shoots."