Gospic gave themselves a good chance of overturning the five-point deficit in Italy because of their three-point shooting.

The hosts made 11 of 20, far better than their accuracy inside the arc where they made just 10 of 28 (35.7%).

Croatian outfit Gospic survived a tricky test against Botas Spor to progress in the EuroCup Women on Thursday.

Sandra Mandir and Marina Mazic each scored 18 points to propel the home side to a 75-59 victory, throwing them into a quarter-final tie with Beretta Famila who won their clash against Nadezhda.

Gospic edged a close encounter at Botas Spor on Thursday in EuroCup Women eighth-finals action.

Katarina Maloca scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the visitors from Croatia, who won 63-60.