{"id":46451,"date":"2026-08-28T04:30:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T04:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/great-britain-tosan-evbuomwan-impresses-as-gb-cruise-past-switzerland-in-eurobasket-pre-qualifier\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T04:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T04:30:54","slug":"great-britain-tosan-evbuomwan-impresses-as-gb-cruise-past-switzerland-in-eurobasket-pre-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/great-britain-tosan-evbuomwan-impresses-as-gb-cruise-past-switzerland-in-eurobasket-pre-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Britain: Tosan Evbuomwan impresses as GB cruise past Switzerland in EuroBasket pre-qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Great Britain started their pre-qualifying campaign for 2029 EuroBasket with a convincing 110-75 win over Switzerland in Fribourg. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Boston Celtics centre Amari Williams and Barcelona forward Tosan Evbuomwan both made their debuts for Great Britain&#8217;s senior side in the victory to put GB top of Group E.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Evbuomwan, who spent three years in the NBA, making 50 appearances prior to his move to Barcelona earlier this summer, contributed 21points in 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/basketball\/articles\/cy7z6nnm4mdo\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">His added NBA quality alongside Williams<\/a>, who has just finished his first season with the Celtics, allowed GB to claim an impressive win. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Williams posted eight points and seven rebounds in 19 minutes, while Josh Uduje top scored with 24 points for the visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Marc Steutel&#8217;s side were comfortable from the off in their first competitive match since missing out on qualifying for the 2027 Fiba World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Great Britain won each of the four quarters, taking the opening two by six points each.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ranked 45th in the world with their opponents 16 places below them, Great Britain cemented their dominance after half-time to lead 79-51 at the end of the third quarter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">With one eye on Sunday&#8217;s match against Slovakia in Newcastle, Evbuomwan and Williams were among those afforded some rest time in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Their remaining two fixtures are a home match against Switzerland on November 29, before travelling to Slovakia on February 25, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The winner of each pre-qualifying group will reach full qualifying, taking place in 2028 and 2029. Should Great Britain finish not finish top, they will enter a third round of pre-qualifying in 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/basketball\/articles\/cr4vlr51g5eo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Britain started their pre-qualifying campaign for 2029 EuroBasket with a convincing 110-75 win over Switzerland in Fribourg. Boston Celtics centre Amari Williams and Barcelona forward Tosan Evbuomwan both made their debuts for Great Britain&#8217;s senior side in the victory to put GB top of Group E. 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