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Great Britain’s women thrashed Estonia 100-45 in their fifth EuroBasket qualifier to stay in contention for a place in this year’s finals.<\/span><\/p>\n Temi Fagbenle led GB’s scoring with 23 points and Chantelle Handy added 11 as all 12 players scored in Manchester.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The hosts opened up a double-figure advantage in the first quarter through tough defence and up-tempo attack.<\/span><\/p>\n GB need a convincing win against Portugal to qualify as one of the best second-placed teams.<\/span><\/p>\n Fagbenle did not play in her side’s three-point defeat in Tallinn 16 months earlier and Estonia struggled to contain her on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n She scored 10 points in a row at the end of the first quarter and reached 19 points after just 17 minutes on court before returning in the fourth quarter to add four more.<\/span><\/p>\n GB had a 20-point lead within 16 minutes of the start and extended their advantage to 48-17 at half-time.<\/span><\/p>\n “It’s not every day you see a score like this so that means we’re doing something well offensively,” Fagbenle said.<\/span><\/p>\n “We kept them to 45 points so that’s promising for us as a defensive team.”<\/span><\/p>\n Group G table<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
<\/thead>\n \n\n Greece<\/span><\/td>\n 4<\/span><\/td>\n 4<\/span><\/td>\n 0<\/span><\/td>\n 295<\/span><\/td>\n 249<\/span><\/td>\n 8<\/span><\/td>\n +46<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Great Britain<\/span><\/td>\n 5<\/span><\/td>\n 2<\/span><\/td>\n 3<\/span><\/td>\n 376<\/span><\/td>\n 331<\/span><\/td>\n 7<\/span><\/td>\n +45<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Portugal<\/span><\/td>\n 4<\/span><\/td>\n 2<\/span><\/td>\n 2<\/span><\/td>\n 264<\/span><\/td>\n 235<\/span><\/td>\n 6<\/span><\/td>\n +29<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Estonia<\/span><\/td>\n 5<\/span><\/td>\n 1<\/span><\/td>\n 4<\/span><\/td>\n 273<\/span><\/td>\n 393<\/span><\/td>\n 6<\/span><\/td>\n -120<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n