Mozambique 🇲🇿 vs Montenegro 🇲🇪 | Highlights | #FIBAWWC 2026 Pre-Qualifying Tournament

There's Embiid patiently getting the offense set up. Now a quick pass underneath to Makaro inside seven and a half minutes to play first quarter. Oh nice inbound play by Montenegro and they take the 6-3 lead. Doing a really good job getting to the line, playing very aggressive here in the early going already with six free throws. Now Montenegro has numbers. Look at how they share the basketball. Finally they'll never touch the ground as Ksenia Stepanovich able to finish and just the second field goal for Montenegro. They've got a 12-5 lead now their biggest lead of the game. There's a bucket for Mozambique down low. Wilma Kovane finally gets one to drop in her first two points of the game. She was 0-4 in the game against Mexico so her first points of the tournament. Yeah nice take by Maria Lekovic. Comment in the chat saying let's go Montenegro from somebody named Ilic. I wonder if that's a relation to Nikolina Ilic on team Montenegro. Oh beautiful take there. That was Stefania Chesiani it was. That equals Montenegro's biggest lead of the game at 18-10. And they are 10-10 at the free throw line. Montenegro's got numbers. And Craig M. Ilic says that Nikolina is the sister. Zibkovic has her shot blocked and here comes Mozambique three-point attempt. That one is good. Five different times now they're settling for outside shots. Count the bucket. Odilia Mafanalia make the three-point play and get Mozambique to within one. Lekovic across to Klovicevic. Her three-pointer that is good. Montenegro hits from beyond the arc for their first time tonight. They were 0-6 in the quarter before that shot. Strong move by Milica Jovanovic but she could not get it to go. And here comes Mozambique. Oh and an unfortunate turnover there. Three on one and Montenegro nearly misplayed that one. Nearly 2,200 viewers on the live stream right now. Just 15 likes on the broadcast though. And we get a fraction of you, just one-tenth of you, clicking that thumbs up button as Jovanovic scores from three-point range. Jovanovic in the background. They've got them their biggest lead of the game at nine. Don't forget Mozambique cut it down to just one a few moments ago. Oh a nice strong attack there by Dragana Zivkovic. Well they better stop worrying about the Mexico game and start thinking about Montenegro or they're going to be eliminated. Oh a gorgeous lob pass. Ksenia Stepanovich scores and she's going to go to the free throw line to try to complete the three-point play. Sorry I had my mic off. Montenegro 11 of one points of turnovers, nine assists on 10 field goals and 13 of 13 at the line. So for most of the South American leagues follow some Eurobasket, some BNXT, Belgium, Netherlands. Driving Dish out to the corner. Shot clock down to six. She gives it up underneath. Easy lay in there for Bojana Kovacevic. She's got five. Her first field goal of the game is up to 30. Not sure I've ever seen a 29-0 run make that 31-0. Reminiscent of a game Brazil won back in 2016 or so in one of the South American tournaments. Can't remember if it was Peru or Paraguay. They won by something like 80. They held Paraguay to one point in one quarter. Without scoring. 10 minutes and 22 seconds of game time. Had to seem like a week when you factor in play stoppages, halftime. Hey, how about that? A run by Mozambique. A three-pointer is up and good. Nuno Lucaro. She's got 10 now from the corner. That tray is good. Bojana Kovacevic. She's got seven now. Her first three of this game. Because you're moving on to the next one and then you have to prep for the next day's games. Doesn't always get stuck in the long term memory bank. I've talked about that a lot, Craig, with one of my other play-by-play friends. And if you're doing multiple games over multiple days, you do, you mentally flush it just right as soon as the game's over. And I can't hardly tell you the teams that played, let alone what happened in the game. Because you just have to focus on the next game. It always astounds me when you get pro athletes, especially golfers, who can talk about a shot that they hit on the fourth hole of a tournament in 1986. 10 minutes and 20 seconds of game time without scoring a point. And Montenegro still 15 of 15 from the free throw line. That was a two-pointer. Both feet actually on the line for Delma Zita. I think we've said her name since the first quarter. Well, Craig, I actually had a bit of work going on. Once again, welcome to all our viewers on the YouTube livestream, youtube.com slash FIBA. Let us know where you're watching from in the live chat. Maybe we'll give you a shout out on air. One more game coming up after this one. It's New Zealand and Mexico at 9.30 local time. Two games in the books from Kigali, Rwanda as Milica Jovanovic hits again. Great Britain defeats Lebanon 77-72. Rwanda big over Argentina 58-38. All four teams back in action tomorrow. Off day on Friday and then the semi-finals Saturday and the finals on Sunday. There's a layup for Mozambique. Scenic English makes a good point. It's hard to stay focused in a game like this. Fourth foul on Jovanovic and that's why I said a little bit ago I hope this doesn't really turn into a three-point shooting contest. Pretty jump shot by Ksenia Shepanovich. And Lee, this is a great opportunity for Montenegro to really work on their offense with some patience. Yeah, that's a great point and it's a good opportunity to maybe rest some of your starters a little bit here down the stretch too. It's a defensive play there. Let's see who that was for Montenegro that came away with that steal. I think if I saw that on the floor, I would just go home. Lob to Shepanovich. She goes off the square and in. Yeah, it's hard to imagine missing that many shots that close. You know, Montenegro came into this at least on paper, Craig, as the group B favorite ranked 22nd in the world. They're coming off their best finish at the Euro Basket Women's Tournament 23. They had wins over top 30 countries, Italy, Greece, and Latvia. So they have been on the upswing, about to go 2-0 with a chance to head to the semifinals. There's a layup for Mozambique. Carla Govani, her quarter in the game. They got 19 points in this quarter. The teams just kind of throw it back and forth to run the clock out. And this one will go final. 74-52.