Czech Republic maintained their 100% record at EuroBasket Women with a 54-61 win against a much improved Greek outfit.

Greece were among the minnows of EuroBasket 2003 and struggled to a 9th place finish.

However, just 2 years later and after a strong showing at the 2004 Olympics, Greece have been transformed into a team that can take on Europe's best.

Czech Republic were put under the cosh by the new-look Greeks for 27 minutes, before they produced a 12-2 run in the final quarter and clinically snuffed out any hopes of a Greek win.

		Michaela Pavlicková had 8 of her 14 points in a key 3rd quarter run

Greece were the better team in the opening stages and led for most of the first half.

A 7-0 run midway through the third period gave Greece a 46-39 lead and the Czech Republic were on the ropes.

But just as Greece looked to be in control, the 2003 silver medalists sprang back to life.

Michaela Pavlickova was the spark as she scored all eight Czech Republic points in an 8-0 run to close the quarter and give her side a 46-47 advantage.

Czech Republic maintained the momentum into the fourth. Veteran center Eve Nemcova hit a jump shot to open the quarter and a Jana Vesela lay-up 5 minutes later capped a 12-2 run which put the Czech Republic firmly on top.

Pavlickova finished with 14 points for Czech Republic who will look to close out the group with a 100% record in their remaining games against Germany and Latvia.

After an opening game win against Germany, Greece have now lost 2 games on the bounce, but will be hoping to secure a quarter-final berth with wins over Latvia and Poland.

Haralambos Papazoglou (Head Coach Greece):

It is very diffucult to play against teams like Czech Republic. If you are not focused for 40 minutes, it is very hard to win. We lost our concentration and missed some easy shots. As a result we lost the game. I am happy with our performance. We are going to play our last two games more concentrated and better than today

Dimitra Kalentzou (Greece):

We lost our concentration in the last minutes, so we lost the game.You can’t win the game if you can’t score easy shots.

Jan Bobrovsky (Head Coach Czech Republic):

Greece did not play typical Greek basketball today and at the beginning it is surprised us. We were not able to score in the first period and Greece took advantage of it. Before the game we talked that we must not underestimate our rival and we tried to concentrate on the game. However it took us a while before we got into the game. Greece played very good basketball today.