Overview

• Fontecchio scored 39 points on 13-of-20 shooting, including 7-of-10 from three, with eight rebounds, three assists and a steal in 37 minutes.
• His total surpassed Andrea Bargnani’s Italian EuroBasket single-game record of 36 points set in 2011, per FIBA.
• Italy beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 96-79 in Limassol to move to 2-1, a sharp turn after Fontecchio’s struggles in the first two group games.
• Head coach Gianmarco Pozzecco was ejected early in the second half after two technical fouls for stepping onto the court, with assistant Edoardo Casalone finishing the game.
• Bosnia center Jusuf Nurkic posted 21 points and 10 rebounds in defeat, and Italy’s next Group C matchup is against Spain.