Kristen helps Turkey advance to qualifying round

The Turkish National team won two of its three games in the preliminary round of EuroBasket Women:

• vs Russia, L 64-71. Kristen had 10 points, nine rebounds and a block.
• vs Lithuania,W 69-66. Kristen had 18 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks.
• vs Serbia, W 65-55. Kristin had six points, seven rebounds and a  block

Kristen's performance is critical to Turkey's success since they are missing their star center Nevriye Yilmaz. The game reports from EuroBasket say nothing more about injured players, but Kristen tweeted last Friday before the competition began, "team is dropping like flies.....acl tear, swollen back, torn ankle ligament, broken cheek bone. pleeeeease no more injuries!"

Now they advance to the qualifying round of the tournament. They begin against Italy on Friday, then play France on Sunday and Belarus on Tuesday.