Mouhammadou Jaiteh scored 11 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter to lead France to a 61-56 victory over Lithuania and book a spot in the quarterfinals of the U18 European Championship.
Jaiteh, who tallied seven points in the final 1:35 including two free throws with nine seconds, also had nine rebounds for France, who improved to 3-
Paulius Semaska led Lithuania with 15 points while Arturas Gudaitis had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Osvaldas Olisevicius also hit for 11 points. Lithuania, who came into the game guaranteed of a quarter-final birth, dropped to 3-