Serbia crush Lithuania to advance to basketball world cup semis

MANILA - Serbia are through to the semi-finals of the FIBA Basketball World Cup after a convincing 87-68 (24-25, 25-13, 24-17, 14-13) win over Lithuania in the quarter-finals in Manila on Tuesday.

Bogdan Bogdanovic led the scoring for Serbia with 21 points and Filip Petrusev added 17.

Tadas Sedekerskis stood out for Lithuania with 14 points.

In Friday's semi-finals, Serbia will face the winner of the tie between Slovenia and Canada.