Argentina holds off Australia 74-72
August 29, 2010
KAYSERI, Turkey (AP)—Pablo Prigioni hit a 3-pointer with 33 seconds leftand Luis Scola(notes) converted two late free throws as Argentina escaped with anotherclose victory at the basketball world championships, beating Australia 74-72 onSunday.
Adam Gibson missed a last-second 3-point attempt for Australia (1-1).
Scola finished with 31 points for Argentina (2-0), the team ranked No. 1 inFIBA world rankings.
Argentina edged Germany 78-74 in its opener.
Joe Ingles scored 22 points for Australia and Patty Mills added 21.
Mills hit a 3-pointer with 53 seconds left to tie the game at 69. Prigioni,who finished with nine points, broke the tie 20 seconds later.
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