"Turkey beats China 87-40 at basketball worlds
By Selcan Hacaoglu, Associated Press Writer
ANKARA, Turkey — Oguz Savas scored 20 points as host Turkey trounced China 87-40 on Thursday in its final group game at the world championship.
Turkey, which had already won Group C, had a 20-0 scoring run to lead 39-13 at the break. Omer Asik's slam-dunk gave Turkey a 41-point lead in the final seconds of the third quarter. Semih Erden widened the gap to 47 points with 50 seconds to go at the end of the last quarter."
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