Serbia beat Greece at basketball Acropolis tournament

ATHENS - The Serbia men's national basketball team defeated Greece 71-64 (16-13, 23-22, 18-14, 14-15) in the first round of the Acropolis tournament in Athens on Tuesday evening.

Bogdan Bogdanovic led Serbia with 15 points and seven rebounds, Nikola Milutinov had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Marko Guduric added 14 points and seven rebounds.

Nikos Rogkavopoulos led the scoring for Greece with 19 points and Ioannis Papapetrou added 11 points.

Serbia will play Italy on Wednesday evening and Italy will play Greece in the closing game of the tournament on Thursday.