{"id":24727,"date":"2025-07-20T22:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24727\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T22:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:40:08","slug":"alvaro-folgueiras-near-triple-double-is-not-enough-as-spain-falls-to-slovenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24727\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvaro Folgueiras&#8217; near-triple-double is not enough as Spain falls to Slovenia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5x\">The Spain under-20 national team had one more chance to finish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-eurobasket-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FIBA U20 EuroBasket 2025<\/a> on a high note after dropping their previous two games.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">In their <a href=\"https:\/\/dearoldgold.com\/israel-led-the-entire-game-in-a-dominating-win-over-spain-01k0j2919bd8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">most recent game against Israel<\/a>, Spain lost 80-69 after another poor performance on the offensive end of the floor.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">Spain shot 29.7 percent from the field and 15.6 percent from three-point range, dropping their second straight game.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">In their <a href=\"https:\/\/dearoldgold.com\/serbia-used-a-late-14-point-run-to-defeat-spain-in-the-quarterfinals-of-fiba-u20-eurobasket-2025-01k0cmy9e4w3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">quarterfinal matchup against Serbia<\/a>, Spain let the game slip away in the late stages of the fourth quarter, allowing Serbia to go on a 14-0 run and take the lead, ultimately securing a 76-66 victory.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"69\">After two disappointing losses, Spain took on Slovenia in the seventh place game on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">La <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/U20M?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#U20M<\/a>\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8  finaliza el <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/U20EuroBasket?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#U20EuroBasket<\/a> con derrota ante Eslovenia <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udd9a\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee<br \/>FINAL (75-77)<br \/>\ud83d\udccc Heraklion (Grecia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SomosEquipo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SomosEquipo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UF3csBdnxw\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/UF3csBdnxw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Baloncesto Espa\u00f1a (@BaloncestoESP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaloncestoESP\/status\/1947019932040036816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6f\">In a defensive first half, Spain held Slovenia to seven points in the second quarter and took a slim 28-27 lead into halftime.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">The offenses came to life in the third quarter, combining for 49 points, with Slovenia taking a slight advantage after scoring 26 points. The fourth quarter ended with an even 24-24 score, giving Slovenia a 77-75 victory and a seventh-place finish.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\">Spain struggled again from behind the three-point line, making only six three-point baskets on 27.3 percent shooting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">Iowa forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\/en\/events\/fiba-u20-eurobasket-2025\/teams\/spain\/300441-alvaro-folgueiras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alvaro Folgueiras<\/a> had his best game of the tournament, posting his third straight double-double and nearly achieving a triple-double. Folgueiras had a team-leading 28 points, 17 rebounds, and nine assists.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\">Folgueiras also had his best shooting game of the tournament, shooting 69 percent from the field and making both of his three-point attempts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">Folgueiras returns to Iowa City to rejoin the Iowa Men&#8217;s Basketball squad after an eighth-place finish at FIBA U20 EuroBasket 2025.<\/p>\n<p>More Hawkeyes News:<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Spain under-20 national team had one more chance to finish FIBA U20 EuroBasket 2025 on a high&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,398,400,401,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-24727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}