Mali stuns Spain for 2nd-ever win at Women's Basketball World Cup

Mali pulled off the first stunner of the Women's Basketball World Cup by shocking Spain 82-73 on Saturday in Berlin.

It was only the second win ever in tournament history for the African country, which beat Senegal in overtime in 2010.

Mali was down two at the half, but outscored Spain 31-19 in the third quarter to take the lead. Mali went on a 16-4 run in that period after it was down 45-44 to take command. Sika Kone, who finished with 19 points, had two 3-pointers during that game-changing run. Kone, who plays for the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA, also had 10 rebounds.

Mali (1-1) scored the first five points of the fourth quarter, including another 3-pointer by Kone, to put the game away as Spain could get no closer than nine the rest of the way.

Djeneba N'Diaye also had 19 points for Mali, which is 2-10 in its World Cup history.

Iyana Martin scored 20 points for Spain (1-1), which was one of the top teams in the world.

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In other results, Germany got off to a fast start and slowed down Japan in a 74-58 win.

In front of a sold-out crowd that was loud for the entire game, Germany outscored Japan 28-11 in the first quarter. Japan, which beat Mali 102-97 in its opener Friday, couldn't find any rhythm against the hosts. A day after hitting a World Cup-record 20 3-pointers, Japan was just 3-for-27 from behind the arc. Two of those makes came in the final 1:38 of the game.

"We know Japan shoots more 3s than 2s, so we took away the 3," said German star Leonie Fiebich. "Our goal was to be physical with them."

Frieda Buhner scored 19 points and Nyara Sabally added 18 for Germany (1-1).

Kokoro Tanaka led Japan (1-1) with 15 points.

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