Kyle Johnson scored 22 points and Kieron Achara added 18 with 13 rebounds to lead Britain to a 75-71 overtime victory over Israel on Wednesday at the European basketball championship.

Also, Finland got 12 points apiece from Petteri Koponen and Sasu Salin to stun Turkey 61-55, while Latvia beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 86-75 and Georgia defeated Poland 84-67.

In Ljubljana, Israel took the lead for the first time in the third quarter but never managed to pull away. Andrew Lawrence made two free throws to send the game into overtime.

A layup by Lawrence gave Britain a 73-71 lead with 16 seconds remaining in overtime. Afik Nissim, who led Israel with 17 points, then lost the ball and Andrew Sullivan sank two free throws to seal the victory.