France vs Poland Player Stats and Box Score for Sept 2 | FIBA EuroBasket 2025

France defeated Poland 83-76 in FIBA EuroBasket 2025 action Tuesday at Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. Both nations are part of Group D.

New York Knicks forward Guerschon Yabusele, the French captain, led the charge with 36 points on 12-of-20 shooting, including 6-of-12 from 3-point range. Elie Okobo added 14 points and 10 assists on 6-of-14 shooting off the bench. Jaylen Hoard scored 10 points.

Jordan Loyd led Poland with 18 points and five rebounds on 7-of-15 shooting, including 2-of-4 from 3-point range. Mateusz Ponitka finished with 16 points, five rebounds and five assists on 4-of-9 shooting. Michal Sokolowski added 15 points and six rebounds.

Poland, ranked No. 17 in the world, was undefeated in its first three games, while France was 2-1 entering Tuesday. Both nations are already qualified for the Round of 16, which will be played at Arena Riga in Latvia.

France's lone loss in EuroBasket came in its most recent game, an 82-69 defeat against Israel. France, ranked No. 4 in the world, opened the tournament with two straight wins: a 92-64 victory against Belgium and a 103-95 win against Luka Doncic and Slovenia.

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France vs. Poland player stats and box score

France player stats and box score

Player	PTS	FG	2PT FG	3PT FG	FT	REB	AST	PF	TO	STL	BLK	.+/-
Sylvain FRANCISCO	3	1/5 (20%)	1/1 (100%)	0/4 (0%)	1/2 (50%)	3	1	4	2	1		5
Elie OKOBO	14	6/14 (43%)	4/7 (57%)	2/7 (29%)	/ (%)	3	10	1	1			13
Nadir HIFI		/ (%)	/ (%)	/ (%)	/ (%)
Timothe LUWAWU-CABARROT	0	0/3 (0%)	0/1 (0%)	0/2 (0%)	0/2 (0%)	2		4		1		6
Guerschon YABUSELE *	36	12/20 (60%)	6/8 (75%)	6/12 (50%)	6/10 (60%)	6	2	3	1		2	6
Isaia CORDINIER *	7	2/2 (100%)	1/1 (100%)	1/1 (100%)	2/2 (100%)		1	4	1	2		3
Theo MALEDON *	2	1/3 (33%)	1/2 (50%)	0/1 (0%)	/ (%)	1	1		1			-6
Mouhammadou JAITEH *	8	4/7 (57%)	4/7 (57%)	/ (%)	/ (%)	5	2	1	1			0
Zaccharie RISACHER	0	0/4 (0%)	0/1 (0%)	0/3 (0%)	/ (%)	4	3	2	2			-2
Jaylen HOARD	10	5/10 (50%)	5/10 (50%)	/ (%)	0/1 (0%)	4	1	1	1	1		8
Bilal COULIBALY *	3	1/3 (33%)	1/1 (100%)	0/2 (0%)	1/1 (100%)	2	1	5				2

Poland player stats and box score

Player	PTS	FG	2PT FG	3PT FG	FT	REB	AST	PF	TO	STL	BLK	.+/-
Andrzej PLUTA *	5	2/3 (67%)	1/2 (50%)	1/1 (100%)	/ (%)			4	1			-15
Aleksander BALCEROWSKI *	8	2/2 (100%)	2/2 (100%)	/ (%)	4/8 (50%)	5	2	4	1		2	-13
Michal SOKOLOWSKI	15	4/9 (44%)	2/3 (67%)	2/6 (33%)	5/6 (83%)	6	3	3		3	1	-1
Jordan LOYD *	18	7/16 (44%)	5/11 (45%)	2/5 (40%)	2/3 (67%)	5	3	1	2	1		-4
Mateusz PONITKA *	16	4/9 (44%)	3/4 (75%)	1/5 (20%)	7/9 (78%)	5	5	4	4		1	1
Szymon ZAPALA		/ (%)	/ (%)	/ (%)	/ (%)
Aleksander DZIEWA *	0	/ (%)	/ (%)	/ (%)	/ (%)			1	1			-2
Tomasz GIELO	0	0/1 (0%)	/ (%)	0/1 (0%)	/ (%)	1		1				-5
Kamil LACZYNSKI	6	2/3 (67%)	0/1 (0%)	2/2 (100%)	/ (%)	3	8	2	4	2		8
Dominik OLEJNICZAK	8	4/6 (67%)	4/6 (67%)	/ (%)	/ (%)	1		1				6
Michal MICHALAK	0	0/1 (0%)	0/1 (0%)	/ (%)	/ (%)			1	1	1		-6
Przemyslaw ZOLNIEREWICZ	0	/ (%)	/ (%)	/ (%)	/ (%)	1		1				-4

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France vs. Poland game summary

France led Poland 27-24 after the opening quarter. Yabusele scored 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range.

Poland outscored France 20-14 in the second quarter to take a 44-41 lead into halftime. Loyd and Ponitka each scored 10 points in the first half to pace Poland. Sokolowski added eight points off the bench.

Yabusele’s 13 points led France in the first half. Okobo contributed seven points and four assists on 3-of-5 shooting off the bench.

France outscored Poland 19-11 in the third quarter to take a 60-55 lead into the final frame.

The French opened the fourth quarter on an 8-0 run to push their lead to 13 at 68-55. Poland trimmed the deficit to four at 80-76 with under a minute remaining, but France held on to hand host Poland its first loss in EuroBasket 2025..

Poland will close the group stage Thursday against Belgium, while France will face Iceland on Wednesday.