Leedham stars again as Britain reach World Student Games last eight

GREAT Britain have reached the last eight of the women's basketball at the World University Games in Belgrade.

STAR SHOW: Jo Leedham top scored for Great Britain again in their World Student Games win over France

Franklin Pierce University's Jo Leedham - who netted 18 points - was again the star as France were well beaten 80-56, while captain Chantelle Handy, Georgia Jones and Mairi Buchan all weighed in.

Tom Maher's side will now play the Czech Republic, who topped their group with thumping wins over Turkey and China, and Poland for a chance to contest the medals.

"The game started a little slow but by the second half we picked things up and played hard and fought through the mistakes we had made in the first half," said Handy.

"So now we are in the final eight and our first game is against the Czech Republic, it's going to be a tough game because they are a strong team.

"We need to go in and be ready to play and do the things that we have been working on over the past three games which is to win possessions and play team defence.

"Going into the top eight is a great step for GB and we have earned some respect and we need to keep moving forward."