July 30, 2012

Former Gamecocks Ilona Burgrova and Iva Sliskovic were in action early Monday morning at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Burgrova earned her second start for the Czech Republic in a narrow loss to Turkey, while Sliskovic saw her first on-court action of the games in Croatia’s loss to China.

Sliskovic’s first appearance of the Games came in Monday’s 83-58 loss to China. She played six minutes, adding two points and two rebounds to her team’s effort.

Burgrova’s Czech Republic team dropped a 61-57 decision to Turkey, narrowing the gap to four points three times in the final 2:27 of the game. The former Gamecock center snagged four rebounds and added two points in her 22 minutes of action. Despite a difficult shooting game, hitting 1-of-6 from the field, Burgrova was active, setting up Ja ana Veseia basket to start a 10-3 run midway in the third quarter to turn a 13-point deficit into a 38-34 margin in 5:21 left in the period.

Sliskovic and Burgrova will both be back in action on Wed., Aug. 1, when their teams face each other as part of Group A play at 3 p.m. (ET).