BARCELONA, Spain — Renaldas Seibutis scored 11 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter and Lithuania outshot Turkey from behind the 3-point line to win 73-61 on Tuesday and earn a spot in the semifinals of the Basketball World Cup.
Lithuania, the reigning bronze medalists, will play the winner of the other quarterfinal between the United States and Slovenia later at the Palau Sant Jordi.
Backup guard Martynas Pocius added 13 points off the bench as Lithuania's substitutes outscored Turkey's 28-6 to help eliminate the 2010 silver medalists. Kerem Gonlum paced Turkey with 13 points.
A game featuring two NBA big men in Lithuania's Jonas Valanciunas and Turkey's Omer Asik was decided from beyond the arc.
Turkey had needed two last-minute 3s by Emir Preldzic to overcome a five-point deficit and stun Australia in the round of 16. But the Turks only shot 3-of-18 from long range against a Lithuania team that made 10-of-19.
As Lithuania coach Kazlauskas put it: "All Lithuanians can shoot. Me too."
"They were concentrating on the inside so we had a lot of space on the perimeter," Kazlauskas added.
Asik started strong for Turkey with six of his 11 points in the opening period to help build an early 14-6 lead. But the New Orleans Pelicans center was limited by fouls as the game wore on and Turkey's guards lost their shooting touch. Preldzic looked set for another big night when he made his first three baskets, but he managed only four more points for a total of 10.
Valanciunas kept Lithuania afloat with six first-quarter points while its guards struggled early.
The Toronto Raptors center finished with 12 points and a game-high 13 rebounds, after several bruising battles with Asik in the low post. One no-call on what he deemed a foul earned Valanciunas a technical for protesting, but after cooling down on the bench he returned to help Lithuania dominate the final quarter when its shots started to fall.
Three 3-pointers by reserve big man Darjus Lavrinovic at the start of the second period with Valanciunas on the bench sparked a 27-14 run to send Lithuania into halftime up 33-28.
After going scoreless in the first half, Turkey guard Ender Arslan scored eight points early in the third period, which ended with Lithuania in front 47-44 after Martynas Pocius connected on his third 3.
Seibutis then took over in the final 10 minutes.
"For most of these games we managed to make a comeback," said Turkey guard Sinan Guler. "But today, if we compare the 3-point percentages it shows how the game went. That took us out of our rhythm and at the end not making our shots brought the result of the game."
On Wednesday, Spain plays France while Brazil faces Serbia in the other quarterfinal on the Madrid side of the bracket.