LJUBLJANA, Slovenia -- Jonas Valanciunas had 11 points and 10 rebounds to lead Lithuania past Baltic neighbour Latvia 67-59 at the European basketball championship on Friday. The Toronto Raptors centre and FIBAs young player of the year helped Lithuania dominate the boards, 48-26, to earn its second victory. Latvia, which got 11 points apiece from Kristaps Janicenoks and Janis Blums, trailed by eight at halftime but drew even in the third quarter before Lithuania pulled away again. It was Latvias first loss and both teams are now 2-1. Latvia took 31 shots from 3-point range but made only eight. In an earlier Group B game, Bosnia-Herzegovina overcame a 10-point deficit in the final quarter to beat Montenegro 76-70 for its first victory. Also, Ukraine beat Germany 88-83 to all but book a place in the second round with its third victory in three games, while Belgium beat Britain 76-71 in a later Group A game in Ljubljana. In Jesenice, Nihad Djedovic sank a pair of key free throws with 16 seconds remaining and added a spectacular layup to seal Bosnias victory over its Balkan rival. Djedovic finished with 13 points. Mirza Teletovic led Bosnia with 18 points and 11 rebounds, while Nemanja Gordic sparked Bosnias comeback by adding 17 points, all of them in the second half. Bojan Dubljevic led Montenegro with 16 points, while American-born guard Tyrese Rice had 13 but missed three 3-point attempts in the final minute. Montenegro has one win and two losses in Group B. In Lubljana, Sergii Gladyr scored 25 points to lead Ukraine past Germany, which dropped its second straight after upsetting France in the opener. Ukraine is the only unbeaten team in Group A. Gladyr made half of his 10 three-point attempts. American-born guard Eugene Jeter added 19 points for Ukraine. Heiko Schaffartzik led Germany with 22 points and 11 assists, while Niels Giffey added 16 points. 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Wilson threw for 121 yards and ran for two touchdowns, leading Seattle to scores on all four of his possessions as the Seahawks beat the San Diego Chargers 41-14 on Friday night. "I definitely believe we can be that explosive," Wilson said. "It starts first of all with the offensive line and how well theyre doing ... but then you think about our receivers and we have so many talented receivers." Wilson did a little of everything. He was pressured on the first snap of the game and avoided it to complete a pass. He scrambled when the pressure created clear running lanes. He threw sharp passes to open receivers and he operated Seattles offence with an efficiency missing in its preseason opener at Denver. Wilson completed 11 of 13 passes, and connected on his first eight attempts. He ran for another 31 yards as Seattle finished the first half with 260 yards of offence, 255 of those with Wilson at quarterback. Wilson was the first act. Terrelle Pryor and B.J. Daniels added their own chapters on a night Seattles quarterbacks combined for four touchdowns rushing. Pryor got an extended look in the competition to back up Wilson and showed why Seattle is so enticed. Pryor was 1 of 4 passing, but ran away from San Diegos defence on a 44-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. Daniels added a 6-yard TD run. Marshawn Lynch made his preseason debut for all of two plays before giving way to backups Robert Turbin and Christine Michael. Lynch held out of the first week of training camp and did not touch the ball in his two snaps. Seattle did get some of its other stars involved, including Percy Harvin, who had four receptions for 31 yards after catching five passes all of last season. Turbin finished with 81 yards on 12 carries. He showed open-field speed cutting back on the defence and racing for 47 yards on one carry, and displayed power bulling in for a 1-yard touchdown. 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