Sandrine Gruda, who played in 85 games from 2008-10 for the Connecticut Sun, had 26 points to lead France to a 63-56 win over the Czech Republic in the bronze-medal game at the EuroBasket championships.

Gruda was 12 of 14 from the field and added six rebounds and four assists.

Although she scored in double figures in six of the first eight games of the tournament, it was a bit of an offensive struggle at times for Gruda in the tournament. In the semifinal loss to Turkey, she was 1 of 7 and finished with four points in 37 minutes. Gruda finished the tournament averaging 13.4 points and 6.2 rebounds.

The gold medal game is coming up shortly with former UConn star Svetlana Abrosimova leading her Russia squad against Turkey.