Ana Lelas poured in 23 points and Sandra Mandir added 18 for Croatia, which had lost its first three games in London and remained alive for a berth in the quarterfinals. The Croats will close Group A play on Sunday against Turkey.

The Croats built a 24-18 lead after the first and expanded the margin to 41-32 at the break, then blew it open by scoring the first 12 points of the third quarter. Lelas and Mandir each hit from beyond the arc during the early burst to start the second half and a pair of free throws from Andja Jelavic made it 53-32 with six minutes remaining in the third.

Angola got only as close as 13 and was down 59-43 heading to the fourth. The Croats again led by as many as 21 in the final period to give themselves hope of progressing to the quarter-finals if they can win their final group game against Turkey on Sunday evening.