Now the team will be eager to complete a double against their rivals on Wednesday in Tel Aviv, although must firstly look to move to 2-1 in the Group when they face Portugal on Saturday night.
"I'm very excited for the next two games we have ahead of us," revealed Handy.VIDEO: Relive all the moments from an incredible victory in Manchester for the Great Britain Women this weekend! #BritishBasketball pic.twitter.com/iemF4PjlTp
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"We have had a good couple of days of prep in Manchester and I feel that we are ready for the challenges ahead of us over the next week.
"It's an honour to pull the jersey on every game and I always look forward to playing with these ladies every year."
She continued: "We have a lot of young ones coming in and stepping up and this is exciting for the programme and what we have ahead of us with the experience that we already have on the floor.
"I'm excited to see what we can do over this qualification window," concluded Handy.
Follow #BritishBasketball and #EuroBasketWomen for more. Both Great Britain games are scheduled to be shown via youtube.com/fiba (subject to Portugal and Israel Federations streaming as planned)