The United States team features many players who were part of the squad that recently qualified for the Olympics by winning the FIBA Americas tournament in Chile last month, including Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird, Kara Lawson, Cappie Pondexter, Katie Smith and Diana Taurasi.

Taurasi scored 16 points and Janel McCarville added 15 to lead the U.S in the loss.

The Americans struggled in the first half, shooting just 29 percent (10-for-35) as Vilnius built a 39-30 halftime advantage behind Sales.

"She was pretty much unconscious in the first half," Bird said of the Connecticut Sun forward. "Almost everything she threw up there, the fadeaways, the 3-pointer that banked in, were going in."

Vilnius extended the lead to 13 midway through the third quarter before the U.S. rallied behind Smith to tie the game at 47 heading into the final period.

Vilnius hit four 3-pointers to start the fourth quarter to open a 61-47 lead with 7:32 left.

The U.S. responded going on a 10-0 run as Taurasi scored eight points in the spurt. The last three came from the free throw line when she was fouled shooting a 3-pointer to make it 61-57.

The Americans cut the lead to 76-73 on Bird's 3-pointer, but could get no closer.

Vilnius is made up of mostly Lithuanian players. Besides Sales, the only other American is Kristin Haynie, who played this past season for the Sacramento Monarchs. She finished with 15 points.

"This was a very disappointing game for us, that's for sure," U.S. coach Anne Donovan said. "We didn't play with a lot of intensity tonight and I give TEO a lot of credit, they played very well."

With the loss, the U.S. fell to 1-1 in the Group B pool. The Americans routed the two-time defending champion Canberra Capitals 93-49 on Monday. The U.S. will face CSKA Moscow on Wednesday with a berth in the semifinals at stake.