“TTT Riga” lost 71:77 (18:20, 22:23, 30:33, 23:22) to the belgian team “Kangoeroes” of Mechelen.
Mija Loida collected 29 points, nine rebounds, four assists, four blocked balls and five errors in the “TTT Riga” team, and 20 points and six assists – Ketija Wichmane. Karline Pilābere and Luīse Shepte scored eight points each, and also grabbed five and eight rebounds, respectively. Anna Liepiņa, who scored two points, also grabbed eight rebounds.
Katherine Reese collected 27 points and 12 rebounds for the visitors, and Eni Kibedi had 14 points and 11 rebounds.
The girls from Riga scored the first two points in the game, but in the middle of the first quarter the guests took over the lead, reaching the biggest advantage in the middle of the second quarter – 36:24. At the end of the half, the guests were almost tied - 40:41, but “Kangoeroes” ended the first half with a 43:40 lead.
Also in the second half, the Belgian team kept a small lead, making a 14-0 breakthrough at the turn of the third and fourth quarter and reaching 65:48. The home team could not fight back.
In the previous matches of Group I, Riga lost to “Dinamo” 74:83 away, “Zaglebie” lost 54:74 at home, defeated “Kangoeroes” of Belgium 64:63 on the road, “dinamo” lost 60:86 at home and “Dinamo” with 56:81 once again recognized the superiority of the Sosnovec team.
48 clubs compete in the main tournament,which are divided into 12 groups of four teams each.The two best teams and the four best third-place finishers from each group will qualify for the playoffs. Thes 28 teams will be joined by four teams that have been relegated from the Euroleague.
In the previous season, “TTT Riga” won all six games in the group, passed two rounds of the “play-off” tournament and lost to “Umana Reyer” from Venice in the sum of two games in the quarter-finals with 148:171.
The London “Lions” became the winner, beating the Turkish club Istanbul “Besiktas” 149:145 in the sum of two matches.