The Lithuanian champions, led by newcomers, beat the Kedainians coached by Gediminas Petrauskas 100:77 (31:11, 20:30, 24:19, 24:17).
In the ranks of “Ryta”, the duo of Đžuolos Tubelis, who returned to “Ryta”, and Savionas Flagg, a newcomer to the team, shone the brightest – both basketball players scored 17 points each. In addition, it is worth mentioning that Ą.Tubelis spent only 14.5 minutes on the pitch.
Another new face in the Vilnius club, Steven Enochs, also played well. The center scored 16 points (7/10 doubles, 2/3 penalty) and had 7 rebounds in 22.5 minutes.
In addition, “Rytas” did not register Ignos Sargiūnas for this match.
Vitalijs Kozys played the most productively in the ranks of the Kėdainiai team. The forward scored 15 points (2/4 doubles, 2/2 triples, 5/5 penalties) and 4 rebounds in 24 minutes.
Israeli Amits Ebo scored 14 points (3/4 doubles, 2/4 triples, 2/2 penalties) in Ryto’s basket. The offensive player distributed 6 assists at the same time, but made 4 mistakes.
Both teams played the second control match. Both “Rytas” and “Nevėžis” celebrated victories in the first matches. The players from Vilnius beat Utena’s Uniclub Casino – Juventus 88:59, and Nevėžis-Optibet beat the Glass Via basketball players from Valmiera 77:67.
On September 6-7, “Rytas” will compete in the tournament in Šiauliai, where the teams of Riga VEF, Tartu “Ulikool” and Šiauliai “Šiauliai” will participate. Later, on September 10, Vilnius residents will play a test match behind closed doors at the Jeep Arena, where they will face Baku Sabah coached by Rim Kurtinaitis, and G. Žibėnos’ students will finish their training in a friendly tournament in Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile, the Kėdainiai team will compete in a friendly tournament on September 11-12. In addition to Kedainiški, Utena’s “Uniclub Casino – Juventus”, Šiauliai’s “Šiauliai” and Jonava’s “CBet” will take part in it.
“Morning”: Ažuolas Tubelis (6/12 doubles, 1/1 triples, 2/5 penalties, 5 rebounds, 3 assists) and Savionas Flaggas (3/5 doubles, 3/3 triples, 2 /9 rpg., 3 rpg.) 17 each, Steven Enoch 16 (7 rpg.), RJ Cole 15 (1/4 rpg., 3/4 tr.). /4 points, 5 assists, 3 assists, Gytis Radzevicius 13 (4/5 assists, 2/2 assists) ., 5 goals, Margiris Normantas 10 (2/3 doubles, 1/3 triples, 3/3 penalties, 6 assists).
Nevežis-Optibet: Vitalijus Kozys 15, Amits Ebo 14 (6 assists), Joseph Girardas 13 (0/4 doubles, 4/11 triples), Fahrudinas Manjgafičius 12 (2/5 doubles, 2/4 triples, 2 /3 penalties, 8 points, 6 errors).
2024-09-02 20:32:15