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19 games were played in the Regional Basketball League (TOPsport-RKL) over the weekend. During the match of the week in the guests of Tauragė “Tauragė” (8-5) 87:78 (19:20, 27:17, 19:19, 22:22) broke the “Olympus” of Ukmergė (5-8).
Paulius Steikūnas (29%), Martynas Šeputis (23%) and Gvidas Galinauskas (21%) led Taurage to victory. The trio scored a total of 64 points and 73 utility points.
After the game, the players of both teams highlighted the fight under the baskets, which was won by Tauragė 50:39.
“It just came to our notice then. On Friday we drove to Plungė, we took a long drive, today we played Ukmergė. In the second half of the game we started to play harder. Rebounds were one of the factors why we won. We are ready for zone defense, we work on that in training. I don’t look at personal results at all, the most important thing for me is that the team achieved a victory. With us, all team members can play successfully. Yes we really want to win games, we will win them. The most important thing in the future is to keep that desire, “said Steikūnas, a 24-year-old Tauragė forward who scored 22 points and bounced 18 balls.
At the time, 18-year-old Olympus player Augustas Krūminis, who scored 13 utility points, lamented that his team woke up too late:
“The biggest problem was with the balls that bounced, because we lost a lot with the board. For the balls that bounce, you just have to want to open up and get on that” board. “Maybe you lacked strength too. The opponents had already met. separated by 15 points, after building the defense of the zone we started to chase, but unfortunately we did not catch up. So far this is the highest level I have played and it feels. It is very difficult to play against some teams , but sometimes it’s not bad. “
After this victory, Tauragė ranks seventh in division A of the 16 TOPsport teams – RKL, and Ukmergė ranks eleventh.
An emotional victory in Division A was achieved by Olimpas de Plungė (8-7), at home 83:78 (17:20, 29:18, 15:20, 22:20) after defeating Raseiniai’s “Raseiniai” (10-3).
For Plungiškės, it was not just a win against one of the season’s leaders. Before that, Raseiniai had won all 8 mutual matches in TOPsport – RKL history, so this victory is doubly sweet for Samogitians.
Žygimantas Jocys (31 points), Tomas Domarkas (29 points) and Mindaugas Tamušauskas (28 points) led Olimpas to victory. The leaderboard scored 64 of the team’s 83 points and scored 78 utility points (the whole team scored 98).
Raseiniai also had an equally impressive trio of leaders in this match: Jonas Levickas and Antanas Montrimavičius each scored 26 utility points, and Ben Ilevičius, 20.
In Division A, Plungė ranks eighth and Raseiniai third.
A rare game of perseverance took place in Kaunas, where the teams played up to 3 overtime. Kaunas University of Technology (KTU, 4-7) students after an uncompromising fight 131: 124 (21:20, 20:19, 21:24, 18:17) managed to beat one of the championship leaders “Kretinga” (10-2) basketball players.
Julius Daugėla (34 points) was the most useful in KTU, and Rytis Zabita (33 points) played a similar role in Kretinga.
The match between KTU and Kretinga even improved the 5-season records. KTU Sighter Daugėla scored 17 points from the penalty line alone (17/19, 89.4 percent), and the student team itself became the team that scored the most points this season (131).
KTU has also become a more frequent offensive team this season. Artūras Sukovas students broke the rules 35 times. For 4 basketball players, the game ended prematurely due to the limit of 5 personal fouls, 2 more basketball players finished the game with 4 personal penalties.
In turn, “Kretinga” became the team that caused the most fouls. Kretinga residents, led by Arimantas Mikaločius, forced KTU representatives to commit crimes up to 34 times. The player Domininkas Matutis contributed to this, causing 7 fouls.
Kretinga defender Tadas Maželis became the player who broke the record for two points scored. The 28-year-old basketball player scored 13 of 16 points from his colon (81.2 percent accurate).
It is interesting that last season “Kretinga” played matches with even 5 extra time. It is true that even 65 minutes later, Mikaločius’ players, unlike this weekend, were happy with the victory.
The KTU A division ranks 12th and Kretinga 2nd.
Notable matches took place in Pakruojis, where the district of Kuršėnai. Counting furniture (4-6) during extension 103: 96 (10:23, 24:17, 20:24, 33:23, 16: 9) beat the local Pakruojis SC-Lygumai-ŽŪB (6-4).
It is interesting that in the first mutual match of this season, the victory was obtained by the representatives of Pakruojis with a difference of only 88:87. In the second round, the teams registered an almost identical result (87:87) and the basketball players clarified the relationship in extra time.
Vilius Akučka, the 22-year-old forward for Graf delantero Furniture, who posted the best result of his career, became the hero of the match. 190 cm tall basketball player in 43 minutes. he scored 37 points (9/10 dvit., 5/8 trit.), bounced 5 balls, caused 5 fouls and scored up to 41 utility points.
37 points won – TOPsport – RKL performance record season.
Evaldas Kazokaitis, who scored 29 utility points, played the leading role on Pakruojis’ team.
“Grafai” in TOPsport – RKL, Division B, Group A, ranks sixth out of 9 teams, and Pakruojis is fourth.
Another season record was set in Division B, Radviliškis ŠSPC (7-1) 111: 50 (27: 5, 23:16, 38: 5, 23:24) had fun with the young people of Raseiniai KKSC (1-9).
Aivaras Kvedaravičius shone with the most beautiful colors in this match. He scored 20 points (4/5 dvit., 3/4 trit.) In just 18 minutes, he took 4 balls and managed to add 30 utility points.
However, the 18-year-old Radviliškis player Domas Andrišiūnas, who made 10 successful passes, contributed the most to the record. Radviliškis’ men made a total of 37 assists in this match and thus set a new season record.
In the TOPsport – RKL championship, the only team without defeats is Jurbarkas (10-0) competing in Division B. LSU-Athletes (0-9, Division A) and Marijampolė SC (0-1, Division B) not yet they have experienced the joy of victory this season.
It is true that Marijampolė representatives have only played one game this season plagued by pandemics. Due to the introduction of quarantine restrictions in the educational process until January 31st. Not only Marijampolė residents can play, but also Kaišiadorys “Savingė” (3-3) and Alytus SRC- “Dzūkija” (1-2).
Results of the weekend TOPsport-RKL:
A division
KTU – “Kretinga” 131: 124
Plungė “Olimpas” – “Raseiniai” 83:78
Olimpas of Ukmergė – Tauragė 78:87
Kėdainiai SC “Ateitis” – Vytautas Magnus University 81:82
LSU-Athlete – Kaunas district. Omega 76:88
Kėdainiai SC “Ateitis” – Kaunas district. Omega 87:70
Plungė “Olimpas” – “Tauragė” 88:82
Akmene d. Patriots-Cement – Prienai CBet-KKSC 67:76
Akmene d. “Patriots-Cement” – Vilnius “Rivile” 77:84
Raseiniai – LSU-Athlete 109: 81
Vytautas Magnus University – Prienai CBet KKSC 72:66
Division B.
Anykščiai “Elmis” – Kazlų Rūda SC “Ataka” 76:82
Vilnius Rytas-MRU-VKM – Jonava CBet-2 70:54
Lithuanian Sports Club for the Deaf (LKSK) – “Vilkakalnis” by Ignalina 80:83
VKKM-Neptūnas – Raseiniai-KKSC 61:78
“Jurbarkas” – Šiauliai “Saulės-SG” 75:61
“Kupiškis” – “VKKM-Neptūnas” 65:84
Pakruojis SC “Lygumai-ŽUB” – Kuršėnai District. Furniture Count 96: 103
Radviliškis ŠSPC – Raseinių-KKSC 111: 50
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