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Rytas, who took the 21st victory, moved up to first place in terms of number of victories.
At the Pasvalys arena, two different sides of the match were played. The first was dominated by the hosts: Pieno Žvaigždės held a five-point lead until half-time, but in the third half the image on the field changed.
Midway through the third, after Tomas Lekūnas’ three-point Pasvalys team, the team gained a double-digit lead for the first time (55:45).
However, for the remainder of the third quarter, defense chain “Rytas” players Mindaugas Girdžiūnas and Gytis Radzevičius scored several 3-pointers and the result was the same before the decisive quarter (59:59).
Together, these two basketball players scored more than half of all their team’s points at Pasvalys – 46 of 84.
M.Girdžiūnas scored 24, G.Radzevičius added 22 points.
A minute before the end of the third quarter, team defender Pasvalys Karolis Giedraitis committed the fifth personal foul and was forced to leave the field. Due to a decisive foul, the young basketball player managed to score four points and bounce two balls.
At the beginning of the decisive quarter, “Rytas” immediately began to show his advantage: several errors by Pasvalys and a solid attack by the capital team resulted in the students of Giedrius Žibėnas winning by 7 points in just the first two minutes of the quarter.
Midway through the decisive half, the Pasvalys team still scored just 3 points. In addition, five minutes before the end of the quarter, the students of Gediminas Petrauskas had already exceeded the allowed limit of fouls.
Andrew Goudelock, one of the leaders of the morning in terms of performance, scored the first points only in the middle of the third quarter. In total, the American scored 7 points.
“It just came to our knowledge then. We won because of a good defense,” said the captain of the capital’s team shortly after the game, coach Giedrius Žibėnas.
The Vilnius team sought a rematch, as they lost 79:82 in guests in the first round. The teams will play the postponed second round match on April 7. In Vilnius.
Pieno Zvaigždės is still in fifth place, but only 3 wins separate him from the last position.
Match statistics
Pasvalys “Milk Stars” – Vilnius “Morning” 75:84 (28:20, 12:15, 19:24, 16:25).
Milk stars: Jahenns-Ley Manigat 14, T. Lekūnas 12, Yannick Frankie 11.
“Tomorrow”: Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 23 (6/10 triples), Gytis Radzevičius 22, Dovis Bičkauskis 8, Arnas Butkevičius 7 (9 rep.
