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TJ Starks, seeking to establish himself in the Vilnius “Rytas” team, wore the capital’s club’s jersey and appeared solidly at the start of the international tournament.
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The 21-year-old, 188 cm tall defender scored 10 points, and the team led by Giedrius Žibėnas in the first match of the competition. 104: 85 (28:20, 23:17, 22:30, 31:18) defeated the Swedish champions, the Norrköping Dolphins.
On Tuesday, Rytas will face Estonia’s Kalev Tallinn.
Raised from the bench, Starks played 13.5 minutes, hit 3 of 4 points, 1 of 3 points and 1 of 2 penalties, made 2 assists, bounced 1 ball and made 3 errors.
The American arrived in Vilnius on a two-week contract: he will fight for a place in the sun in the capital until 18 September.
Arnas Adomavičius scored the 100th point for Rytas with free throws.
The most productive player of the capital club was Iván Buva, who scored 20 points (6/10 double, 0/1 trit., 8/10 penalty).
Tanner Leissner scored 19 points (5/5 double, 1/3 trit., 6/6 penalty) and grabbed 8 balls, while Mindaugas Girdžiūnas scored 13 points (1/2 double, 3/5 trit., 2/2 baud.).
Rytas: Ivanas Buva 20 (chamber 12), Tanner Leissner 19 (section 8), Mindaugas Girdžiūnas 13 (3/5 trit.), TJ Starks and Vaidas Kariniauskas – 10 each, Margiris Normantas 9 (4th ed.), Arnas Adomavičius 8 (2/5 trit.), Martynas Pacevičius 5, Lukas Uleckas 4, Gytis Radzevičius (6th ed., 3rd ed.) And Arnas Butkevičius (7th ed.) – after 3.
Dolphins: Jackson Rowe 20 (Rev.6, Rev.5), Nathan Dawit 18 (4/7 Trit.), Felix Terins 14 (Rev.5).
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