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Dovydas Romancenko
FINAL
Suduva-Mantinga – Gargzdu 73-77
Gargzdu celebrated NKL title. They prevailed against Suduva-Mantinga in the championship clash tonight. The guests trailed by 2 points after first quarter, but they rallied back to get the 4-point lead at the halftime and eventually won the game 77-73. Dovydas Romancenko (206-1998) stepped up and scored 17 points and 5 rebounds for the winners and Marius Runkauskas (186-1986, agency: BIG) chipped in 16 points. At the losing side point guard Aurimas Urbonas (198-1993) responded with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists and Zygimantas Simonis (194-1995) scored 16 points and 5 rebounds. Four Suduva-Mantinga players scored in double figures. Suduva-Mantinga’s coach Marius Kiltinavicius rotated ten players in this game, but that didn’t help.
Top scorers:
Gargzdu: D.Romancenko 17+5reb+3ast, M.Runkauskas 16+4reb+1ast, M.Stasys 13+2reb+6ast, S.Galdikas 8+8reb+3ast, M.Ruikis 8+1reb, E.Bruzas 7+1reb
Suduva-Mantinga: A.Urbonas 18+7reb+4ast, Z.Simonis 16+5reb+2ast, S.Beniusis 12+2reb+1ast, I.Labutis 11+6reb+1ast, L.Aukstikalnis 7+2reb+1ast, E.Jezukevicius 6+3reb+2ast
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3-4 Place
Telsiai – LSU-Atletas 85-79
Telsiai overcame LSU-Atletas to claim the third position in the league. The game without a history. Telsiai led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. It was a great shooting night for Telsiai especially from behind the arc, where they had solid 66.7 percentage. Their players were unselfish on offense dishing 27 assists. LSU-Atletas was plagued by 24 personal fouls down the stretch. American Donnell Cegers (197-1993, college: NMU) nailed 21 points and 5 rebounds (on 6-of-7 shooting from the field) for the winning side and center Mindaugas Norkus (201-1985) accounted for 19 points and 8 rebounds. The former international center Egidijus Dimsa (205-1985) came up with 15 points and 8 rebounds and point guard Karolis Babkauskas (185-1991, agency: BIG) added 15 points and 8 assists respectively for LSU-Atletas in the defeat. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. LSU-Atletas’ coach Remigijus Bardauskas tested ten players, but that didn’t help to avoid defeat in this game.
Top scorers:
Telsiai: D.Cegers 21+5reb+2ast, M.Norkus 19+8reb+1ast, D.Rasys 12+6reb+9ast, L.Kaveckis 11+4reb+3ast, O.Kaminskis 9+2reb+1ast, I.Razutis 5+6reb+9ast
LSU-Atletas: B.Dominykas 16+7reb, K.Babkauskas 15+8ast, E.Dimsa 15+8reb+3ast, U.Armandas 10, M.Linkevicius 10+7reb+4ast, A.Kavaliauskas 6+2reb+5ast
Tags : DOVYDAS ROMANCENKO, GARGZDU SC GARGZDAI, LITHUANIAN BASKETBALL
