On Saturday, Ogre defeated the University of Latvia (LU) in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League (LIBL) on its field with 83:58.
Even before the match it was known that Ogre team leader Kaspars Bērziņš, as well as Niks Jansons and Renārs Magone will not go on the field. Meanwhile, the recent acquisition of Eduards Hazners managed to play the first game.
The most productive winner in the ranks with 18 points and seven rebounds was André Terel Volker, who is the most productive Ogre this season. Kristaps Dārgais scored one point less, who also had four balls under the baskets, but Uģis Pinete added another 16 points.
Kārlis Zunda scored 16 points and seven rebounds for Anrija Miškas, while another 13 points, eight rebounds and seven assists were scored by Kārlis Zunda.
The game started with inaccurate shots performed by both teams, but after a little more than a minute the result was revealed by Kristaps Dārgais. Alberta Putan’s long shot put the students in the lead for a while, but in the quarter, the guests could no longer gain the lead. After almost five minutes played, Darling scored 9: 5 with two “penalties”, while André Terel Volker scored the remaining five Ogren points.
In the next ten minutes, both teams improved their accuracy, but the University of Latvia still played quite passively against a team that did not have two leading basketball players.
Ogre started the third quarter with an 8: 2 rebound, but thanks to the accuracy of Volker and Rinalds Sirsniņš, another rebound followed 8: 3 shortly after. In the continuation of the quarter, “Ogre” was from time to time accurate from both the half and long distances, but the students were able to answer with an accurate shot rarely. Uģis Pinete’s two-point throw allowed Ogre to finish the third quarter with +32 (65:33).
In the last ten minutes, the home team played more passively, allowing the University of Latvia team to express themselves, which after six minutes played had scored four points more than their opponents (15:11). The students were still able to slightly lose the advantage of “Ogre”, but failed to play, experiencing a loss with 58:83.
“Ogre” with four victories in eight games takes the third place, but LU has lost in all nine battles and is the last among the six teams.
“Liepāja” won “Valmiera Glass” / “Vidzeme University College” in the first match of Saturday with 79:72 (22:20, 23:22, 13:16, 21:14) and for the moment was in the third position in the tournament table.
Dāvis Geks was the most productive in the Kurzeme team with 21 points, six balls under the baskets and four assists, but Roberts Bērziņš stood out with 13 points.
Edmunds Elksnis and Ervīns Jonāts scored 18 points each in Valmiera club, who also won seven and six rebounds, respectively. Elksnis also intercepted the ball four times.
The Kurzeme team with four victories in nine games is in the fourth place in the Latvian team tournament, but the Vidzeme team with two successes in eight fights is the fifth.
In the first round game, the winners were determined at the very top, where the Liepaja team was colder (88:86). At that time, the people of Valmiera spent the whole game a little more stable, and were in the lead for a longer time than their opponents. However, “Liepāja” managed two breakthroughs.
Several injured players have returned to the rank of “Liepāja” and a week ago the University of Latvia managed to beat it very convincingly (79:62). The best statistics for Ilya Gromov during the season (15.3 points and 8.9 rebounds). This week, Liepāja strengthened the bottom of the basket with Zigmārs Raimo, who started his professional career in Lithuania.
In the last 20 days, the people of Valmiera have played only one game in which they were unable to impose a serious fight “VEF Rīga” (64:93). For the third season, the strong leader of the team is Edmunds Elksnis – 21.2 points and 8.3 assists (the best result in the league).
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