/nginx/o/2020/04/09/13047553t1h7b23.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1 "“TTT Rīga” basketball players break LU resistance in Baltic league game – Basketball – Apollo.lv – Sports")
“TTT Rīga” beat the “University of Latvia” unit with the result 89:67 (18:17, 29:14, 22:22, 20:14).
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In the first quarter, the team led by Mārtiņš Gulbs won only by a point advantage (18:17), but in the first half of the second quarter they made a 16-point breakthrough, gaining a strong lead.
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The winners with 20 points were Jessica Thomas, 19 points were scored and Binta Drameha took five balls, but Aija Klakocka had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
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The opponents had 13 points and eight balls under the baskets for the basketball player of the “TTT Rīga” system Vanessa Jasa, but ten points were scored by Luīze Šepte.
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Also in the elite group “Riga Stradins University” unit beat the BJBS “Riga” / “Juniors” team in their square with 51:48 (8:16, 17:15, 9:10, 17: 7).
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In the RSU team Ieva Stefanija Jundase scored with 17 points, eight rebounds and five intercepted balls, but Elīna Grīnberga had 12 points and 12 balls under the baskets.
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The guests had 11 points for Nikola Priede, but ten points, ten rebounds and six intercepted balls – for Ance Laila Zeidaka.
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With three victories in three games, “TTT Rīga” takes the first place in the tournament table.
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Five Latvian teams play in the elite group of the Baltic League: “TTT Riga”, “Liepaja” / LSSS, RSU, BJBS “Riga” / “Juniors” and “University of Latvia”
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Four Lithuanian teams (Vilnius “Kibirkštis-MRU”, Kaunas “Aistes-LSMU”, Šiauliai “Šiauliai” and Klaipeda “Neptunas”), as well as two Estonian teams (“Tallinn University” and “University of Tartu”) have also entered the tournament.
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As in the previous season, Latvian and Estonian teams will play in the international group. Latvia will be represented by “Daugavpils University”, “Jelgava” / “BJSS”, “Jurmala” and “Saldus” / “Sports School”, which started last season, as well as five new teams – BJBS “Riga” / “Juniores-2”, “Kandava” / “Anzāģe”, “Dimantu Akadēmija”, “Kolibri” / LU, Ogre Basketball School and Latvian U-16 national team.
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In the 2018/2019 season, five Lithuanian, two Latvian and one Estonian teams participated in the Baltic Basketball League championship in the elite group, but in the 2019/2020 season – three Latvian, three Lithuanian and two Estonian teams. “TTT Riga” became the league’s two-time champions.
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