“FEV Row” On Monday, “Pafbet” in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League (LIBL) defeated tournament debutants “Keila” at home, making it their 13th consecutive victory in this league.
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“VEF Riga” took the lead from the start of the game, winning with 95:48 (23:12, 21:5, 29:20, 22:11).
Anrijs Miška was the most productive player in the Riga team with 21 points and nine rebounds. He collected 14 points and ten assists Krister Zorik13 points and six rebounds were collected by Pēteris Pinnis, while Emīls Krūmiņš collected ten points.
Former Riga player Mārcis Vītols did not play for the visitors, but Andriys Mironenko was the top scorer with 18 points.
“VEF Rīga” with 16 wins in 19 games takes second place in the tournament standings, behind only Slobojanskas.Prometheus“, while “Keila” is in 12th position with six wins in 17 games.
The Riga side have already won 13 matches in a row in this league, with the last loss coming more than two months ago. It was the third consecutive defeat for the “Keila” team, the previous defeat was on Friday at the Olympic Center against the “University of Latvia” (78:80).
Kristers Zorik, averaging 16.1 points and 5.2 assists per game, and Nysers Brooks, averaging 13.0 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, were the major contributors to “VEF Riga” victories in this season until Monday’s game.
Vitols averaged 15.0 points and picked up 6.1 assists in a game. Only Matejs Radunich has been more productive than him on the team, who as of Monday averaged 19.3 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.
The mutual match held in Estonia in early December ended with the result 88:76 in favor of the Riga team.
Latvia is represented in the tournament by six teams: “VEF Rīga”, “Ventspils“, “Ogre”, “University of Latvia”, “Valmiera Glass”/”Vidzemes Augstskola” and “Liepāja”. Nine teams represent Estonia: “Parnu Sadam”, “University of Tartu”/”Maks & Moorits “, Tallinn”Kalev“/”Cramo”, “TalTech” from Tallinn, “Avis Utilitas” from Rapla, “Tarvas” from Rakvere, “Kalev”/”Audentes” from Tallinn, “Viimsi” and newcomer “Keila”. The Ukrainian team ” Prometey” Slobojansk also participates in the tournament, the Ukrainian team is participating in the LIBL competition for the first time.
The top men’s basketball clubs of Latvia and Estonia played in a joint league for the first time in the 2019 season, when 15 teams participated. In the “Final 4” tournament, the “Ventspils” basketball players became the first winners of the championship.
Last year, basketball players “VEF Rīga” were crowned LIBL champions, who beat “Viimsi” in the deciding match, while “Parna Sadam” won the bronze.
