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Latvian Basketball ClubVEF Riga”On Friday in Lithuania suffered a loss in the test match.
With the result 70:92 (21:22, 15:25, 15:10, 19:35), the people of Riga acknowledged the superiority of Panevėžys “Lietkabelis”.
Artis Ate was the most productive in the VEF Rīga team with 18 points, Kails Almens scored 16 points, but Michael Kaisers, Verners Kohs and Aigars Šķēle scored eight points.
It has already been reported that on Monday the Latvian team lost to the Lithuanian grand Kaunas “Žalgiris” with the result 59:92.
“Lietkabelis” also met with the “University of Latvia” team in the test match this week, gaining the lead with 74:46.
Last season, the people of Riga were declared the winners of the Latvian championship, but in the FIBA Champions League, “vefiņš” suffered 13 losses after one victory and did not qualify for the elimination tournament.
On Friday, the Valmiera Glass / Vidzeme University College team also played the test game, beating the University of Tartu 74:68. Edmunds Elksnis was the most productive of Valmiera with 14 points, but Jānis Engers and Māris Ziediņš had 12 points.
On Thursday and Friday, “Liepāja” basketball players also went to the field, meeting twice with “Parnu Sadam”. He won 78:75 on Thursday and lost 52:91 on Friday.
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