After a minute and a half of play, Ieva Pulvere took a three-point shot and Jammine Thomas added two points, leading the house with 5: 0, but the guests responded with ten points in a row, leading to 10: 5 at the end of the fourth minute.
Even after the halftime, when the Lattice unit scored a lion’s share from the bottom of the basket, the difference in points continued to grow rapidly in favor of the guests, reaching a devastating 50:22 at the end of the half.
In the French unit, Hailey Peter had 19 points and Olivia Opup 14. Thomas had scored eight points in the household, but had also made five mistakes.
In the third quarter, the Rigans managed to slightly reduce the difference in points, reaching 39:60 by the end of the quarter after a three-point throw by Chantel Handy.
“TTT Rīga” was no closer, setting the tone for the guests again in the last quarter.
Tomasa scored 13 points for the housewives, but also made nine mistakes. Handy scored seven points and Daugile Šarauskaite scored six points, who also won 11 rebounds.
The guests Peter scored 26 points and eight rebounds. Epupa scored 15 points, Sydney Wollees scored 14 points and seven rebounds, and Ana Philippe earned ten points.
The Riga team, with five wins and seven losses, is in fifth place in Group A, but the opponents have overtaken the Rigans with six successes in 11 matches and climbed to fourth place.
The Rigans started the new year with a victory in the guests over the Venice “Umana Reyer”, beating the Italian champions with the result 62:54. Meanwhile, in the last league game of the league, the guests had suffered a defeat against the Ekaterinburg UGMK, losing by 53: 108.
In the previous mutual game, the BLMA team won the field with 63:54.
The main tournament of the Euroleague is scheduled to end on February 1. The top four teams in each group will qualify for the playoffs, while the fifth and sixth place winners will continue in the European Cup season.
The UGMK of Ekaterinburg became the champions last season, winning the “Perfumerias Avenida” of Salamanca in the final.
Last season, TTT Rīga lost all six games in the Euroleague Main Event and did not qualify for the playoffs. The tournament was held on a “bubble” basis in two runs, but this season the teams have returned to their usual format. The modest result was largely due to a lack of practice, as the team was unable to play the match from the beginning of November due to an emergency. In order to get a practice, TTT Rīga decided to play in the European Women’s Basketball League in the middle of December, where they managed to win bronze.
“TTT Rīga” also won the Latvian Women’s Basketball League for the eighth time in a row and for the 20th time in the history of the club.
