In the Ventspils team, Miliks Jarbro was the top scorer with 19 points, while Guntis Sīpoliņš added 18 points. Kārlis Apsītis stood out for “Ogre” with 17 points.
BK “Ogre” was in the lead for a while only in the productive first quarter, which the visitors ended with a four-point advantage (28:24). “Ogre” had a successful third quarter, reducing a 13-point deficit (45:58) to three points (66:69). However, in the last quarter, “Ventspils” regained a 13-point lead (86:73) and remained in the lead even at the end of the most intense match.
In the first eight games of the tournament, Ventspils suffered the only loss against “VEF Rīga”, which won both the Latvian-Estonian league and the Latvian championship title in the previous season. The successful start of the season allowed Ventspils to take second place behind Ukraine’s Prometey, which won all seven games.
In the regular season, the 16-team league will play two rounds, followed by the quarterfinals and the final four tournament.
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