• A place in the playoffs of the combined Latvian-Estonian basketball league was secured today by the “Avis Rapla” team, which convincingly beat “Valmiera Glass/ViA” on its home court. The Vidzeme team suffered its 22nd loss of the season.
• The Estonian club celebrated its 17th victory tonight and thus secured the sixth place in the tournament table. This also means that ninth-placed Pärnu can no longer achieve this.
• The Rapla team especially dominated in the third quarter, scoring 33 points in Valmiera’s basket, while they allowed 19 in theirs.
• Most of the points (64) of Rapla’s basketball players were scored from the penalty area. Also, the home team scored 33 points using the mistakes made by Valmiera. There were a lot of them – 23 in total.
• The only statistical indicator in which the basketball players of Valmiera were better tonight – in the accuracy of long shots. The visitors were able to hit nine of 24 shots, while Rapla’s players had six long shots from 21 attempts.
• Attack leader Tyler Cheese was the top scorer for the winners with 24 points, who also had seven assists. Another Legionnaire, Obrad Tomic, added 20 points and ten rebounds.
• Edgars Kaufmanis, who scored 20 points, while Tervel Bek had 17 points, showed a productive performance in Valmiera.
• The next game in the tournament will be played by the team coached by Oskars Virša, whose coaching team has been joined by Kaspars Vecvagars, who ended his career as a basketball player, on Tuesday, when they will host Ventspili.
Avis Rapla – Valmiera Glass/ViA 96:64 (27:19, 17:15, 33:19, 19:11)
Avis Rapla: Chies 24 (7 rp), Tomic 20 (10 ab), Woods 19 (11 ab), Stevens 12, Lane 7 (7 rp), Nits 7, Kaldre 4, Davydjuk 3, Valbs, Ratas, Rubel, Ruth
Valmiera Glass/ViA: Kaufmanis 20, Beks 17, Vēveris 8, Zrno 8, Geks 5 (8 ab), Salenieks 2, Karlsons 2, Zvīnis, Tokovenko
Latvia – Estonia games this week
| That. | Time | The game | Rezul. | The best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07.03. | 19.00 | University of Tartu – Ogre | 65:80 | Pavelka 21 p. – Lasenbergs 16 p. (7 ab) |
| 08.03. | 19.00 | VEF Riga – TalTech | 75:69 | Cousy 14 p. – Ironed 26 p. |
| 19.00 | Ventspils – Port of Pärnu | 91:84 | Friday 17 p. (6 ab) – Valge 29 p. | |
| 19.00 | Liepāja – Valmiera Glass/ViA | 83:69 | Shilins 20 p. (8 ab; 7 rp) – Beck 20 p. (6 ab) | |
| 09.03. | 19.00 | University of Tartu – Kalev/Cramo | 67:73 | Gordon’s 20 p. – van Beks 13 p. |
| 11.03. | 15.00 | Kalev/Cramo – Keila | 83:56 | Hermets 13 (10 ab) – Radunic 17 (9 ab) |
| 16.45 | Ventspils – VEF Riga | 99:92 | Ear 18 – Brooks 23 (8 ab) | |
| 17.00 | Kalev/Audentes – TalTech | 79:62 | The Simpsons 17 – Iron Man 20 | |
| 17.00 | Tarva – University of Tartu | 87:99 | Shevchenko 28 – Bockler 29 | |
| 18.00 | Rapla – Valmiera Glass/ViA | 96:64 | Cheese 24 (7rp) – Kaufmanis 20 | |
| 19.00 | Liepaja – Pärnu Sadam | |||
| 12.03. | 15.00 | University of Latvia – Prometey | ||
| 17.00 | Ogre – Port of Pärnu |
Tournament table
| V | A team | U-Z | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Prometheus | 27-1 | 96.4% |
| 2. | Kalev/Cramo | 22-5 | 81.5% |
| 3. | VEF Riga | 21-6 | 77.7% |
| 4. | Ventspils | 19-9 | 67.8% |
| 5. | University of Tartu | 19-10 | 65.5% |
| 6. | Avis Utilitas Rapla | 17-12 | 58.5% |
| 7. | Ogre | 16-12 | 57.1% |
| 8. | Viimsi/Sportland | 15-13 | 53.6% |
| 9. | Port of Pärnu | 12-14 | 46.2% |
| 10. | TalTech/Optibet | 11-17 | 39.3% |
| 11. | Liepaja | 11-17 | 39.3% |
| 12. | Bowling | 10-19 | 34.5% |
| 13. | Latvian University | 9-18 | 33.3% |
| 14. | Valmiera Glass/ViA | 5-22 | 18.5% |
| 15. | Kalev/Audentes | 5-22 | 18.5% |
| 16. | In tar | 2-24 | 7.7% |
