Jordan Mickey collected 18 points and six rebounds for the home team, and Tornike Shengelija scored 17 points.
“Zalgiris” started off strong, taking a 10-2 lead after Tom Dimsha’s three-point shot, but at the end of the quarter, Tornike Shengelija’s long shot, the home team took the lead with 21:13, and in the 18th minute, after two accurate free throws by Jalen Smith, they took the biggest lead – 40 :25.
On the other hand, after Dimsha’s three-point run in the 23rd minute, the game could start from the beginning for victory – 44:44.
“Žalgiris” failed to take the lead, as the home team again broke away from the result and in the 28th minute after Shengelija’s second accurate long shot in the match, they took a 63:48 lead, which the visitors reduced to seven points by the end of the third quarter.
In the last quarter, the difference in the score fluctuated between five and seven points, until the Lithuanian club made a ten-point breakthrough, reaching 77-73 after Edgars Ulanov’s two-point shot. Schmidt also scored two points in this cut.
Half a minute before the end of the game, Jordan Micky helped the home team get closer to 79:80, but Evans and Schmidt scored another free throw for “Zalgiris”.
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