VEF Riga - Liepaja 84-73
VEF Riga remained unbeaten after they took care of Liepaja at home court. Ivan Nelyubov (207-C-88) tallied 24 points and 11 boards to pace the league leaders. Arnas Labuckas added 15 points for the winners. Oleg Kojenets replied with 26 points and 13 rebounds for Liepaja in defeat.
Liepaja - Zemgale 98-91
Liepaja shot down Zemgale as Ugis Vilums fired 25 points. Oleg Kojenets added 19 points and 7 rebounds in the win [read more]
VEF Riga - Liepaja 84-73 VEF Riga remained unbeaten after they took care of Liepaja at home court. Ivan Nelyubov (207-C-88) tallied 24 points and 11 boards to pace the league leaders. Arnas Labuckas added 15 points for the winners. Oleg Kojenets replied with 26 points and 13 rebounds for Liepaja in defeat.
Liepaja - Zemgale 98-91 Liepaja shot down Zemgale as Ugis Vilums fired 25 points. Oleg Kojenets added 19 points and 7 rebounds in the win. Ilmars Bergmanis responded with 27 points for Zemgale.
Keizarmezs - Barons 65-99 Barons eased past Keizarmezs to climb at 3-0 record. Ivars Timermanis (202-F-82) produced 21 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. Rinalds Sirsnins produced 20 points in the winning case. Armands Kravalis responded with 13 points, 5 boards and 4 assists for Keizarmezs.
Zemgale - Valmiera 95-90 Zemgale celebrated the second win as they held off Valmiera. Maris Gulbis (202-F-85, agency: Interperformances) scored 21 points to pace the Jelgava team. Ilmars Bergmanis added 17 points and 5 assists for the winners. Daviin Davis responded with 27 points and 6 boards in the third loss for Valmiera.
Valmiera - VEF Riga 76-82 VEF Riga celebrated the third win in the season as they outscored Valmiera on the road. Ivan Nelyubov scored 19 points to pace the visitors. Martynas Mazeika added 18 points for the winners. Arturas Valeika answered with 18 points and 11 boards for Valmiera. Blaz Cresnar had 14 points in defeat.
Daviin Davis strengthens Valmiera - Nov 4, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Valmiera brought in Daviin Davis (193-F-85, college: Weber St.). The 24-year-old forward started the season in Finland. Daviin Davis managed 12.2 points, 4.8 boards and 1.3 assists in six games played for Kataja. The forward graduated from the Weber State University in 2009. He tallied 9.5 points, 3.4 boards and 2.4 assists per game in his senior season with the Wildcats. Davis was trumped the Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Year this summer. [read more]
Valmiera brought in Daviin Davis (193-F-85, college: Weber St.). The 24-year-old forward started the season in Finland. Daviin Davis managed 12.2 points, 4.8 boards and 1.3 assists in six games played for Kataja. The forward graduated from the Weber State University in 2009. He tallied 9.5 points, 3.4 boards and 2.4 assists per game in his senior season with the Wildcats. Davis was trumped the Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Year this summer.
Panellinios advance despite loss - Oct 27, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Panellinios - VEF Riga 74:79
Panellinios reached the EuroCup regular season. They prevailed against VEF Riga on aggregate. VEF Riga did all they could to revive the intrigue in this match-up. The Latvian team threw all they had in Greece after a bitter 15-point loss in the first leg. But the road victory appeared insufficient as Panellinios made it through.
Ingus Bankevics (195-G/F-85) opened the scoring with a three-pointer but the hosts quickly denied the deficit [read more]
Panellinios - VEF Riga 74:79 Panellinios reached the EuroCup regular season. They prevailed against VEF Riga on aggregate. VEF Riga did all they could to revive the intrigue in this match-up. The Latvian team threw all they had in Greece after a bitter 15-point loss in the first leg. But the road victory appeared insufficient as Panellinios made it through. Ingus Bankevics (195-G/F-85) opened the scoring with a three-pointer but the hosts quickly denied the deficit. Britton Johnsen (208-F-79, college: Utah) scored 13 points in the starting frame as the hosts grabbed a 29:25 lead into the second stanza. Panellinios opened the second quarter with 8 points in a row to stretch the lead. However Ingus Bankevics, Alex Renfroe (190-G-86, college: Belmont) and Mazeika kept VEF Riga within striking distance as the visitors trailed by 9 points at halftime. VEF Riga used long-range artillery in the third frame to narrow the margin. They entered the final stanza down by just 4 points. VEF Riga went on a 9:0 run midway through the fourth quarter to jump in front. Alex Renfroe and Ingus Bankevics capped the regulation with 3 points as VEF Riga sealed a useless road win at the end. Ingus Bankevics and Alex Renfroe delivered 23 points each for VEF Riga. Ivan Nelyubov (207-C-88) added 9 points for the visitors. Britton Johnsen finished with 22 points for Panellinios. Devin Smith (196-G/F-81, college: Virginia) and Roderick Blakney (181-G-76, college: S.Carolina St.) had 13 points each in defeat.
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