24-year old Mantas Virbalas (203-C/F-88) had an amazing evening in the last round for Perlas-MRU and receives a Eurobasket.com NKL Player of the Week award for round 11. He had a double-double of 28 points and 14 rebounds, while his team crushed Birstono (#17, 3-9) with 22-point margin 90-68. The game rather meaningless between the teams, which do not have any influence on the top of the standings. Perlas-MRU is placed at 11th position in Lithuanian NKL. Perlas-MRU is a typical solid league team placed somewhere in the middle or a little bit lower in the standings. They need more victories to improve their 6-5 record. Virbalas turned to be Perlas-MRU's top player in his first season with the team. Virbalas has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (3rd best: 18.1ppg), rebounds (4th best: 8.7rpg) and averages solid 1.9bpg,2.1spg and 65.0% FGP.
Second best performed player last round was Edgaras Stanionis (193-G-88) of Zanavykas. He is a guard in his first season at Zanavykas. In the last game Stanionis recorded impressive 37 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Of course he lead Zanavykas to another comfortable win outscoring the lower-ranked Delikatesas (#12, 5-6) 87-64. This victory allowed Zanavykas to move up to 7th position in the standings. His team lost some distance to top teams. But 7-4 record is not bad and everything may still change. Stanionis is a newcomer at Zanavykas and quickly became one of team's most reliable players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 24.9ppg (#1). He also registered 6.5 boards per game.
Third place about best performers goes to another Perlas-MRU's star - forward Antanas Udras (202-F-92). Udras scored 23 points and grabbed fourteen rebounds (!!!). He was another key player of Perlas-MRU, helping his team with a 90-68 easy win against the lower-ranked Birstono (#17, 3-9). Perlas-MRU needs these victories very badly if they think about getting closer to top teams. Their record at this point is 6 victories and 5 lost games. Udras has a great season in Lithuania. After 11 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 15.7ppg (9th best) and rebounds with 9.3rpg (3rd best).
Other top performing players last week: 4. Povilas Sakinis (199-F-80) of Dzukija - 32 points and 10 rebounds 5. Denis Krestinin (202-PF-94) of S.Marciulionio - 17 points and 8 rebounds 6. Tomas Milinskas (202-F-90) of Triobet - 18 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists 7. Benas Bagdonavicius (202-F-91) of Meresta - 18 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists 8. Janas Jurgo (200-F-83) of Radviliskis - 18 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists 9. Zilvinas Kuklierius (180-G-85) of Suduva-Mantinga - 22 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists 10. Audrius Mineikis (201-F-77) of Suduva-Mantinga - 11 points and 11 rebounds
The Player of the week is choosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc. The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy. The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3*(REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4*(2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3*(2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3*(3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)
Lithuania University Team stun Russia U20 - Jun 17, 2013
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Lithuania University Team - Russia U20 110:71
Lithuania University Team stun Russia U20 in the first game of the friendly clash between two sides. The home side posted a comfortable 110:71 win in the opener.
Lithuania University Team started the game with a 27-22 rally and erupted with a 33-16 surge in the second frame. Moreover the hosts dominated the second half and won another two quarters [read more]
Lithuania University Team - Russia U20 110:71
Lithuania University Team stun Russia U20 in the first game of the friendly clash between two sides. The home side posted a comfortable 110:71 win in the opener. Lithuania University Team started the game with a 27-22 rally and erupted with a 33-16 surge in the second frame. Moreover the hosts dominated the second half and won another two quarters. Lithuania University Team won the third period 27-15 and then finished the game with 23-17 in the last stanza. Eimantas Bendzius (203-F-90) stepped up with 17 points for the winners and Adomas Drungilas (203-C-90) as well as Vytenis Cizauskas (190-SG-92) netted 15 each. Gediminas Orelikas (200-G/F-90) added 12, whilst Butkevicius had 10. Denis Zakharov (193-PG-93) replied with 16 points in the losing effort and Evstafev had 11. Alexander Zakharov (204-F/G-93) and Vladislav Trushkin (201-F-93) followed them with 10 points apiece. On Monday Lithuania U20 will take on Russia U20.
Russia U20 exchange victories with Lithuania U19 - Jun 15, 2013
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Russia U20 exchange victories with Lithuania U19 in the friendly clashes in Druskininkai.
In Game 1 Russian players celebrated a 76:67 win. They started the game with 19-18 lead and then dominated the second half. Russia posted a 27-21 rally in the third period and finished the game with 18-12 in the last stanza. Denisas Krestininas (202-F-94) scored 12 points for the hosts, while Marius Grigonis (198-F-94) and Donatas Tarolis (201-F-94) had 10 each [read more]
Russia U20 exchange victories with Lithuania U19 in the friendly clashes in Druskininkai. In Game 1 Russian players celebrated a 76:67 win. They started the game with 19-18 lead and then dominated the second half. Russia posted a 27-21 rally in the third period and finished the game with 18-12 in the last stanza. Denisas Krestininas (202-F-94) scored 12 points for the hosts, while Marius Grigonis (198-F-94) and Donatas Tarolis (201-F-94) had 10 each. In Game 2 Lithuania U19 won 79:69. Russia grabbed 17-16 lead, but he hosts erupted with a 25-15 surge in the second frame. Lithuania also added 21-12 surge in the last stanza to win the game. Justas Tamulis (194-SF-94, agency: Beo Basket) top-scored for the winners with 20 points, while Donatas Tarolis netted 12. Lukas Lekavicius (180-G-94) delivered 11 and Tomas Dimsa had 10. Aleksandr Gudumak (203-C-93) replied with 15 points in the losing effort.
KB RTV 21 (SuperLeague) inked 31-year old Lithuanian swingman Marius Kasiulevicius (198-100kg-82, college: Trinity Valley JC). He played recently at Silute in Lithuanian NKL league. In 30 games he averaged 13.7ppg, 5.0rpg, 1.8apg and 1.3spg this season. Kasiulevicius also played at Naglis Palangos (LKL) in Lithuanian league earlier that season. In three games he had 7.7ppg, 4.3rpg and 1.7spg. He also played 3 games in Baltic League where he had 6 [read more]
KB RTV 21 (SuperLeague) inked 31-year old Lithuanian swingman Marius Kasiulevicius (198-100kg-82, college: Trinity Valley JC). He played recently at Silute in Lithuanian NKL league. In 30 games he averaged 13.7ppg, 5.0rpg, 1.8apg and 1.3spg this season. Kasiulevicius also played at Naglis Palangos (LKL) in Lithuanian league earlier that season. In three games he had 7.7ppg, 4.3rpg and 1.7spg. He also played 3 games in Baltic League where he had 6.3ppg, 3.3rpg, 1.7apg and 1.0spg. Among other achievements Kasiulevicius' team made it to the Danish League Semifinals in 2011. He was selected to Danish League All-Star Game in 2011. Kasiulevicius has played also professionally in Poland (ZKS Stal Stalowa Wola), Denmark (Naestved) and Lithuania (Lietkabelis, Neptunas and Rudupis). He attended Trinity Valley JC until 2004 and it is his ninth season in pro basketball.
Juventus: took 3rd place (5-5) in Group B of the First Stage, took 3rd place
(4-2) in Group G of the Second Stage
Lietkabelis: took 2nd place (8-2) in Group B of the First Stage, took 4th
(last) place (1-5) in Group E of the Second Stage
LSU-Baltai: took 5th (last) place (1-7) in Group D of the First Stage
Naglis Palangos: took 3rd place (5-5) in Group A of the First Stage, took
4th (last) place (0-6) in Group F of the Second Stage
Nevezis: took 5th place (4-6) in Group C of the First Stage
Pieno Zvaigzdes: took 1st place (8-0) in Group D of the First Stage, took
1st place (4-2) in Group G, lost to Kalev/Cramo 1-1 (-14) in the Quarterfinals
Rudupis: took 1st place (10-0) in Group C of the First Stage, took 1st place
(5-1) in Group F of the Second Stage, lost to Ventspils 1-1 (-19) in the Finals
!!!
Sakalai: took 4th place (5-5) in Group C of the First Stage, took 4th (last)
place (1-5) in Group H of the Second Stage
Siauliai: took 2nd place (8-2) in Group A of the First Stage, took 1st place
(4-2) in Group H of the Second Stage, lost to Ventspils 1-1 (-4) in the
Quarterfinals
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