2019-20 KAUNASQualifierRound 1
February 07, 2020 CET: 10:00
Local time: 11:00 ZALGIRIO ARENA
Mantas Rubstavicius - U18 Zalgiris Kaunas (photo Robertas Eismontas - Zalgiris) - ANGT Kaunas 2020 - JT19

Zalgiris too much for Zaragoza

Home side U18 Zalgiris Kaunas opened its Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Kaunas with a strong 91-79 victory over debutant U18 Casademont Zaragoza. Mantas Rubstavicius scored 19 points to pace five Zalgiris players in double figures while Paulius Murauskas had 16 points, Matas Repsys tallied 13 points and Radvilas Kneizys and Dominykas Stenionis both contributed 10 points in the Group A win. Alvaro Martinez poured in 24 points for Zaragoza with Daniel Arjol adding 14 points and Aitor Etxeguren and Josep Cera both picking up 12 points.

Zaragoza scored 6 straight points to go up 5-8 early. Christian Hernandez hit a triple for the Spanish side and Rubstavicius answered with a three-point play as the game was knotted 17-17. Martinez scored all 8 points in a 2-8 surge for a 19-25 lead but the home side was within 27-29 after 10 minutes. Cera and Arjol both hit treys early in the second quarter as Zaragoza’s advantage grew to 31-38. Zalgiris then shut down Zaragoza with a 19-1 run with seven different players scoring to finish the first half ahead 50-39. Zaragoza had a strong start to the second half with Martinez scoring 6 points in cutting the gap to 56-48. Zalgiris countered with seven straight points in pushing the margin out to 15 points - 65-50. Arjol tried to get Zaragoza closer with the team’s final seven points but the Spanish side trailed 70-57 after 30 minutes. Liutauras Lelevicius scored four points and Kneizys and Repsys both knocked down three-pointers as Zalgiris did not let Zaragoza back into the game at 86-65. Zaragoza did score the next seven points but the game had already been decided.

Friday, February 7, 2020
David Hein, Euroleague.net
Referees: 1 U18 CREW CHIEF; 2 U18 UMPIRE 1; 3 U18 UMPIRE 2
Attendance: 250 (Tentative)
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U18 Zalgiris Kaunas27232021
U18 Casademont Zaragoza29101822
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U18 Zalgiris Kaunas27507091
U18 Casademont Zaragoza29395779
U18 Zalgiris Kaunas
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
3 STENIONIS, DOMINYKAS 21:08 10 1/3 0/4 8/8 1   1 4 3 3     3 5 11
7 SARGIUNAS, TITAS 10:19 7 1/1 1/3 2/5 1 2 3 2   4 1     3 7
9 KNEIZYS, RADVILAS 19:49 10 2/2 2/3   1 3 4 3 3 2 1   1 2 19
11 REPSYS, MATAS 32:02 13 5/10 1/4   1 1 2 3 2 1     3 3 11
15 TAMULEVICIUS, MARTYNAS 16:32 8 3/4   2/4 6 5 11 2   3 1   5 3 14
17 RUBSTAVICIUS, MANTAS 24:49 19 3/5 3/4 4/4 2 1 3 2 4 4 1 1 4 6 23
18 JOCIUS, ROKAS 14:06 2 1/2       1 1 1   1 2   1   3
21 JARUSEVICIUS, UGNIUS 3:31           1 1     1     2   -2
23 MURAUSKAS, PAULIUS 29:52 16 5/8 0/4 6/8 2 8 10 4 2 2 1   3 5 24
24 VALENTA, EDAS 3:25                              
33 KOJENETS, OLEG 3:16   0/1     1 1 2     1     1   -1
45 LELEVICIUS, LIUTAURAS 21:11 6 3/3 0/2   1 1 2 1   3     2 1 3
Team             2 2               2
Totals 200:00 91 24/39 7/24 22/29 16 26 42 22 14 25 7 1 25 28 114
        61.5% 29.2% 75.9%
Head coach: GRONSKIS, ARVYDAS
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
U18 Casademont Zaragoza
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 CERA, JOSEP 26:59 12 3/8 2/3   1 1 2 3 2 4   1 1 4 11
5 ARJOL, DANIEL 23:15 14 2/3 2/5 4/8   1 1   3 1   1 3 4 9
6 ETXEGUREN, AITOR 15:34 12 5/10   2/2 2 2 4 1   1 1 2 5 1 6
7 VICENTE, ALEJANDRO 13:01 3 0/2 1/2             1     3 1 -3
9 ARCEGA, FERNANDO 9:49 2 1/2           1 1     1     2
11 ANDERSSON, SEBASTIAN 20:25 6 2/2 0/1 2/5 3 3 6 2   2     5 7 10
12 MARTINEZ, ALVARO 30:45 24 5/8 1/3 11/14 2 2 4 1 4 4   2 2 7 24
13 KNUDSEN, GUSTAV 24:24   0/3 0/3   1 2 3 5   2     3   -3
14 ASO, PABLO 8:43         1   1   2       1   2
16 HERNANDEZ, CHRISTIAN 16:18 3 0/2 1/4     2 2 1 1 7     4   -9
18 MORENO, ANTONIO 10:47 3 1/1   1/2 1 1 2     1     1 1 3
Team           3 4 7               7
Totals 200:00 79 19/41 7/21 20/31 14 18 32 14 13 23 1 7 28 25 59
        46.3% 33.3% 64.5%
Head coach: VALERO, DAVID
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