2016-17 KAUNASQualifying RoundRound 2
January 12, 2017 CET: 20:00
Local time: 21:00 ZALGIRIO ARENA
Martynas Arlauskas - U18 Zalgiris Kaunas - ANGT Kaunas 2017 - JT16 (photo Linas Zemgulis - Zalgiris Kaunas)

Three-time reigning qualifier champion U18 Zalgiris Kaunas set up a showdown with U18 CSKA Moscow for a spot in the final of the EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL ADIDAS NEXT GENERATION TOURNAMENT Kaunas by beating U18 Canarias Basketball Academy Las Palmas 76-53. Zalgiris improved to 2-0 in Group B as Erikas Venskus collected 17 points and 8 rebounds. Zalgiris, which also got 11 points from Ignas Sargiunas, has never lost a qualifier game at Zalgirio Arena with 18 straight wins dating back to 2011-12 season. Zalgiris will face off against CSKA on Friday in a battle of 2-0 teams with the winner reaching Saturday’s final. CBA dropped to 0-2 despite Danilo Brnovic picking up 11 points. CBA plays its final Group B game on Friday against U18 VEF Riga. The winner will play for fifth place.

Sargiunas picked up 5 early points in helping Zalgiris open a 10-5 lead. Venskus took over for a couple of minutes with 7 points for a 19-12 cushion. The gap was 21-16 after 10 minutes. Nothing could go wrong for Venskus in the first half with two more baskets early in the second quarter and Sargiunas nailed two three-pointers as Zalgiris upped the advantage to 38-20. CBA worked the deficit down to 40-25 but Marius Valinskas came off the bench for 5 straight points and the host team was up 45-25 at the break. The third quarter saw Volodymyr Markovetskyy score 4 points for Zalgiris while Wang Xiaoyi picked up 5 points for CBA, which could not cut the deficit closer than 18 points. And Zalgiris led 60-35 after 30 minutes. The advantage was 25 points - 65-40 - on another score from Valinskas. Jose Perez came off the CBA bench for 5 points and the gap was 65-47. But the Zalgiris bench remained being productive and kept CBA from getting any closer.

Thursday, January 12, 2017
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Attendance: 150 (Tentative)
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U18 CBA LAS PALMAS16253553
U18 ZALGIRIS KAUNAS
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
3 VASILIAUSKAS, GRANTAS 18:58 4 2/7 0/2   3 4 7 1 1 1 1   3   3
4 KANCLERIS, MODESTAS 7:25 8 2/4 1/1 1/1 2 2 4           1 1 10
5 ULECKAS, LUKAS 18:51 5 1/3 1/5   2 2 4 4   1     1 1 6
7 SARGIUNAS, IGNAS 18:40 11 1/2 2/5 3/3   1 1 2   1     1 2 10
9 VALINSKAS, MARIUS 17:33 7 2/3 1/5     1 1 1 1 1     2   2
10 JUOZAITIS, ELVIS 8:47 4 2/2       1 1 1   1         5
13 JOKUBAITIS, ROKAS 21:20 4 1/3 0/2 2/2   2 2 2 1 2       2 5
18 MARKOVETSKYY, VOLODYMYR 17:23 6 3/3     2 6 8 1   1 1   1   14
19 KOZYS, VITALIJUS 19:19 1 0/3 0/2 1/2 2 3 5 4   2     3 1  
21 VENSKUS, ERIKAS 20:30 17 7/9   3/3 2 6 8   1   1 1 1 2 25
24 ARLAUSKAS, MARTYNAS 16:52 7 2/4 1/4   1 2 3 3   1 1   1 1 8
27 BERGAUDAS, GIEDRIUS 14:22 2 1/2     2 2 4 1   1 1   1 1 6
Team           4 3 7     1         6
Totals 200:00 76 24/45 6/26 10/11 20 35 55 20 4 13 5 1 15 11 100
        53.3% 23.1% 90.9%
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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 CBA LAS PALMAS
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
5 WANG, XIAOYI 16:55 8 1/3 2/7         1         1   1
6 DE GRAAF, KJELL 15:22 1 0/2   1/2 3 1 4   1 1       1 3
7 COMPANY, XAVIER 2:51     0/1     1 1 1           1 2
8 BADIO, BRANCOU 18:34 5 1/6 1/1         1   1   1 1   -2
9 WILLIS, DIEGO 30:37 10 4/14 0/2 2/2 1 3 4 2 2 2   1 2 2 3
10 ANDRADE, ANDRES 14:08 2 1/2 0/1 0/2   3 3     1     1 1  
11 PEREZ, JOSE 14:32 7 2/7 1/1   2 2 4 1   1 1 1   2 8
12 DAI, HAO 3:20   0/1       1 1     2         -2
13 BRNOVIC, DANILO 23:05 11 2/6 2/4 1/2 1 2 3 1   2   1   5 10
15 SOROLLA, JOAN 13:28 2 1/2     2   2   1     1 1 1 3
23 ALVAREZ, ANTONIO 20:40 3 0/4 1/2   4 4 8 5 1 1     3 2 10
34 LI, SHENGZHE 26:28 4 2/4     2 3 5 2         2   7
Team           2 1 3               3
Totals 200:00 53 14/51 7/19 4/8 17 21 38 14 5 11 1 5 11 15 46
        27.5% 36.8% 50%
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