Rytas races past Barking for second win

U18 Rytas Vilnius secured its second victory in two games at the Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament Kaunas with a comfortable 89-37 win over U18 Barking Abbey London. Armandas Plintauskas hit 5 three-pointers in scoring 19 points for the two-time continental champion while Edgaras Preibys tallied 13 points, Andreas Kalogiros had 12 points and 12 rebounds, Azoulas Tubelis picked up 12 points and 9 rebounds and Augustas Marciulionis added 6 points and 11 assists in the Group B game. Barking dropped to 1-1 despite Cameron Hildreth scoring 12 points with 7 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

Rytas looked in possible trouble as Tubelis committed two fouls in the first 87 seconds while Veron Eze nailed a three-pointer for Barking, which led 5-8. After Rytas went up 12-8, Hildreth drained back-to-back triples to make it 12-14. The Lithuanian side finished the first quarter on a 12-2 run with two three-balls from Plintauskas for a 26-18 lead after 10 minutes. Rytas held Barking scoreless for the first 4 minutes of the second quarter and the cushion swelled to 33-18. Plintauskas added another triple in helping Rytas to a 9-2 run to end the second quarter and a 46-24 lead at the break. Rytas did not let Barking get into the game with a big 14-0 run to push the advantage to 62-26. And the gap was 66-29 after 30 minutes. Jokubas Rubinas and Plintauskas buried three-pointers to start the fourth quarter and Matas Macijauskas added a trey to make it 77-31 with 6 minutes left in the game. And Barkiung did not get closer than 42 points the rest of the way.