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Saric leads Croatia to U18 European Championship
Dario Saric scored 39 points and gathered 11 rebounds in todays U18 European Championship as Croatia beat Lithuania, 88-76. Lithuania tried to stop Saric in various ways, but even double teams under the basket couldn’t keep the talented Croatian from scoring at will. Croatia jumped to a 10-point margin early in the first quarter, only…
Read More2012 – European Championships U20 Women Schedule-Results
Preliminary Round – Day 1 GROUP A Aug. 16, 2012 Lithuania-Latvia 71-66 Aug. 16, 2012 Belarus-Spain 39-73 GROUP B Aug. 16, 2012 Holland-Italy 72-67 Aug. 16, 2012 Sweden-Poland 56-54 GROUP C Aug. 16, 2012 Portugal-France 33-55 Aug. 16, 2012 Ukraine-Turkey 61-86 GROUP D Aug. 16, 2012 United Kingdom-Russia 49-55 Aug. 16, 2012 Slovakia-Serbia 67-68 OT…
Read MoreLithuania comes from behind to stop Serbia in U18 EC Semi
Lithuania found themselves down by eight with 4:52 in their U18 European Championship semifinals contest with Serbia, only to mount an impressive comeback that ended with a game-winning jumper by Marius Grigonis to go ahead by two with five seconds to play. The host Lithuanians held a one point advantage at the start of the…
Read MoreU18 European Championship Semis are Set
The semifinals of the U18 European Championships are set for today. Lithuania will play Serbia in the first contest, and Russia will square off with Croatia in the nightcap. Russia – Spain 58-56 Defending Champion Spain has been given an early exit from the EC U18 Tournament at hands of the squad from Russia, 58-56.…
Read MoreBAT rules for Zouros
FIBA’s Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) has ruled in favor of Ilias Zouros in his claim against his former team, Zalgiris Kaunas. The ruling will mean that Zouros will receive €156,000 in compensation, his claim was for €300,000. Zalgiris’ owner, Vladimir Romanov, fired Zouros after saying that team practices and assistant coaches weren’t properly supervised by…
Read MoreGates heads to Lithuania to play for Pieno Žvaižgdės
Univ. of Cincinnati power forward Yancy Gates (6’9″, 270lbs) is heading to Lithuania to start his professional career with Pieno Žvaižgdės instead of going to camp with the Boston Celtics. Gates’ college coach, Mick Cronin, told the website cincinnati.com that Gates, who averaged 12.2 points and 8.9 rebounds per game for the Bearcats in 2011-12,…
Read MoreEC U18 – Quarterfinalists are set in Latvia and Lithuania
Group E Italy – Ukraine 76-51 Amedeo Tessitori’s 18 points and seven rebounds paced the Italians into the quarterfinals of the U18 European Championships with a 76-51 victory over Ukraine. Italy’s 27 points in the second quarter put the game out of reach early. Matteo Imbro added 16 points and Alessandro Procacci contributed 10 for…
Read MoreLafayette joins Zalgiris, Juskevicius returns
Zalgiris Kaunas completed its roster for the upcoming Turkish Airlines Euroleague season by inking combo guard Oliver Lafayette and swingman Adas Juskevicius on Friday night. Lafayette (1.88 meters, 28 years old) arrives from Anadolu Efes Istanbul, t…
Read MorePapa Dia inks deal with Siauliai
Papa Dia will continue his career in Lithuania. The Senegalese big guy signed a deal with Siauliai. Dia split last season between Zagreb and Breogan. With Zagreb he had 3.7 ppg and 2.8 rpg for 12 Adriatic league games. He also added 2.3 ppg and 1.1 rpg for 7 Euroleague appearanes with the club. In…
Read MoreFIBA 3×3 World Championships (Men & Women & U18)
The FIBA 3×3 World Championship is the top-level 3×3 basketball National Team event. Unlike the ‘open’ network of tournaments, players do not create teams themselves but are selected by their National Federations to represent their countries. There are in fact four FIBA 3×3 World Championship competitions: the FIBA 3×3 World Championship for men, for women,…
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