"Šiauliai" starts strong

The Lithuanian League has started this weekend with Siauliai, Nevezis and Kaunas Triobet winning their respective games. Siauliai became the first leader by thrashing Aisciai 72-57 at home on Sunday. Gintautas Vileita paced the winners with 17 points in 22 minutes. Vitalijus Stanevicius added 16 while Saulius Kuzminskas had 11 for Siauliai, that trailed 28-32 at halftime. A 12-2 run that Kuzminskas capped with a jumper allowed Siauliai to get a 42-37 lead. Vileita shined to make it a 20-point game, 62-42, and seal the outcome. Kaunas Triobet topped Suduva 74-86 on the road on Saturday. Arturas Milaknis led the winners with 22 points, Povilas Butkevicius added 18, Vytenis Jasikevicius had 17 while Juozas Ramanauskas got 16 for Kaunas, that led 57-69 after 30 minutes and cruised to a big triumph. Last but not least, Nevezis beat Alytus 89-76 at home on Saturday. Benas Veikalas led the winners with 21 points while Aidas Viskontas added 16 for Nevezis.

LAST GAME GAME 1 September 27-28, 2008 Day Match Result Sep. 27 Nevėžis vs. Alytus 89-76 Sep. 27 Sūduva vs. Kaunas 74-86 Sep. 28 Šiauliai vs. Aisčiai 72-57 -   -

NEXT GAME GAME 2 October 8-9, 2008 Day Match Oct. 8 Sakalai vs. Techasas Oct. 8 Kaunas vs. Šiauliai Oct. 8 Nevėžis vs. Lietuvos rytas Oct. 8 Neptūnas vs. Sūduva Oct. 9 Zalgiris vs. Alytus

STANDINGS TG W L P+ P- 1 Šiauliai 1 1 0 72 57 2 Nevėžis 1 1 0 89 76 3 Kaunas Triobet 1 1 0 86 74 4 Sūduva 1 0 1 74 86 5 Alytus 1 0 1 76 89 6 Aisčiai 1 0 1 57 72 7 Techasas 0 0 0 0 0 8 Lietuvos rytas 0 0 0 0 0 9 Neptūnas 0 0 0 0 0 10 Sakalai 0 0 0 0 0 11 Žalgiris 0 0 0 0 0