Powerful reaction: Lithuanian 18-year-olds left no hope for the Swedes / News
The Lithuanian junior girls’ U18 national team qualified for the first European Championship after being successful and successful.
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Pupils of Vilias Stanišauskas in Heraklion 69:36 (19:11, 21:8, 11:4, 18:13) crushed Sweden.
Our team has one match left in Group C. Monday from 4.45 p.m. Lithuania’s meeting with Hungary.
In the first match, the Lithuanian national team lost to Finland 61:70, while the Swedes lost 67:77 to the Hungarians. In the round of 16, our team will face opponents from Group D, where Israel, France, Germany and Bosnia and Herzegovina compete.
In the FIBA youth ranking, Lithuanian girls are ranked 14th, while Swedish girls are ranked 38th.
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In 22 minutes, Justė Jocytė scored 8 points (4/11 doubles), 8 rebounds, 8 assists, a steal, a foul, 3 errors and 14 utility points.
Gerda Raulušaitytė was the most useful in the ranks of Lithuanians, who collected 1 point (5/8 doubles, 3/4 penalties), 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 15 utility points in 25 minutes.
Rusnė Augustinaitė continued to lead the team in attack. She scored 18 points in 23 minutes (8/10 doubles, 0/6 triples, 2/2 penalties), 3 assists, 4 rebounds and 13 utility points.
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From the first moments, the Lithuanians began to dictate their conditions and gained a double-digit advantage 14:4. The trio of Gerda Raulušaitytė, Ugnė Sirtautaitė and Rusnė Augustinaitė scored 22 of the team’s 27 points, and soon the advantage reached 13 points (27:14).
That wasn’t all. In the second half, our girls made a 15-0 run, after which they ended the first half with a 21-point lead (40-19).
After the break, the Lithuanians did not let go of the initiative – they ran 8:0 (48:19). The Swedes lost their hands, and the students of Stanišauskas, who gained a crushing advantage, won. The majority of Lithuanians’ advantage reached 38 points (68:30).
Lithuania: Rusnė Augustinaitė 18 (8/10 doubles), Gerda Raulušaitytė 13, Viltė Andrunavičiūtė 9, Justė Jocytė (8 rebounds, 8 assists), Ugnė Sirtautaitė and Danguolė Pupkevičiūtė 8 each, Neda Pliatkutė 3, Erika Blood 2.
Sweden: Olivia Harm 8, Saga Eklov and Stella Szabo 5 each.
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