U16 EC starts: Lithuania – France 28:20 (after the second half, live video broadcast) / News
The Lithuanian youth U16 national team begins its campaign at the European Championship. The first opponent is the French national team.
- After the second half, Lithuania is leading 28:20.
- Follow the progress of the meeting on the website BasketNews, and you can find the live broadcast here:
Lithuanian youth national team / Schedule
The course of the match
1:4, 3 min.: Mantas Laurenčikas illustrates the difficult Lithuanian start. He collected 2 fouls, 3 fouls in 3 minutes and sat on the bench. The initiative at the beginning of the match belongs to the French.
4:7, 5 min.: The Lithuanians had to wait 4 minutes and 12 seconds for the first shot from the game – Kasparas Jakučionis scored a three-pointer. The Lithuanians already exceeded the limit of 5 team fouls in the first half.
10:8, 10 min.: After a very ineffective half, the Lithuanians are slightly in the lead. Our team was boosted by two accurate three-pointers out of seven attempts, while the opponents scored 4 out of 8 free throws at the halfway line.
Lithuania: Mantas Juzēnas and Kasparas Jakučionis 3 each.
France: Noa Essengue 3.
15:11, 13 minutes: Laurenčikas, who had a difficult start, plays a good section. His three-pointer and foul shot prompt the French to call for a timeout. Paulis Narvils, who earned an unsportsmanlike foul at the beginning of the quarter, needs to be protected.
19:11, 15 minutes: This is the third unsportsmanlike foul in this match. At first, the French illegally stopped Steponas Žilakauskis, and in the next attack Jakučionis already knocked down the opponent.
23:13, 17 minutes: Nojas Indrušaitis’ four-point stretch increases the Lithuanian lead to double digits for the first time. The French are still 0-of-7 from the field.
28:20, 20 min.: Although the French were close to three points, the successful end of the quarter allows them to enjoy the advantage. Our team outscores the opponents by more than twice (28:11) and wins the battle for rebounds (26:20).
Lithuania: Mantas Laurenčikas 8, Nojus Indrušaitis 7.
France: Noa Essengue 7.
The team led by Tomas Purlis already took home silver medals in the Olympic festival basketball tournament this summer.
FIBA has singled out 12 players to watch out for at the European Championships. Among them there was a place for two Lithuanians – Kaspars Jakučionias, a pupil of “Barcelona’s” youth academy, and “St. Rita” for Nojas Indrušaičius, who is improving at school.
“He is a very individually strong player – athletic, physical, understands basketball and reads the situation well, knows how to play one-on-one, even without the ball,” said the head of the national team about Indrušaitis. coach Tomas Purlys. – There was some thinking and question marks regarding the transformation from American to European style. Ignas Brazdeikis reads situations well in the national team, and I can say support about Nojas.
He fit into the team very smoothly. He had about four practices, but in the last game he was already the top scorer (18 points). He speaks Lithuanian fluently, although sometimes the words get stuck. It’s normal – he spent his whole life in Chicago, but his parents are Lithuanian and speak Lithuanian. He speaks better than Brazdeikis. A good level can be expected from him in the future. That he could open the doors of the men’s national team is very real.”
Lithuanians will play two more matches in Group A – against Israel and the Netherlands. All four teams of the group will go to the next stage.
Twelve of the U16 national team:
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