Basketball: Tallinn's TalTech Beat University of Latvia in Estonian-Latvian League

Tallinn basketball club TalTech defeated the University of Latvia 78-59 on its home court in the regular season of the Estonian-Latvian Basketball League. It is the Estonian capital team's fifth win of the campaign, and it keeps the club in the upper half of the standings. The game was reported by the sports news programme on Radio 4.\n\n## Decisive first quarter\n\nThe hosts laid the foundation for the win in the opening quarter, taking it 28-11, a 17-point lead. By halftime TalTech was ahead 41-22, and it controlled the game until the final buzzer.\n\n## Opponent turnovers and top scorers\n\nOne of the main factors in the result was the visitors' mistakes. University of Latvia players committed 19 turnovers, which the hosts converted into 21 points. The visitors also made only 37 percent of their field goal attempts. Taavi Jurkatamm and Tormi Niits were the top scorers for the winners, with 16 points each.\n\n## League standings\n\nThe team coached by Alar Varrak now has five wins and three losses and sits seventh in the table. The University of Latvia, with one win and eight losses, is second from the bottom in 14th place. The league leader is Riga's VEF, which has won all seven of its games so far.