Limbaži basketball team takes early lead in Jēkabpils
In the third game of the National Basketball League season, OC Limbaži won the first quarter 19:9 away to Jēkabpils BA. The full article is available to subscribers only.
The basketball team OC Limbaži, which represents the Olympic Centre in Limbaži, has played its third game in the Ramirent National Basketball League championship. The Limbaži side travelled to Jēkabpils to face Jēkabpils BA. The available excerpt covers only the first quarter, which the visitors won 19:9.
Limbaži arrived with a squad of 10 players. The starting five were V. Seņkāns, E. Elksnis, K. Elmanis, A. Dambenieks and R. Liberts.
First quarter
The hosts opened the scoring with a free throw, and K. Elmanis answered with one of his own. In the second minute the home side scored from the field, and E. Elksnis levelled the score at 3:3. The hosts added another successful shot, but in the third minute R. Liberts tied the game again.
After that, neither team scored for a while. In the fifth minute V. Seņkāns made the first three-pointer, putting Limbaži ahead 8:5. The Jēkabpils players could not find the basket during this stretch. After an intercepted ball, M. Antoms extended the lead; he had come on as a substitute. He soon scored a second basket and then two free throws, making it 14:5.
Jēkabpils scored only in the eighth minute after a long pause. M. Antoms was accurate again, and the score became 16:7. V. Seņkāns scored the remaining points. By the end of the quarter the home side had closed the gap slightly, but Limbaži kept a ten-point lead at 19:9.
The final score and the later course of the game are not known from the source excerpt, as the full article is available to subscribers only.
