Šiliņš scores 19 as A Coruña beat Tenerife, Artūrs Kurucs's team, after trailing
Latvian center Šiliņš scored 19 points to help Spanish top-flight basketball club A Coruña come back and beat Tenerife, for whom Artūrs Kurucs played. Other Latvian players also featured in Spanish and Italian league games.
In Spain's top basketball league, A Coruña beat Tenerife after trailing in the game. The standout Latvian display came from 29-year-old center Šiliņš, who scored 19 points in 17 and a half minutes. Latvian player Artūrs Kurucs was on the Tenerife side.
Šiliņš in the decisive stretch
Šiliņš made 6 of 8 two-point attempts, 2 of 6 three-pointers and 1 of 2 free throws. He scored eight of his points in the final quarter. In the 36th minute he hit two three-pointers in a row, cutting A Coruña's deficit from 75:84 to 81:84. He also had four fouls drawn, two rebounds, one block, one steal, one turnover and one foul committed, with a plus/minus of +10.
Teammate Alonzo Verge added 26 points, 12 assists, eight free throws earned and six turnovers. For Tenerife, 43-year-old Brazilian Marcelinho Huertas scored 13 points in 23 minutes. Kurucs played 20 minutes, made his only two-point attempt and missed four three-pointers. He also had six rebounds, two assists, one turnover and one foul, with an efficiency rating of -19.
Other Latvians in Spain and Italy
In Spain's second-tier league, Ourense beat Mallorca 83:73. Toms Leimanis scored 13 points in 28 minutes, with four steals, four assists and three rebounds.
Palencia defeated Torrelavega's Cantabria 85:73. Ingus Jakovičs scored nine points in 17 minutes, adding four rebounds.
In Italy's Serie A, Roma won 103:90 at home against bottom-placed Scafati. Artūrs Strautiņš scored 11 points in 24 minutes with a plus/minus of +12. Niccolò Mannion had 19 points, and longtime NBA player Kelly Olynyk added 16 points and eight rebounds.
