TTT Riga lose to Israeli champions Ramla 82-76 in European cup

Riga women's basketball team TTT lost 76-82 on Monday, 2 November, at home in a Group F game of the European cup, a continental club competition, against Elitzur Ramla, a 13-time Israeli champion. The same two teams will play each other again in Riga on Wednesday.

Group standings

After the game, Reyer Venezia of Venice lead Group F with three wins and one loss. Elitzur Ramla are second (2-1), TTT Riga third (1-2) and Universitatea Cluj of Cluj fourth (0-2).

How the game went

Ramla head coach Adan Inbar, described in the source as a defensive specialist, had studied the Riga side well, and in the first quarter TTT's leaders barely got any open shots near the basket. The right corner helped: Ieva Pulvere and Robina Benton each hit a three-pointer. The visitors' tall players Imari Thomas and Ana Pocek scored 21 points between them, making it 20-31. By the thirteenth minute Thomas already had 17 points.

Between the 25th and 27th minutes, Aubrey Griffin, the 2025 NCAA champion, scored 10 points in a row, cutting the gap to 35-41. In the first half TTT shot 48.4% from the field, scored 14 of 15 baskets off assists and committed only seven turnovers. Ramla were stronger at the free-throw line (18-30), on offensive rebounds and in second-chance points (2-14). Griffin had 15 points at halftime, Thomas 20.

After the break Laura Grunman scored five straight points and the game was tied at 47-47. Then TTT's shooting accuracy dipped and the opponents pulled away to 60-50. At the start of the fourth quarter Ieva Vevere scored her first points in the European cup, and in the 35th minute the gap was 69-75. With 82 seconds left it was 76-80, but Shir Tirosh hit more important shots to make it 76-82. In the closing seconds TTT missed their shots, and with 18.7 seconds left the ball went back to the opponents.