{"id":595,"date":"2017-08-27T19:45:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T19:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esba-basket.com\/baltic-cup-2017\/?p=595"},"modified":"2017-08-27T20:41:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T20:41:34","slug":"day-2-mens-games-m40-m45-m50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esba-basket.com\/baltic-cup-2017\/2017\/08\/27\/day-2-mens-games-m40-m45-m50\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2: Mens&#8217; games &#8211; M40, M45, M50 &#038; M55"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Pakruojo Parketas<\/strong><\/span> were convincing victors, beating <strong>Baltic Wood Trading 57<\/strong>:30 in the gold medal game in the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>M40<\/strong> <\/span>age group. Eugenijus Takusevicius had 19 points for the Lithuanians while the scoring was spread evenly among the Latvians.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Lithuanian teams <strong>Olimpas<\/strong> and <strong>Varenos SC Varbitas<\/strong> fought for the bronze medal in the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>M45<\/strong> <\/span>age group with Olimpas taking out the honours <strong>70<\/strong>:50. 18 points from Paulius Zakalskis and 15 from Vaidas Venskus did the job for Olimpas. Antanas Krupenas put in 19 points for Varenas.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Kauno LT United<\/strong><\/span> from Lithuania had all the answers in the game against their Latvian opponents <strong>Venstpils<\/strong> in the gold medal game winning <strong>84<\/strong>:52. Giedrius Peciulionis had 15 for the Lithuanians while Balvis Leimanis picked up 13 for Ventspils.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The bronze medal in the <strong>M50<\/strong> age category was between the <strong>Carpathian Bears<\/strong> and the Latvian team from <strong>Tukums<\/strong>. Tukums were too good for the Ukrainians winning <strong>65<\/strong>:47. Andris Liepins scored 20 points for the winners with Lauris Jakobsons adding 11. Oleksandr Zakrevskyi was the leading scorer again for the Bears with 22 points.<\/p>\n<p>In the other game, <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Patvanka<\/strong> <\/span>came through at the end winning by the narrowest of margins against <strong>Wombat 55<\/strong>:54 to take the gold. Ramunas Juska had 17 points and 8 rebounds for the winners while Ott Poldsaar picked up 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Estonians.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Overtime<\/strong> from Belarus took out the bronze medal in the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>M55<\/strong> <\/span>age group, defeating <strong>Simuna IVAX<\/strong> 45:41. Ryhor Duvakin had 19 points and 9 rebounds for the winners while Veiko Kergand and Hillar Neiland had 13 points each for the Estonians.<\/p>\n<p>In the gold medal game, <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Salilita<\/strong> <\/span>was too powerful for <strong>Ikskile<\/strong> taking out the win 70:41. Rolandas Penikas did the damage with 25 points and 7 rebounds while Vladas Luksa had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Igors Lukis had another good game with 22 points and 7 rebounds but it wasn\u2019t enough for the Latvians to secure a win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakruojo Parketas were convincing victors, beating Baltic Wood Trading 57:30 in the gold medal game in the M40 age group. 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