Lietkabelis Panevezys collected its fourth straight home victory as it eased past Dolomiti Energia Trento 74-57 to improve to 6-6 in Group A. Gediminas Orelik led all scorers with 21 points for the winners.
Lietkabelis overpowers Trento 74-57



Lietkabelis took control of the game for good with a 17-3 third-quarter run. Dovydas Giedraitis chipped in 17 points and Kaspars Berzins added 13 points. Trento lost its seventh straight game to fall to 1-11 despite Johnathan Williams pairing 15 points with 10 rebounds. Cameron Reynolds added 10 points and 7 rebounds in defeat.
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Giedraitis scored the first basket of the game and Kristupas Zemaitis’s free throws made it 4-0. Trento needed more than 2 minutes to get on the board through Williams before Saunders evened the score. The hosts came up with a run of 10 straight points - 5 of them from Orelik - for a 16-6 advantage. Reynolds ended the drought with a three-pointer only to see Berzins hit a triple and Lietkabelis led 21-11 after 10 minutes.
Orelik started the scoring in the second quarter with a three-pointer as the advantage grew to 24-11. Lietkabelis went ice-cold and Trento punched back with a 0-14 run with three-pointers from Jordan Caroline and Reynolds and a four-point play from Andrea Mazzanotte to go ahead 24-25. Berzins finally scored from long range to get Lietkabelis back ahead and Giedraitis and Berzins both added three-pointers as Lietkabelis pulled away 35-29. The score was 37-32 at the break.
Lietkabelis started the second half with a Gagic three-point play and Zemaitis triple and the advantage was double figures again 43-32. Williams tried to keep Trento close with three scores, but Orelik converted a three-point play to start a 17-3 surge which included Panagiotis Kalaitzakis draining a triple and 3 free throws as the cushion swelled to 60-39. Desonta Bradford finished the third quarter with a four-point play to make it 60-43 after 30 minutes.
Lietkabelis struck first in the final frame with an Orelik triple to lead 63-43. Caroline scored 4 points in a 0-6 spurt to get within 63-49. But Orelik connected once again from deep and Giedraitis added another triple and Trento never threatened in the fourth quarter.





































































































