Brighton stun Lietuvos
on road
ULEB Cup, Group F
Lietuvos Rytas (LIT) 62 (12,29,42) (Lucas
14, Javtokas/Slezas/Siskauskas 11)
Brighton Bears 71 (19,35,52) (Duck
20, Warren 14, Alleyne 11)
Brighton Bears secured one of the biggest
scalps ever for a British club in European basketball with a 71-62 away
win over Group F leaders Lietuvos Rytas in Lithuania on Tuesday night.
After getting
off the mark with two straight victories, Brighton bagged
12 of the final 14 points of the first quarter, finishing with a Sullivan
Philips dunk, to take a 19-12 lead into the second period. However, the
Lithuanian side battled back and nine unanswered points
saw them take the lead at 29-27, before
Bears re-asserted themselves with the final eight points of
the half, establishing a 35-29 midway
advantage.
A Mike Brown three pointer spear-headed
a 9-0 run
in the third quarter to extend Bears'
lead out to 47-35 and they maintained a double-digit advantage
heading into the final stanza. Bears'
lead peaked at 14 points at 60-46 and though Lietuvos Rytas
cut the gap to six points at 58-64, a
7-2 Bears' run made the result safe.
Randy Duck was the star man, bagging a
game-high 20 points for the BBL outfit. Kendrick Warren added 14, matched
by the Lithuanian's top scorer Aaron Lucas.
