Nostra.lt-RKL achieved a vital victory in Division A of Šiauliai region. Kuršėnai SM-"Counts' furniture" (11/19), which 82:73 (17:21, 21:22, 19:13, 25:17) defeated the basketball players of Vilnius "Ryto-MRU" (13/16).
This victory preserved Kuršėniški's chances to play in the higher Nostra.lt-RKL division next season.
True, after winning the season, "Counts Furniture" will have to face failures from their direct opponents.
Kuršėniškis should expect two VDU and one "Akmenė krašto" failure. In this case, "Grafų Baldai" would overtake the VDU basketball players and equal the aforementioned "Akmenės krašto" club in terms of victories. The survival of Kuršėniškii would be determined by a better result of the matches between themselves.
At that time, Vilnius had one more regular season home game against Kaunas district. "Omega-Taurus". "Rytas-MRU", which has 13 victories in its account, has already secured a place in the eighth finals.
The victory of the visitors was determined by a successful decisive three-minute period, which the Kurseni team won 13:5 and broke away from the rivals.
The winners were led by Gražvydas Mockus who scored 22 points, Paulius Tamoliūnas scored 21, Deividas Visockis added 16 points.
Artūras Vilutis and Nojus Kulieša each scored 13 points for Vilnius, Titas Pundinas scored 11, Erik Sirgedas added 10 points.
