Other events in Baltic States

Latvian basketball club ''VEF Riga'' earned its first win of the ULEB Eurocup season last night, defeating Hungarian basketball club Szolnoki "Olaj KK" 71:61, but ''Ventspils'' lost to Russian basketball club Krasnodar ''Lokomotiv-Kuban'' 60:72, informs LETA.

Gerald Robinson was the highest scorer for ''VEF Riga'' with 19 points, followed by Bamba Fall with 11 points.

''VEF Riga'' will play its next Eurocup group match on October 29 at St Petersburg ''Zenit''.

''VEF Riga'' is in Eurocup Group D together with Moscow Region "Khimki" (Russia), St.Petersburg "Zenit" (Russia), Istanbul "Beshiktas" (Turkey), Ljubljana "Union Olympia" (Slovenia) and Szolnoki "Olaj KK" (Hungary).

In the other group matches yesterday, ''Beshiktas'' defeated ''Zenit'' 90:86, while ''Khimki'' defeated ''Union Olympia'' 88:85.

Latvian basketball club ''Ventspils'' lost to Russian basketball club Krasnodar ''Lokomotiv-Kuban'' 60:72. The highest scorer for the Latvian club was Maris Gulbis with 13 points, followed by eight points a piece from Davis Lejasmeiers and Mire Chatman.

Meanwhile, former NBA player Anthony Randolph was the highest scorer for ''Lokomotiv-Kuban'' with 17 points.

''Ventspils'' will play its next Eurocup match on October 29 at home against Turkish basketball club Karsiyska ''Pinar''.

"Ventspils" is in Eurocup Group F with Krasnodar "Lokomotiv-Kuban" (Russia), Karsiyaka "Pinar" (Turkey), Podgorica "Buducnost Voli" (Montenegro), Zielona Gura "Stelmet" (Poland) and Thessaloniki PAOK (Greece).

In the other group matches yesterday, PAOK defeated ''Stelmet'' 85:66, while ''Pinar'' defeated ''Budocnost Voli'' 82:79.

In the preliminary stage of the tournament, 36 clubs have been divided into six groups, and they will play two rounds (home and away versus each of the other five). The preliminary stage will end December 17, with the top four clubs from each group advancing further to a second group stage.