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Latvia scores first win at U19 Basketball World Cup
BC, Riga, 05.07.2019.Print version
At the Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Greece, Latvia scored its first win on Friday, defeating China 87:84 (24:23, 22:21, 19:20, 22:20) in a match for 9th-16th place, reported LETA/BNS.
Valters Veveris led Latvia with 29 points, while Adrians Snipke had 22 points, six rebounds and five assists.
Latvia's next match, for 9th-12th place, will be on Saturday.
During the group stage, Latvia lost all three games - 79:93 to Mali, 52:81 to Australia and 76:78 to Canada, and was beaten by the United States 66:116 in the Round of 16.