Žalgiris falls to Rytas, Gargždai grab the first victory in Prienai

There are no unbeaten teams in the Betsafe-LKL anymore after the first clash of Lithuanian basketball giants on Sunday. Red-hot Marcus Foster led Rytas Vilnius to a big fourth quarter comeback to force Žalgiris Kaunas to its first loss of this season 89:85. M. Foster logged 34 points, Ignas Brazdeikis ended up with 18 points in the losing effort.

Only one team remain winless after Betsafe-LKL newcomers Gargždai grabbed their first win against Labas GAS Prienai, who now have 0 wins and 8 losses. Leading from start to finish, Gargždai got a convincing victory 95:68 as Giedrius Staniulis went for 21 points to lead the team. Marius Runkauskas added 16, Klaidas Metrikis with 12 was the leader on the losing side.

Austin Wiley scored 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Neptūnas Klaipėda to a 100:80 win over Wolves. Deividas Gailius contributed 22 points while Eigirdas Žukauskas had 25 points for Wolves.

Keith Benson posted season-high 17 points as Uniclub Casino - Juventus Utena beat Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys 87:80 on the road to improve its Betsafe-LKL record to 4-4. Justin Alston added 16 points plus 8 rebounds for Utena while Martynas Pacevičius had 16 points plus 8 rebounds for Pasvalys.

Martynas Varnas scored 28 points, but it was not enough for Šiauliai to get a victory at home against CBet Jonava. Team coached by Antanas Sireikia came back from a 28 points deficit, but 19 points of Jeffery Garrett were enough to secure an 89:85 win for Jonava.

7bet-Lietkabelis Panevėžys also got another victory, this time against Nevėžis-Optibet Kėdainiai 78:73, despite playing without the captain Vytenis Lipkevičius. Stefan Peno stepped up to lead the team with 15 points. On the losing side, Tim Lambrecht had 16 points and 10 rebounds.