Hapoel Jerusalem came up short against Rytas Vilnius 104-95 despite a stellar performance from Kenneth Lofton Jr. The reds grabbed a 25-22 lead after the opening period and headed into halftime holding a 46-42 advantage.
Photo credit: Hapoel Jerusalem
But out of the break, Rytas put the pedal to the metal outscoring Sasa Obradovic’s squad 36-19 in the third quarter to take the lead and chalk up the win. Lofton scored 28 points, Shake Milton added 15 points and David Roddy put in 11 points in the loss while Matas Jogela and Gytis Radzevicius each scored 17 points in the win.
Sasa Obradovic – Photo credit: Hapoel Jerusalem
Jerusalem Head Coach Sasa Obradovic wrapped up the game, “We played a good firsts half but lost the momentum in the second half and allowed them to scored with their shooters. We need to learn how to play in this atmosphere when the things aren’t going the best and officiating is so so. We will learn from this.”
On Saturday, Jerusalem defeated Bourg 87-80 as Roddy scored 17 points and Milton added 16 points in the win.
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