Lietuvos rytas

Belgrade-based basketball club Red Star reached the Eurocup quarterfinals although outplayed by Lithuania's Lietuvos Rytas 82-80 (17-20, 25-27, 16-12, 24-19) in a rematch in Vilnius on Wednesday evening.

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade beat Lithuania's Lietuvos Rytas 88-82 (23-27, 22-14, 25-19, 18-22) in Belgrade late Wednesday in the first leg of the Eurocup Basketball round of last 16.

Marjanovic, who scored 21 points, Dragicevic (16 points) and Nelson (13 points) led Red Star to victory, while Seibutis (17 points) and Gecevicius (14 points) were the top scorers for the visiting team.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Red Star basketball team lost the match late on Wednesday to Russia's Nizhny Novgorod in the final 6th round of the Eurocup second stage, 78-74 (23-16, 17-25, 15-17, 23-16) and ended their participation in the cup as second-ranked in the L Group.

Red Star has thus been defeated once more by Nizhny Novgorod which won the first match with the score at 86-75.