Lithuania announces their 14-men squad for World Cup Qualifiers / News - Basketnews.com

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Lithuania have announced their 14-men roster for the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina on February 24th and February 27th.

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"There will be some changes, but the core of the team remains the same," the head coach of the Lithuania national team Kazys Maksvytis said after confirming the roster. "We have the newest information about Eimantas Bendzius, with whom we kept a constant contact, but he currently has a positive coronavirus test result. He said us himself - if he was completely healthy, he would have come."

"We were waiting until the very last minute for doctors' results regarding Eigirdas Zukauskas," the coach continued. "We had to make some changes due to the information, but the changes are not significant - we kept the core players, and added some players that might be a bit different than before."

"We paid attention to the upcoming opponent as well. It is a team that plays really aggressively, especially at home. First and foremost, we'll need to keep up with them in a physical battle. As people say, first a fight, then a game," Maksvytis finished his statement.

Lithuania national team's roster:

Nr. Name and Surname Position Height Weight Age Current Club 1 Vaidas Kariniauskas PG 199 cm 92 kg 28 Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania) 2 Kristupas Zemaitis PG 192 cm 89 kg 25 Lietkabelis Panevezys (Lithuania) 3 Gytis Radzevicius SF 197 cm 92 kg 26 Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania) 4 Martynas Sajus C 208 cm 112 kg 25 Medi Bayreuth (Germany) 5 Regimantas Miniotas C, PF 208 cm 106 kg 25 Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania) 6 Marginis Normantas SG, PG 194 cm 94 kg 25 Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania) 7 Laurynas Birutis C 213 cm 114 kg 24 Obradoiro CAB (Spain) 8 Martynas Echodas C 206 cm 115 k 24 Umana Reyer Venice (Italy) 9 Mindaugas Girdziunas SG, PG 188 cm 80 kg 33 Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania) 10 Gytis Masiulis PF 207 cm 99 kg 23 Bilbao Basket (Spain) 11 Vytenis Cizauskas PG, SG 190 cm 85 kg 29 Nevezis-Optibet Kedainiai (Lithuania) 12 Osvaldas Olisevicius PF, SF 200 cm 92 kg 29 Reggio Emilia (Italy) 13 Tomas Dimsa SG 196 cm 85 kg 28 NutriBullet Treviso (Italy) 14 Arnas Butkevicius SF 196 cm 95 kg 29 Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania) Like what we are doing? Support us by becoming BN+ member.