Latvian basketball players in the Czech Republic Loss in the second test match / day
Latvia conceded with a score of 49:74 (12:21, 15:14, 9:20, 13:19).
Anete Steinberg scored 13 points, Alex Gulbe nine, and Kate Vilka, who also accounts for seven assists, and Katrīna Ozola at eight points.
The housewives were 20 points and eight rebounds by Veronika Vorāčkova.
The Latvian national team players had low shots accuracy, hitting 16.1% shots (5/31), and managed to take the lead only at the start of the game (6: 2).
All 12 Latvian national basketball players were involved in the game. Enija Ķīvīte and Josephine Sipolina made their debut in the state unit, not scoring.
If it was reported that the Latvians won the day before with 71:69.
« We wait quite a few points in defense, but overall I am happy with how we worked and how we want to play, » says head coach of the Latvian national team Matisse Rozhapa, adding that sometimes there is a lack of patience and is wrong to respond to the game.
« Of course, there was something in the attack, but there were also many good decisions that had problems with opponents, » says the coach.
He emphasizes that the Latvian national team players did not stop even when the initiative was for the housewives and could find solutions on the pitch.
« In the second match, the big score was determined by objective differences in physical condition, as Czech basketball players are in better shape less than two weeks before the European Championship, » explains Rožlapa.
« We were able to make good situations in the attack, but often the realization of the attack. The defense was in the first half, but lost sharpness in the second. Only the third quarter was really bad, » the coach says of the second game.
The Czech team is preparing for the European Championship final, but Latvians have started preparations for the 2027 European Championship Qualifying Tournament Games in November.
There were 21 basketball players in the Czech Republic for two weeks before the test match, of which 12 players went to Brno.
After the test match with the Czech team, the Latvian national team, with the U-23 line-up in the second half of June, will go to China, but in August there is another training session to continue preparing for the first games of the European Championship qualifying tournament and helping the players prepare for the club season.
Coaches Kaspars Mājenieks, Rudolfs Rozītis and Ilze Ose-Hlebovicka and physical fitness coach Ivars Ikstens are assisted by coaches, Rudolfs Rozītis and Ilze Ose-Hlebovicka.
Latvian women’s team lineup for games in the Czech Republic:
Elizabeth Bulane, Lina Loceniece (both – Klaipeda LCC, Lithuania), Paula Strautmane (« Charnay », France), Vanessa Jasa (« TTT Riga »), Alex Gulbe (Mishkolcas Dvtk, Hungary), Ruth Strong, Kate Wolf (both – (Istanbul « Galatasaray », Turkey), Laura Meldere (Kampobaso « La Molisana Magnolia », Italy), Katrīna Ozola (Budapest EAC, Hungary), Josephine Sipolina (« Cougars », Nebraska « Cougars », NJCAA), Enija Ķīvīte (« Liepaja »).
