Lithuania routed Georgia 77 – 54 in a friendly game that took place in Kaunas.

Jonas Valanciunas (11 points, six rebounds) in his summer debut with the Lithuanian national team. He was the only player in double figures in a balanced performance from Rimas Kurtinaitis’ players

Rokas Jokubaitis notched nine points, six rebounds and six assists. Eimantas Bendzius scored eight points.

Sandro Mamukelashvili led Georgia with 15 points. The team was without star forward Tornike Shengelia.

Lithuania built a double-digit advantage, 40 – 29, at halftime and then extended the lead to 49 – 31. Georgia made a comeback attempted and approached by six points in the final period but a rally brought from the hosts them up 62 – 47 with five minutes remaining.

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