Brose Baskets hangs on for first win

Brose Baskets Bamberg picked up its first win of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague season by defeating Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius 84-78 on Friday at Stechert Arena. Bostjan Nachbar and Anton Gavel scored 22 points apiece for the German champs, who are now tied with Rytas for fourth place in Group D at 1-3. After a back-and-fourth opening quarter, Nachbar and Teddy Gipson led a 13-0 seconds quarter run that led to a 45-35 halftime advantage. However Rytas stormed back in the third behind rookie Nemaja Nedovic to lead by 2 going into the fourth quarter. Alas Gavel came alive to ignite a 15-0 Bamberg run that put the game away. Ronnie Seibutis paced Rytas with 24 points, Nedovic added 15 and Janis Blums scored 12 in defeat.