Former international guard Zanis Peiners put on an extraordinary performance in the last round for LU, receiving a Eurobasket.com Player of the Week award for round 8. The 21-year old player was the main contributor (39 points, five rebounds and five assists) to his team's victory, helping them to edge out Liepaja in overtime 103-101. LU maintains the 4th position in LBL.
In the team's last game Peiners had a remarkable 56.3% from 2-point range and got four three-pointers out of 6 attempts. It's his second year at LU and it's hard to imagine this team without him. Zanis Peiners has solid league stats. He is in league's top in points (7th best: 16.9ppg).
(Courtesy of Eurobasket.com)