March 16th, Israeli's Ambassador Amir Maimon applauded MRU's Basketball Team after they defeated 96-77 the Lithuanian Educational Sciences University (LEU) team during the Lithuanian Student Basketball League's (LSKL) season game played on home court.

MRU Rector Prof. Alvydas Pumputis watched the game along with Israel's Ambassador Maimon, an avid basketball fan. They were joined by MRU Vice-Rector Prof. Inga Žalėnienė.

The top scorer was MRU Basketball player Antanas Udras with 20 points. MRU Basketball player Dominykas Domarkas added another 19 points to spur MRU to victory.

The winning MRU basketball team are defending their title this season. Currently they are in 3rd place in LSKL rankings.