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The most exciting game of round 17 in the Superleague 1 took place in Tambov. This derby game ended with only three-point defeat on the road of 6th ranked Barnaul (11-6) to eighth ranked Tambov (9-8) 94-91 on Saturday evening. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Barnaul. 25 personal fouls committed by Barnaul helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. The best player for the winners was center Nikita Ivanov (205-1991) who scored 30 points (on 7-of-9 shooting from the field). Forward Vladislav Bobrovskikh (201-1996) chipped in 17 points and 4 assists. Tambov’s coach Oleg Ugumnov used a ten-player rotation in such tough game. point guard Vladislav Ilinov (182-1999) produced 19 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists for the guests. Tambov moved-up to seventh place. Barnaul at the other side keeps the sixth position with six games lost. Tambov are looking forward to face higher ranked TSU (#4) in Revda in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Barnaul will play at home against the league’s second-placed Irkut and will have a slim chance for a victory.
Very important is a road loss of second ranked TSU (12-5) against tenth ranked CSKA-2 (8-9) on Saturday night. Visiting TSU was defeated by CSKA-2 in Moscow 76-58. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of TSU. Oleg Akramov (203-2003, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) orchestrated the victory by scoring 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Pavel Zakharov contributed with 20 points (on 8-of-9 shooting from the field) for the winners. point guard Victor Zaryazhko (194-1992) answered with a double-double by scoring 14 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists for TSU. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. CSKA-2 moved-up to eighth place, which they share with Zenit-2 and MBA-2. TSU at the other side keeps the second position with five games lost. They share it with 3 other teams. CSKA-2 will play against league’s leader Khimki at home in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. TSU will play against Tambov and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Bottom-ranked Rusichi (0-17) tried to put together a comeback for its first victory of the season, but they fell short in the 83-67 loss to fifth ranked Novosybirsk (12-5) in Kursk on Saturday evening. But it was rather predictable considering how strong their opponent was. Alan Makiev stepped up and scored 18 points and 7 rebounds (on 9-of-10 shooting from the field) for the winners. Vitaly Savitskiy responded with 22 points and 5 assists. Novosybirsk have an impressive series of seven victories in a row. They moved-up to second place, which they share with 3 other teams. Loser Rusichi K. still closes the standings. Novosybirsk will meet at home Dinamo (#3) in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Rusichi will play against Chelbasket (#14) in Chelyabinsk and hopes to get finally their first victory.

Other games of round 17 were quite predictable and ended without any surprises. Here they are:
Chelbasket was defeated by Zenit-2 in Saint Petersburg 66-65. Dinamo beat MBA-2 at home 73-69. Kupol-Rodniki lost to Irkut on the opponent’s court 78-84.
The best stats of 17th round was 30 points and 5 assists by Maxim Kolyushkin of Irkut.

Tambov – Barnaul 94-91

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Rusichi K. – Novosybirsk 67-83

Bottom-ranked Rusichi (0-17) tried to put together a comeback for its first victory of the season, but they fell short in the 83-67 loss to fifth ranked Novosybirsk (12-5) in Kursk on Saturday evening. But it was rather predictable considering how strong their opponent was. Novosybirsk dominated down low during the game scoring 52 of its points in the paint compared to Rusichi K.‘s 24. Novosybirsk forced 24 Rusichi turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 26 assists. The former international center Alan Makiev (210-1991) stepped up and scored 18 points and 7 rebounds (on 9-of-10 shooting from the field) for the winners and swingman Ruslan Tumanov (195-1991, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) chipped in 19 points and 4 assists. Four Novosybirsk players scored in double figures. Guard Vitaly Savitskiy (185-2003) responded with 22 points and 5 assists and Vladislav Solovyev (195-1988) scored 8 points and 9 rebounds. Novosybirsk have an impressive series of seven victories in a row. They moved-up to second place, which they share with 3 other teams. Loser Rusichi K. still closes the standings. Novosybirsk will meet at home Dinamo (#3) in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Rusichi will play against Chelbasket (#14) in Chelyabinsk and hopes to get finally their first victory.
Top scorers:
Novosybirsk: R.Tumanov 19+1reb+4ast, A.Makiev 18+7reb+1ast, T.Corbin 15+3reb+1ast, R.Balandin 13+6reb+2ast, M.Dybovskiy 12+4reb+4ast, L.Petrovic 3+4reb+14ast
Rusichi K.: S.Vitaly 22+1reb+5ast, K.Roman 12+2reb, V.Solovyev 8+9reb, G.Sergey 7+4reb+1ast, A.Ermolovich 5+2ast, A.Kuzmin 4+2reb+2ast

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Zenit-2 – Chelbasket 66-65

There was no surprise in Saint Petersburg where 14th ranked Chelbasket (5-12) was edged by eleventh ranked Zenit-2 (8-9) 66-65 on Saturday. Guard Konstantin Shevchuk (189-2000) stepped up and scored 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists for the winners and center Egor Ryzhov (203-2004, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) chipped in 12 points and 7 rebounds. Zenit-2’s coach Anton Yudin allowed to play the deep bench players in such tough game. Sergey Mikhalev (194-1993) responded with 10 points and 6 rebounds and point guard Dmitriy Zlobin (187-1988) scored 7 points and 8 assists. Zenit-2 moved-up to eighth place, which they share with CSKA-2 and MBA-2. Chelbasket at the other side, also newcomer in the league, keeps the fourteenth position with 12 games lost. Zenit-2 will meet at home Univ.Surgut (#11) in the next round. Chelbasket will play against Rusichi and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Zenit-2: K.Shevchuk 17+5reb+5ast, R.Egor 12+7reb, A.Letino 11+6reb, K.Artem 7+2reb+1ast, D.Didenko 6+4reb, E.Akhmedov 6+2reb+4ast
Chelbasket: I.Evstigneev 15+2reb, S.Mikhalev 10+6reb+3ast, A.Tikhonin 9+4reb+1ast, I.Nelyubov 9+3reb, D.Zlobin 7+4reb+8ast, Y.Dmitriy 7

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CSKA-2 – TSU 76-58

Very important is a road loss of second ranked TSU (12-5) against tenth ranked CSKA-2 (8-9) on Saturday night. Visiting TSU was defeated by CSKA-2 in Moscow 76-58. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of TSU. TSU was plagued by 24 personal fouls down the stretch. Oleg Akramov (203-2003, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) orchestrated the victory by scoring 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. Power forward Pavel Zakharov (213-2001, college: CBU) contributed with 20 points (on 8-of-9 shooting from the field) for the winners. Point guard Victor Zaryazhko (194-1992) answered with a double-double by scoring 14 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists and the former international forward Denis Levshin (202-1993) added 14 points in the effort for TSU. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. CSKA-2 moved-up to eighth place, which they share with Zenit-2 and MBA-2. TSU at the other side keeps the second position with five games lost. They share it with 3 other teams. CSKA-2 will play against league’s leader Khimki at home in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. TSU will play against Tambov and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Top scorers:
CSKA-2: P.Zakharov 20+2reb+1ast, A.Oleg 18+9reb+4ast, E.Ilia 9+3reb+2ast, O.Artem 8+2reb+4ast, N.Yaroslav 7+6reb+2ast, Z.Ivan 6+3reb+1ast
TSU: V.Zaryazhko 14+10reb+5ast, D.Levshin 14+4reb, D.Makeev 9+2reb+1ast, A.Semenyuk 8+1reb, K.Popov 6+6reb+1ast, Z.Alexandr 5+2reb+3ast

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Dinamo V. – MBA-2 73-69

No shocking result in a game in Vladivostok where fifth ranked Dinamo (12-5) defeated 8th ranked MBA-2 (8-9) 73-69 on Sunday. Dinamo outrebounded MBA-2 33-20 including a 23-12 advantage in defensive rebounds. The former international center Andrey Desiatnikov (220-1994, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) stepped up and scored 9 points and 6 rebounds for the winners and forward Alexandr Lavnikov (205-1991) chipped in 13 points. Center Vladislav Sharapov (204-1999) responded with 13 points and 8 rebounds and point guard Serdar Annaev (186-1994) scored 11 points and 6 assists. Four MBA-2 players scored in double figures. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. The victory was the fifth consecutive win for Dinamo. They moved-up to second place, which they share with 3 other teams. Newly promoted MBA-2 keeps the eighth position with nine games lost. They share it with Zenit-2 and CSKA-2. Dinamo will meet Novosybirsk (#5) in the next round. MBA-2 will play against BARS-RGEU and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Dinamo V.: A.Lavnikov 13+3reb, A.Daniil 12+2reb+2ast, V.Pichkurov 12+1reb+3ast, A.Desiatnikov 9+6reb+2ast, M.Bogdanovic 9+2reb+2ast, A.Babushkin 7+4reb
MBA-2: V.Sharapov 13+8reb, S.Annaev 11+1reb+6ast, I.Pasha 11+2ast, P.Danil 11+4reb+1ast, F.Stoyko 9+1reb, K.Gleb 7+5reb

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Irkut – Kupol-Rodniki 84-78

Very expected game in Irkutsk where 11th ranked Kupol-Rodniki (7-10) was defeated by fourth ranked Irkut (12-5) 84-78 on Sunday. However just six-point win is not that big difference and the fans of host team counted on more convincing victory. It was a great shooting night for Irkut especially from behind the arc, where they had solid 57.9 percentage. The former international guard Maxim Kolyushkin (191-1990) stepped up and scored 30 points and 5 assists for the winners and forward Agasiy Tonoyan (205-1998, college: MVSU) chipped in 12 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists. Four Irkut players scored in double figures. Guard Maksim Kiryanov (190-1990) responded with 18 points and point guard Vasiliy Martynov (191-1995) scored 13 points. Kupol-Rodniki’s coach Sergey Chernov rotated eleven players in this game, but that didn’t help. The victory was the fourth consecutive win for Irkut. They moved-up to second place, which they share with 3 other teams. Loser Kupol-Rodniki keeps the eleventh position with ten games lost. They share it with Univ.Surgut and BARS-RGEU. Irkut will meet Barnaul (#6) on the road in the next round. Kupol-Rodniki will play against Lok.Kuban (#15) and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Irkut: M.Kolyushkin 30+4reb+5ast, N.Miskovic 14+3reb+1ast, O.Balashov 13+4reb+1ast, A.Tonoyan 12+11reb+4ast, F.Ilya 6+1reb, A.Lysenkov 3
Kupol-Rodniki: M.Kiryanov 18+3reb+1ast, V.Martynov 13+3reb+3ast, S.Yegor 10+2reb+1ast, P.Sergey 8, D.Karvanen 8+7reb, K.Arkhipov 8+7reb+1ast