VTB-Youth League is at the halfway of the Regular Season and there are still another 29 rounds left. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.
The game had a very big importance for second-ranked CSKA-Junior as it allowed them to take a leadership position. CSKA-Junior smashed 8th ranked Parma-2 in Moscow 100-58. CSKA-Junior dominated down low during the game scoring 64 of its points in the paint compared to Parma-2‘s 30 and made 24-of-30 free shots (80.0 percent) during the game, while Parma-2 only scored seven points from the stripe. CSKA-Junior forced 22 Parma-2 turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 29 assists comparing to just 10 passes made by Parma-2‘s players. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when CSKA-Junior made 7 blocks. 25 personal fouls committed by Parma-2 helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Nikolay Sadikov (194-2005) orchestrated the victory by scoring 6 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists. Maxim Pronin (195-2004) contributed with 19 points (on 8-of-10 shooting from the field) for the winners. Guard Ivan Egorov (189-2005, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) answered with 15 points and 5 rebounds for Parma-2. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. As mentioned above they are alone now at the top position. Parma-2 lost third consecutive game. They keep the eighth place with 14 games lost. Parma-2 will have a break next week, which should allow them to rest in order to get back on the winning path. CSKA-Junior will try to continue on its current victory against eighth ranked Parma-2 in Perm.
Worth to mention about the upset in a game between Runa-2 (16-7) and Uralmash-2 (8-17), which took place in Yekaterinburg. 4th placed Runa-2 lost to tenth ranked Uralmash-2 in a road game 80-88. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Runa-2. Guard Danil Yurkov (190-2004) stepped up and scored 23 points for the winners and Rinat Gafiev chipped in 19 points and 5 rebounds. Uralmash-2’s coach Aleksei Komarov allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Guard Yan Dodeus (187-2004, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) responded with 22 points and 5 rebounds. Uralmash-2 maintains tenth place with 8-17 record. Runa-2 at the other side keeps the fourth position with seven games lost. Uralmash-2 will again play against higher ranked Runa-2 (#4) in Moscow in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Runa-2 will have a break next round.
There were no big surprises in other games of round 29: Zenit-2 was beaten by MBA-2 on the road 78-70. Bottom-ranked Enisey-2 was destroyed by Khimki-2 on its own court 61-94. Avtodor-2 was outscored by UNICS-2 in Kazan 82-60. N.Novgorod-2 recorded a loss to Samara-2 at home 80-97.
The most impressive performance of 29th round was 23 points, 5 assists and 4 steals by Egor Amosov of Samara-2.
Uralmash-2 – Runa-2 88-80
Worth to mention about the upset in a game between Runa-2 (16-7) and Uralmash-2 (8-17), which took place in Yekaterinburg. 4th placed Runa-2 lost to tenth ranked Uralmash-2 in a road game 80-88. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Runa-2. Uralmash-2 forced 19 Runa-2 turnovers. Guard Danil Yurkov (190-2004) stepped up and scored 23 points for the winners and Rinat Gafiev (197-2005) chipped in 19 points and 5 rebounds. Four Uralmash-2 players scored in double figures. Uralmash-2’s coach Aleksei Komarov allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Guard Yan Dodeus (187-2004, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) responded with 22 points and 5 rebounds and center Egor Vanin (215-2004, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) scored 19 points and 8 rebounds. Uralmash-2 maintains tenth place with 8-17 record. Runa-2 at the other side keeps the fourth position with seven games lost. Uralmash-2 will again play against higher ranked Runa-2 (#4) in Moscow in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Runa-2 will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
Runa-2: D.Yan 22+5reb+3ast, V.Egor 19+8reb+1ast, K.Ilya 11+4reb+1ast, K.Alexandr 9+1reb+1ast, N.Vasiliy 8+3reb+4ast, L.Zakhar 4+4reb
Uralmash-2: Y.Danil 23+3reb+2ast, G.Rinat 19+5reb, V.Kirill 15+4reb+2ast, R.Matvey 12+2reb+6ast, D.Andrey 8+2reb+3ast, M.Fedor 7+5reb+2ast
gschID: 1109151
MBA-2 – Zenit-2 78-70
No shocking result in a game when third ranked MBA-2 (18-7) beat 6th ranked Zenit-2 (15-8) in Moscow 78-70. MBA-2 players were unselfish on offense dishing 22 assists. Forward Maxim Ogarkov (201-2006) stepped up and scored 18 points and 7 rebounds for the winners and swingman Egor Yushkov (192-2004) chipped in 16 points and 4 steals. Four MBA-2 players scored in double figures. Ilyas Abdul responded with 10 points and 9 rebounds and center Vladislav Samukhin (210-2004, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) scored 10 points and 8 rebounds. Zenit-2’s coach rotated twelve players in this game, but that didn’t help. MBA-2 have a solid series of four victories in a row. They maintain third place with 18-7 record despite having the same number of points like the leader CSKA-Junior. Defending champion Zenit-2 keeps the sixth position with eight games lost. MBA-2 will again play against Zenit-2 (#6) in Saint Petersburg in the next round. Zenit-2 will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
Zenit-2: F.Dmitriy 14+1reb+2ast, A.Ilyas 10+9reb+1ast, S.Vladislav 10+8reb, D.Mikhail 9+4reb, B.Semen 6+2reb+1ast, V.Timofey 6+5reb+3ast
MBA-2: O.Maxim 18+7reb+1ast, Y.Egor 16+4reb+2ast, S.Timofey 13+4reb, P.Matvey 10+3reb+3ast, S.Georgiy 8+6reb+4ast, C.Sergey 7+6reb
gschID: 1109152
CSKA-Junior – Parma-2 100-58
The game had a very big importance for second-ranked CSKA-Junior as it allowed them to take a leadership position. CSKA-Junior smashed 8th ranked Parma-2 in Moscow 100-58. CSKA-Junior dominated down low during the game scoring 64 of its points in the paint compared to Parma-2‘s 30 and made 24-of-30 free shots (80.0 percent) during the game, while Parma-2 only scored seven points from the stripe. CSKA-Junior forced 22 Parma-2 turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 29 assists comparing to just 10 passes made by Parma-2‘s players. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when CSKA-Junior made 7 blocks. 25 personal fouls committed by Parma-2 helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Nikolay Sadikov (194-2005) orchestrated the victory by scoring 6 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists. Maxim Pronin (195-2004) contributed with 19 points (on 8-of-10 shooting from the field) for the winners. Four CSKA-Junior players scored in double figures. Guard Ivan Egorov (189-2005, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) answered with 15 points and 5 rebounds and center Artem Kovalenko (205-2005) added 7 points and 7 rebounds in the effort for Parma-2. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. As mentioned above they are alone now at the top position. Parma-2 lost third consecutive game. They keep the eighth place with 14 games lost. Parma-2 will have a break next week, which should allow them to rest in order to get back on the winning path. CSKA-Junior will try to continue on its current victory against eighth ranked Parma-2 in Perm.
Top scorers:
Parma-2: E.Ivan 15+5reb+3ast, S.Mikhail 9+5reb, S.Lev 8+3reb+1ast, M.Mikhail 8+5reb+2ast, K.Artem 7+7reb+2ast, M.Ivan 5+5reb
CSKA-Junior: P.Maxim 19+4reb, N.Nikolay 16+2reb+1ast, G.Rostislav 14+3reb+3ast, P.Kirill 12+6reb+1ast, A.Yaroslav 12+6reb+3ast, M.Vladislav 11+2reb+4ast
gschID: 1109153
Enisey-2 – Khimki-2 61-94
Very expected game when 13th ranked Enisey-2 (2-23) was smashed by second ranked Khimki-2 (20-5) in Krasnoyarsk 94-61. Khimki-2 outrebounded Enisey-2 57-29 including a 36-17 advantage in defensive rebounds. Enisey-2 was plagued by 24 personal fouls down the stretch. Forward Sergey Kudrin (199-2004) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 16 points and 15 rebounds for the winners and Georgiy Shilokhvostov (190-2005) chipped in 14 points and 6 rebounds. Four Khimki-2 players scored in double figures. Guard Egor Skuratov (190-2005) responded with 21 points and 8 rebounds and point guard Ilya Kityukha (184-2004) scored 4 points and 6 assists. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Khimki-2 maintains second place with 20-5 record having just two point less than leader CSKA-Junior. Enisey-2 lost fifteenth consecutive game. They stay dead last with 23 lost games. Khimki-2 will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Enisey-2 will play again at home against the league’s second-placed Khimki-2 (#2) and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Top scorers:
Enisey-2: S.Egor 21+8reb+1ast, Y.Maxim 10+2reb+1ast, P.Danil 7+3reb+2ast, G.Aleksandr 7+2reb+1ast, K.Ivan 4+5reb+1ast, K.Ilya 4+3reb+6ast
Khimki-2: K.Sergey 16+15reb+3ast, S.Georgiy 14+6reb+2ast, N.Aleksandr 11+2reb+3ast, K.Arseniy 10+4reb+3ast, F.Andrey 8+6reb+1ast, I.Arseniy 8+6reb+1ast
gschID: 1109154
UNICS-2 – Avtodor-2 82-60
Rather predictable result when ninth ranked UNICS-2 (8-15) rolled over 12th ranked Avtodor-2 (5-20) in Kazan 82-60. UNICS-2 dominated down low during the game scoring 42 of its points in the paint compared to Avtodor-2‘s 20. They outrebounded Avtodor-2 43-31 including 30 on the defensive glass. UNICS-2 players were unselfish on offense dishing 23 assists. Swingman Nikita Ivanov (191-2004) stepped up and scored 18 points and 5 rebounds for the winners and guard Roman Ilyuk (185-2005) chipped in 11 points and 9 assists. Yaroslav Pechendgiyan (202-2004) responded with 20 points and swingman Matvey Popov (192-2004) scored 6 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. UNICS-2 maintains ninth place with 8-15 record. Avtodor-2 lost twelfth consecutive game. They keep the twelfth position with 20 games lost. UNICS-2 will again play against Avtodor-2 (#12) in Saratov in the next round. Avtodor-2 will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
Avtodor-2: P.Yaroslav 20+3reb+1ast, D.Alexandr 9+4reb+2ast, N.Arseniy 7+4reb+3ast, Y.Dmitri 7+6reb+1ast, P.Matvey 6+5reb+9ast, F.Petr 5+1reb+1ast
UNICS-2: I.Nikita 18+5reb, I.Roman 11+2reb+9ast, P.Yaroslav 9+6reb+1ast, S.Egor 8+1reb, A.Ivan 7+4reb+1ast, M.Vadim 7+3reb+1ast
gschID: 1109155
N.Novgorod-2 – Samara-2 80-97
Not a big story in a game when 11th ranked N.Novgorod-2 (6-19) lost to seventh ranked Samara-2 (13-12) in Nizhny Novgorod 80-97. Samara-2 dominated down low during the game scoring 66 of its points in the paint compared to N.Novgorod-2‘s 44. Samara-2 forced 21 N.Novgorod-2 turnovers. Their players were unselfish on offense dishing 22 assists. Forward Egor Amosov (197-2008) stepped up and scored 23 points, 5 assists and 4 steals for the winners and Bogdan Shuvakin chipped in 17 points and 4 steals. Forward Timofey Rudovskiy (202-2004) responded with 18 points and 4 steals and Vladimir Semenchenko (193-2005) scored 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Five Samara-2 and four N.Novgorod-2 players scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Samara-2 maintains seventh place with 13-12 record. N.Novgorod-2 at the other side keeps the eleventh position with 19 games lost. Samara-2 will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. N.Novgorod-2 will play again at home against Samara-2 (#7) and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Top scorers:
N.Novgorod-2: R.Timofey 18+4reb+3ast, S.Alexander 15+3reb, S.Vladimir 13+6reb+4ast, B.Nikita 12+10reb, V.Efim 8+2reb+7ast, S.Alexandr 7+1ast
Samara-2: A.Egor 23+4reb+5ast, S.Bogdan 17+4reb+3ast, K.Dmitry 16+3reb+3ast, C.Egor 13+2reb+2ast, S.Danila 11+7reb+1ast, K.Nikita 8+5reb+1ast
gschID: 1109156
