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The Regular Season in VTB-Youth League just started. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

MBA-2 smashed Uralmash-2 in Moscow 76-57. MBA-2 made 18-of-22 free shots (81.8 percent) during the game. They also forced 22 Uralmash-2 turnovers and outrebounded them 51-33 including a 21-10 advantage in offensive rebounds. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when MBA-2 made 7 blocks. Klim Adaykin (195-2005) fired 15 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals for the winners. Matvey Padius (194-2006) chipped in 10 points and 9 rebounds. point guard Matvey Reshetov (178-2005) produced 12 points, 5 assists and 4 steals for lost side. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Uralmash-2 will have a break next week, which should allow them to rest in order to get back on the winning path. MBA-2 will try to continue on its current victory against Uralmash-2 in Yekaterinburg.
N.Novgorod-2 recorded a loss in Nizhny Novgorod. Hosts were edged by Khimki-2 73-71. Worth to mention a great performance of forward Andrey Bovduy (200-2005) who helped to win the game recording 17 points and 5 rebounds. Bronislav Smirnov contributed with 10 points and 8 assists for the winners. Forward Yaroslav Anikin (198-2005) answered with a double-double by scoring 15 points and 10 rebounds for N.Novgorod-2. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. Khimki-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 Khimki-2 and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
The game with biggest result difference took place in Krasnoyarsk. Local Enisey-2 was outscored by Parma-2 96-66 on Saturday night. Ivan Egorov stepped up and scored 18 points, 7 assists and 6 steals for the winners. At the losing side Danil Pekshin responded with 16 points and 9 rebounds. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Parma-2 will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Enisey-2 will play again against Parma-2 and hope to win that game.

In the last game of round 1 Minsk defeated UNICS-2 in a road game 70-64.

UNICS-2 – Minsk 64-70

There was no surprise in Kazan where UNICS-2 was defeated by Minsk 70-64 on Saturday. Minsk forced 19 UNICS-2 turnovers. Danila Semenyuk (194-2006) stepped up and scored 18 points for the winners and forward Vitaly Duchko (197-2006) chipped in 7 points and 11 rebounds. At the losing side point guard Magomednabi Khalilulaev (186-2006) responded with 21 points and 7 rebounds and Daniil Dubovoy (187-2006) scored 10 points and 4 assists. Both coaches allowed to play bench players saving starting five for next games. Minsk will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. UNICS-2 will play again against Minsk and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
UNICS-2: M.Khalilulaev 21+7reb+2ast, D.Dubovoy 10+4reb+4ast, N.Lednev 9+3reb+3ast, A.Gerega 8+5reb+2ast, E.Shaposhnikov 4+3reb+2ast, Y.Dudnik 4+4reb+1ast
Minsk: D.Semenyuk 18+4reb+3ast, A.Ozhgo 12+2reb+1ast, D.Mukete 11+7reb+2ast, D.Zakharenkov 9+5reb, V.Duchko 7+11reb+3ast, G.Sherstobitov 5+4reb

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N.Novgorod-2 – Khimki-2 71-73

N.Novgorod-2 recorded a loss in Nizhny Novgorod. Hosts were edged by Khimki-2 73-71. Khimki-2 forced 23 N.Novgorod-2 turnovers. Strangely N.Novgorod-2 outrebounded Khimki-2 44-32 including a 31-19 advantage in defensive rebounds. N.Novgorod-2 was plagued by 30 personal fouls down the stretch. Worth to mention a great performance of forward Andrey Bovduy (200-2005) who helped to win the game recording 17 points and 5 rebounds. Guard Bronislav Smirnov (184-2005) contributed with 10 points and 8 assists for the winners. Forward Yaroslav Anikin (198-2005) answered with a double-double by scoring 15 points and 10 rebounds and center Artem Kovalenko (205-2005) added 13 points and 7 rebounds in the effort for N.Novgorod-2. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. Khimki-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 Khimki-2 and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
N.Novgorod-2: G.Shilokhvostov 18+3reb+1ast, Y.Anikin 15+10reb+1ast, A.Kovalenko 13+7reb+2ast, V.Oleynikov 6+5reb+2ast, A.Shenderov 6+2reb+1ast, V.Semenchenko 5+11reb+2ast
Khimki-2: A.Bovduy 17+5reb+1ast, A.Konotop 14+5reb+1ast, B.Smirnov 10+2reb+8ast, K.Kashtanov 7, A.Ivankov 6+4reb+2ast, M.Matyushkov 6+2reb+1ast

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Enisey-2 – Parma-2 66-96

The game with biggest result difference took place in Krasnoyarsk. Local Enisey-2 was outscored by Parma-2 96-66 on Saturday night. Parma-2 forced 26 Enisey-2 turnovers and outrebounded them 47-34 including a 20-6 advantage in offensive rebounds. Parma-2 looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. Guard Ivan Egorov (189-2005, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) stepped up and scored 18 points, 7 assists and 6 steals for the winners and Mikhail Gulyaev (195-2006) chipped in 19 points and 6 rebounds. At the losing side Danil Pekshin (194-2005) responded with 16 points and 9 rebounds and guard Egor Skuratov (190-2005) scored 10 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Parma-2 will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Enisey-2 will play again against Parma-2 and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
Enisey-2: D.Pekshin 16+9reb+1ast, A.Ovchinnikov 14+2reb+4ast, E.Skuratov 10+8reb+4ast, V.Afanasev 9+2reb+1ast, D.Zavorotniy 8+3reb, M.Marmalyuk 3+3reb+1ast
Parma-2: M.Gulyaev 19+6reb+1ast, I.Egorov 18+4reb+7ast, G.Golovchenko 10+7reb+2ast, D.Fedorov 9+4reb+1ast, I.Mironov 8+11reb+1ast, M.Stafeev 7+1reb+1ast