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It’s still too early stage of the Regular Season in Higher League, but even now we can clearly see the difference between stronger teams and outsiders. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

Rusichi (1-1) recorded a loss in Kursk on Tuesday night. Hosts were defeated by Dynamo Ufa (4-2) 73-64. Dynamo Ufa forced 24 Rusichi turnovers. The best player for the winners was Aleksey Chilikin (207-1993) who scored 29 points and 7 rebounds. Center Maksim Voytov (207-1994) chipped in 11 points and 8 rebounds. At the other side the best for losing team was Belarusian Tsimafei Paraliou (207-1997) who recorded 19 points and 9 rebounds. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Dynamo Ufa is looking forward to face Desna (#8) in Bryansk in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. Rusichi will play at home against Metallurg and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Important game to mention about took place in Bryansk. Metallurg (2-4) saved a 3-point victory on the road edging Desna (1-1) 82-79 on Monday evening. It was a good game for Artem Stepantsov (195-1998) who led his team to a victory with 16 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals. Alexander Puida contributed with 14 points for the winners. Guard Daniil Glazov (191-2001) answered with 18 points and 8 rebounds for Desna. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. Metallurg will play against Rusichi (#9) in Kursk in the next round. Desna will play at home against Dynamo Ufa to get more than just one victory in their record.
Very important is a road loss of Dynamo Ufa (4-2) against Rusichi (1-1) on Monday night. Visiting Dynamo Ufa was defeated by Rusichi in a tough game in Kursk 76-83. It was a great evening for Andrey Lysenkov who led his team to a victory scoring 27 points. Rusichi K.’s coach Sergey Yaroshenko used entire bench and allowed the starting five to rest. The best for the losing side was Aleksey Chilikin with 15 points and 9 rebounds. Rusichi will meet at home Metallurg (#7) in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Dynamo Ufa will play against Desna (#8) in Bryansk and hope to secure a win.

Other games of round 3 were very predictable and ended without any surprises. Here they are:
Metallurg was defeated by Desna in Bryansk 73-61. Khimki-Podmos. beat Ural Yekaterinb. at home 71-62. Neftekhimik won against Cheb.Yastreby on the opponent’s court 72-64. Khimki-Podmos. outscored Ural Yekaterinb. in a home game 76-46.
The best stats of 3rd round was 16 points and 11 rebounds by Arseniy Semenov of Khimki-Podmos..

Rusichi K. – Dynamo Ufa 83-76

Very important is a road loss of Dynamo Ufa (4-2) against Rusichi (1-1) on Monday night. Visiting Dynamo Ufa was defeated by Rusichi in a tough game in Kursk 76-83. Rusichi looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. It was a great evening for guard Andrey Lysenkov (192-1992) who led his team to a victory scoring 27 points. Bogdan Rublev (197-2007) helped adding 17 points and 10 rebounds. Four Rusichi K. players scored in double figures. Rusichi K.’s coach Sergey Yaroshenko used entire bench and allowed the starting five to rest. The best for the losing side was Aleksey Chilikin (207-1993) with 15 points and 9 rebounds and guard Alexandr Zubkov (181-2002) scored 10 points and 8 assists. Rusichi will meet at home Metallurg (#7) in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Dynamo Ufa will play against Desna (#8) in Bryansk and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Rusichi K.: A.Lysenkov 27+3reb+3ast, B.Rublev 17+10reb+1ast, D.Flis 15+7reb+2ast, T.Paraliou 12+5reb, R.Kazyulin 9+6reb+6ast, S.Shulgin 2
Dynamo Ufa: M.Voytov 16+3reb+2ast, A.Chilikin 15+9reb+2ast, A.Zubkov 10+4reb+8ast, D.Zlobin 9+2reb, G.Bednyakov 9+1reb, V.Fomenko 7+2reb+1ast

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Desna – Metallurg 73-61

The game between closely ranked teams ended with Metallurg‘s (2-4) road loss to Desna (1-1) 61-73 on Sunday. It was a great evening for the former international guard Vitaly Fridzon (194-1985) who led his team to a victory scoring 19 points and 9 rebounds (went 9 for 9 at the free throw line !!!). Forward Mikhail Yudov (198-1989) helped adding 17 points and 9 rebounds. Four Desna players scored in double figures. The best for the losing side was swingman Nikita Pertcev (202-2000) with 15 points and 5 rebounds and Artem Stepantsov (195-1998) scored 11 points and 6 rebounds. Both coaches allowed to play bench players saving starting five for next games. Desna will meet at home Dynamo Ufa in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Metallurg will play against Rusichi (#9) in Kursk and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Desna: V.Fridzon 19+9reb+3ast, M.Yudov 17+9reb+2ast, V.Tkachenko 11+3reb+2ast, N.Tikhonov 11+2reb+3ast, D.Glazov 8+3reb+3ast, K.Studenikin 5+5reb+2ast
Metallurg: N.Pertcev 15+5reb+1ast, V.Kolbin 13+2reb+2ast, A.Stepantsov 11+6reb+1ast, A.Puida 6+4reb, K.Epanov 5+6reb+1ast, N.Chekhlan 5+2reb+1ast

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Khimki-Podmos. – Ural Yekaterinb. 71-62

No shocking result in a game when Khimki-Podmos. (4-2) defeated at home Ural Yekaterinb. (1-5) 71-62 on Sunday. Khimki-Podmos. forced 26 Ural Yekaterinb. turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. It was a great evening for forward Arseniy Semenov (200-2000, college: W.Texas CC) who led his team to a victory scoring 9 points and 7 rebounds. Denis Kovalev (191-2001, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) helped adding 13 points. The best for the losing side was point guard Pavel Makarov (180-2003) with 17 points and 5 rebounds and forward Stanislav Reish (203-2003) scored 11 points and 9 rebounds. Both coaches allowed to play bench players saving starting five for next games. Khimki-Podmos. will meet at home Neftekhimik in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. Ural Yekaterinb. will play against Cheb.Yastreby (#6) in Cheboksari and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
Khimki-Podmos.: D.Kovalev 13+1reb+3ast, I.Mochalov 12+2reb, A.Semenov 9+7reb+1ast, I.Potezhnyi 9+6reb, V.Savitskiy 7+1reb+8ast, S.Krasilshchikov 6+2reb+3ast
Ural Yekaterinb.: E.Koskin 17+1reb+1ast, P.Makarov 17+5reb+3ast, S.Reish 11+9reb+1ast, E.Merzlyakov 9+1reb+2ast, A.Zinyuk 5+2reb+1ast, N.Ivanov 3+2reb+1ast

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Rusichi K. – Dynamo Ufa 64-73

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Desna – Metallurg 79-82

Important game to mention about took place in Bryansk. Metallurg (2-4) saved a 3-point victory on the road edging Desna (1-1) 82-79 on Monday evening. Metallurg dominated down low during the game scoring 54 of its points in the paint compared to Desna‘s 28. Metallurg forced 21 Desna turnovers. It was a good game for Artem Stepantsov (195-1998) who led his team to a victory with 16 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals. Swingman Alexander Puida (195-2003) contributed with 14 points for the winners. Guard Daniil Glazov (191-2001) answered with 18 points and 8 rebounds and the former international guard Vitaly Fridzon (194-1985) added 17 points and 7 rebounds in the effort for Desna. Five Metallurg and four Desna players scored in double figures. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. Metallurg will play against Rusichi (#9) in Kursk in the next round. Desna will play at home against Dynamo Ufa to get more than just one victory in their record.
Top scorers:
Metallurg: A.Stepantsov 16+8reb+5ast, A.Puida 14+3reb, S.Pavlenko 13+1reb, N.Chekhlan 11+2reb+3ast, N.Pertcev 11+3reb, V.Kolbin 5+3reb+3ast
Desna: D.Glazov 18+8reb+3ast, V.Fridzon 17+7reb+3ast, I.Mokhnarylov 12+3reb, M.Yudov 11+7reb, V.Tkachenko 8+11reb+1ast, N.Tikhonov 6+2reb+2ast

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Cheb.Yastreby – Neftekhimik T. 64-72

Very expected game in Cheboksari where Cheb.Yastreby (2-4) was defeated by Neftekhimik (5-1) 72-64 on Monday. Neftekhimik looked well-organized offensively handing out 22 assists. It was a great evening for guard Anton Brevnov (188-1987) who led his team to a victory scoring 11 points and 6 assists. Power forward Sergei Kharitonov (205-1991) helped adding 14 points and 6 rebounds. The best for the losing side was power forward Sergey Zhulkov (203-1995) with a double-double by scoring 22 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists and Valentin Rogkustov (195-2000, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) scored 11 points and 6 assists. Cheb.Yastreby’s coach Anton Bogdan rotated eleven players in this game, but that didn’t help. Neftekhimik will meet Khimki-Podmos. (#3) on the road in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Cheb.Yastreby will play against Ural Yekaterinb. and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Neftekhimik T.: A.Polischuk 14+1reb+2ast, V.Laptev 14+1reb+4ast, S.Kharitonov 14+6reb, A.Brevnov 11+4reb+6ast, S.Rozhkov 8+4reb+4ast, E.Chernyshev 7+6reb+4ast
Cheb.Yastreby: S.Zhulkov 22+13reb+4ast, V.Rogkustov 11+4reb+6ast, A.Bogdan 8+8reb+2ast, I.Vasilyev 8+5reb+3ast, P.Metelev 5, M.Shalonin 4+4reb+4ast

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Khimki-Podmos. – Ural Yekaterinb. 76-46

Very predictable result when Khimki-Podmos. (4-2) outscored at home Ural Yekaterinb. (1-5) 76-46 on Monday. Khimki-Podmos. dominated down low during the game scoring 44 of its points in the paint compared to Ural Yekaterinb.‘s 24. Khimki-Podmos. forced 25 Ural Yekaterinb. turnovers. It was a great evening for forward Arseniy Semenov (200-2000, college: W.Texas CC) who led his team to a victory with a double-double by scoring 16 points and 11 rebounds. Ivan Potezhnyi (210-2002) helped adding 11 points. The best for the losing side was forward Stanislav Reish (203-2003) with 11 points and 5 rebounds and point guard Pavel Makarov (180-2003) scored 7 points and 7 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. Khimki-Podmos. will meet at home Neftekhimik in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. Ural Yekaterinb. will play against Cheb.Yastreby (#6) in Cheboksari and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
Khimki-Podmos.: A.Doroshevich 16+1ast, A.Semenov 16+11reb+2ast, I.Potezhnyi 11+4reb+3ast, I.Mochalov 9+2reb+3ast, S.Krasilshchikov 8+1reb+1ast, A.Ivankov 6+1reb+1ast
Ural Yekaterinb.: S.Reish 11+5reb+2ast, P.Makarov 7+7reb+1ast, Z.Lobanov 6, N.Ivanov 6+3reb+2ast, E.Koskin 5+3reb+3ast, N.Astashenko 4+2reb