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The game between second ranked Neftekhimik (9-5) and sixth ranked Rusichi (6-4) was the most important one in the last round on Friday night. Neftekhimik was defeated by Rusichi in a tough game in Kursk 68-75. Worth to mention a great performance of guard Roman Kazyulin (187-1994) who helped to win the game recording 18 points and 5 rebounds. Belarusian Tsimafei Paraliou (207-1997) contributed with 12 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. Artem Ivanov (192-1998) answered with 15 points and 8 rebounds for Neftekhimik. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Rusichi have a solid series of three victories in a row. They moved-up to third place. Neftekhimik at the other side keeps the second position with five games lost. Rusichi are looking forward to face bottom-ranked Ural Yekaterinb. (#10) in Yekaterinburg in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Neftekhimik will play on the road against Desna (#8) in Bryansk and is hoping to win this game.
Very important is a road loss of second ranked Neftekhimik (9-5) against sixth ranked Rusichi (6-4) on Saturday night. Visiting Neftekhimik was defeated by Rusichi in Kursk 83-66. It was a great evening for Belarusian Tsimafei Paraliou (207-1997) who led his team to a victory scoring 25 points and 4 steals. Roman Kazyulin helped adding 20 points and 5 rebounds. At the losing side power forward Sergei Kharitonov (205-1991) responded with a double-double by scoring 17 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. Both coaches tested many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Rusichi have a solid series of three victories in a row. They moved-up to third place. Neftekhimik at the other side keeps the second position with five games lost. Rusichi will play against bottom-ranked Ural Yekaterinb. (#10) in Yekaterinburg in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Neftekhimik will play on the road against Desna (#8) in Bryansk and hopes to get back on the winning track.
The game between ninth ranked Desna (4-6) and 10th ranked Ural Yekaterinb. (1-13) in Bryansk on Friday ended with biggest points difference. Desna beat guests from Yekaterinburg 73-56. It was a quality performance for Mikhail Yudov who led the winners and scored 19 points and 6 rebounds. Stanislav Reish came up with 12 points for Ural Yekaterinb. in the defeat. Both coaches allowed to play bench players saving starting five for next games. Desna moved-up to eighth place. Ural Yekaterinb. lost thirteenth consecutive game. Ural Yekaterinb. at the other side, also newcomer in the league, stay at the bottom position with 13 games lost. Desna will meet at home league’s second-placed Neftekhimik in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Ural Yekaterinb. will play against Rusichi (#3) in Kursk and hope to win that game.

In the last game of round 7 bottom-ranked Ural Yekaterinb. was beaten by Desna on the road 71-60.
The most impressive performance of 7th round was 17 points and 5 rebounds by Egor Zakharov of Desna.

Rusichi K. – Neftekhimik T. 75-68

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Desna – Ural Yekaterinb. 73-56

The game between ninth ranked Desna (4-6) and 10th ranked Ural Yekaterinb. (1-13) in Bryansk on Friday ended with biggest points difference. Desna beat guests from Yekaterinburg 73-56. Desna made 25-of-31 free shots (80.6 percent) during the game, while Ural Yekaterinb. only scored eight points from the stripe. Desna forced 25 Ural Yekaterinb. turnovers. It was a quality performance for forward Mikhail Yudov (198-1989) who led the winners and scored 19 points and 6 rebounds. Center Vladimir Tkachenko (201-2002) accounted for 11 points and 6 rebounds for the winning side. Forward Stanislav Reish (203-2003) came up with 12 points and Kazakhstan guard Dmitry Romanenko (183-2000) added 7 points and 5 rebounds respectively for Ural Yekaterinb. in the defeat. Both coaches allowed to play bench players saving starting five for next games. Desna moved-up to eighth place. Ural Yekaterinb. lost thirteenth consecutive game. Ural Yekaterinb. at the other side, also newcomer in the league, stay at the bottom position with 13 games lost. Desna will meet at home league’s second-placed Neftekhimik in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Ural Yekaterinb. will play against Rusichi (#3) in Kursk and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
Desna: M.Yudov 19+6reb+1ast, V.Tkachenko 11+6reb+2ast, D.Glazov 9+2reb+2ast, M.Kipkeev 9+1reb+7ast, I.Mokhnarylov 8+1reb, E.Zakharov 4+6reb+1ast
Ural Yekaterinb.: S.Reish 12+3reb+1ast, E.Koskin 10+2reb+2ast, P.Makarov 10+2reb, D.Romanenko 7+5reb+2ast, D.Kokovin 6, I.Kireev 4+2reb+2ast

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Rusichi K. – Neftekhimik T. 83-66

Very important is a road loss of second ranked Neftekhimik (9-5) against sixth ranked Rusichi (6-4) on Saturday night. Visiting Neftekhimik was defeated by Rusichi in Kursk 83-66. Rusichi dominated down low during the game scoring 54 of its points in the paint compared to Neftekhimik T.‘s 34. Rusichi forced 21 Neftekhimik turnovers. It was a great evening for Belarusian Tsimafei Paraliou (207-1997) who led his team to a victory scoring 25 points and 4 steals. Guard Roman Kazyulin (187-1994) helped adding 20 points and 5 rebounds. Four Rusichi K. players scored in double figures. At the losing side power forward Sergei Kharitonov (205-1991) responded with a double-double by scoring 17 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists and forward Vladislav Krushelnitskiy (195-1997) scored 18 points. Both coaches tested many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Rusichi have a solid series of three victories in a row. They moved-up to third place. Neftekhimik at the other side keeps the second position with five games lost. Rusichi will play against bottom-ranked Ural Yekaterinb. (#10) in Yekaterinburg in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Neftekhimik will play on the road against Desna (#8) in Bryansk and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Top scorers:
Rusichi K.: T.Paraliou 25+4reb+2ast, R.Kazyulin 20+5reb+2ast, D.Flis 15+6reb+3ast, A.Lysenkov 10+2reb+3ast, V.Nazarov 7+5reb+7ast, B.Rublev 6+7reb
Neftekhimik T.: V.Krushelnitskiy 18+1reb, S.Kharitonov 17+10reb+4ast, E.Chernyshev 9+7reb+3ast, V.Laptev 8+1ast, A.Ivanov 8+4reb+2ast, A.Brevnov 2+1reb+1ast

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Desna – Ural Yekaterinb. 71-60

The game between closely ranked teams ended with ninth ranked Desna‘s (4-6) home victory over bottom-ranked Ural Yekaterinb. (1-13) in Bryansk 71-60 on Saturday. Desna made 26-of-33 free shots (78.8 percent) during the game. They also forced 23 Ural Yekaterinb. turnovers. It was an exceptional evening for forward Egor Zakharov (200-2001) who led the winners and scored 17 points and 5 rebounds. Guard Nikita Tikhonov (190-1999) accounted for 15 points for the winning side. Swingman Nikita Ivanov (191-2004) came up with 14 points and 5 rebounds and forward Stanislav Reish (203-2003) added 10 points respectively for Ural Yekaterinb. in the defeat. Both coaches allowed to play bench players saving starting five for next games. Desna moved-up to eighth place. Ural Yekaterinb. lost thirteenth consecutive game. Ural Yekaterinb. at the other side, also newcomer in the league, stay at the bottom position with 13 games lost. Desna will meet at home league’s second-placed Neftekhimik in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Ural Yekaterinb. will play against Rusichi (#3) in Kursk and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
Desna: E.Zakharov 17+5reb, N.Tikhonov 15+1reb+1ast, V.Fridzon 10+4reb+1ast, M.Yudov 7+4reb+2ast, V.Tkachenko 6+5reb+5ast, K.Studenikin 5+2reb+5ast
Ural Yekaterinb.: N.Ivanov 14+5reb, S.Reish 10+4reb, E.Merzlyakov 8+2reb+3ast, S.Mitin 5+1reb+3ast, N.Astashenko 4+1ast, Z.Lobanov 4+3reb+1ast