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Bottom-ranked Ural Yekaterinb. managed to get a second victory on Monday night. This time newly promoted Ural Yekaterinb. won against seventh-ranked Stavropol 75-62. Worth to mention a great performance of Kazakhstan guard Dmitry Romanenko (183-2000) who helped to win the game recording 14 points and 9 assists. Swingman Nikita Ivanov (191-2004) contributed with 10 points for the winners. Forward Lev Kuzmenko (206-2003) answered with 15 points and 7 rebounds for Stavropol. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Newly promoted Ural Yekaterinb. maintains tenth place with 2-18 record. Stavropol at the other side keeps the seventh position with 11 games lost. Ural Yekaterinb. are looking forward to face higher ranked Dynamo-MGTU (#5) in Maykop in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Stavropol will play at home against the league’s second-placed Neftekhimik having rather not much hope for a victory.
Higher League top team – Dynamo Ufa (17-3) added another victory to their record. This time they beat sixth ranked Cheb.Yastreby (10-10) in Cheboksari 93-89. Guard Alexander Martynov (197-1995) stepped up and scored 22 points for the winners and Alexandr Zubkov chipped in 17 points (on 7-of-9 shooting from the field). At the losing side Pavel Metelev (192-2000) responded with 22 points. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. Dynamo Ufa have an impressive series of eight victories in a row. Newly promoted Dynamo Ufa maintains first place with 17-3 record. Cheb.Yastreby at the other side dropped to the fifth position with ten games lost. They share it with Dynamo-MGTU. Dynamo Ufa will play against Khimki-Podmos. (#4) on the road in the next round. Cheb.Yastreby will play against Metallurg and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Higher League top team – Dynamo Ufa (17-3) had no problems winning another game on Tuesday. This time they beat sixth ranked Cheb.Yastreby (10-10) in Cheboksari 84-68. Gleb Bednyakov nailed 17 points and 4 steals for the winning side. Evgeny Novoselov came up with 16 points and 4 steals for Cheb.Yastreby in the defeat. Both coaches allowed to play bench players saving starting five for next games. The victory was the eighth consecutive win for Dynamo Ufa. Newly promoted Dynamo Ufa maintains first place with 17-3 record. Loser Cheb.Yastreby dropped to the fifth position with ten games lost. They share it with Dynamo-MGTU. Dynamo Ufa will meet Khimki-Podmos. (#4) on the road in the next round. Cheb.Yastreby will play against Metallurg and hope to secure a win.

Other games in round 13 were not that significant. Metallurg smashed Khimki-Podmos. on the road 100-78. Dynamo-MGTU lost to Neftekhimik on its own court 68-82. Metallurg unfortunately lost to Khimki-Podmos. in a road game 80-83. Dynamo-MGTU was rolled over Neftekhimik at home 55-89. Bottom-ranked Ural Yekaterinb. was crushed by Stavropol on the opponent’s court 90-71.
The most impressive performance of 13th round was 12 points and 4 blocks by Leonid Markushev of Stavropol.

Cheb.Yastreby – Dynamo Ufa 89-93

Higher League top team – Dynamo Ufa (17-3) added another victory to their record. This time they beat sixth ranked Cheb.Yastreby (10-10) in Cheboksari 93-89. Guard Alexander Martynov (197-1995) stepped up and scored 22 points for the winners and guard Alexandr Zubkov (181-2002) chipped in 17 points (on 7-of-9 shooting from the field). At the losing side Pavel Metelev (192-2000) responded with 22 points and power forward Anton Bogdan (198-1986) scored 14 points and 5 rebounds. Five Cheb.Yastreby players scored in double figures. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. Dynamo Ufa have an impressive series of eight victories in a row. Newly promoted Dynamo Ufa maintains first place with 17-3 record. Cheb.Yastreby at the other side dropped to the fifth position with ten games lost. They share it with Dynamo-MGTU. Dynamo Ufa will play against Khimki-Podmos. (#4) on the road in the next round. Cheb.Yastreby will play against Metallurg and hopes to get back on the winning track.
Top scorers:
Dynamo Ufa: A.Martynov 22+2reb+3ast, A.Zubkov 17+3reb+2ast, A.Chilikin 16+4reb, M.Voytov 8+4reb, D.Zlobin 8+3reb+5ast, N.Soldatov 6+2reb
Cheb.Yastreby: P.Metelev 22+2reb+2ast, A.Bogdan 14+5reb+2ast, E.Novoselov 12+1reb+3ast, S.Zhulkov 12+3reb, V.Shaduro 11+1ast, V.Fedkin 10+3reb+2ast

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Khimki-Podmos. – Metallurg 78-100

There was a surprise result when ninth ranked Metallurg (6-14) crushed on the road 4th placed Khimki-Podmos. (11-9) 100-78 on Monday. Metallurg looked well-organized offensively handing out 30 assists comparing to just 12 passes made by Khimki-Podmos.‘s players. Artem Stepantsov (195-1998) nailed 20 points and 5 assists for the winning side and swingman Nikita Pertcev (202-2000) accounted for 16 points. Four Metallurg players scored in double figures. Guard Vitaly Savitskiy (185-2003) came up with 20 points and forward Arseniy Semenov (200-2000, college: W.Texas CC) added 17 points and 5 rebounds respectively for Khimki-Podmos. in the defeat. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Newly promoted Metallurg maintains ninth place with 6-14 record. Loser Khimki-Podmos. keeps the fourth position with nine games lost. Metallurg will meet higher ranked Cheb.Yastreby (#6) in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Khimki-Podmos. will play against the league’s leader Dynamo Ufa having rather not much hope for a victory.
Top scorers:
Metallurg: A.Stepantsov 20+4reb+5ast, N.Pertcev 16+1reb+1ast, N.Chekhlan 10+2reb+2ast, V.Arhipov 10+4reb+3ast, S.Pavlenko 7+1reb, A.Puida 7+3reb+3ast
Khimki-Podmos.: V.Savitskiy 20+2reb+3ast, A.Semenov 17+5reb, I.Mochalov 10+2reb+1ast, S.Krasilshchikov 9+6reb, T.Eremin 9+2reb+2ast, A.Doroshevich 5+1reb+2ast

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Dynamo-MGTU – Neftekhimik T. 68-82

Rather expected game when 5th ranked Dynamo-MGTU (10-10) lost to second ranked Neftekhimik (14-6) in Maykop 68-82 on Monday. Neftekhimik dominated down low during the game scoring 48 of its points in the paint compared to Dynamo-MGTU‘s 24 and made 19-of-24 free shots (79.2 percent) during the game. Forward Egor Chernyshev (196-1999) nailed a double-double by scoring 20 points and 14 rebounds (made all of his nine free throws !!!) for the winning side and guard Anton Brevnov (188-1987) accounted for 10 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals. Five Neftekhimik T. players scored in double figures. Point guard Konstantin Klementiev (180-2002) came up with 23 points and 9 rebounds and point guard Alexey Medvedev (180-2002) added 11 points and 5 rebounds respectively for Dynamo-MGTU in the defeat. Dynamo-MGTU’s coach Artem Gaposhin rotated eleven players and allowed the starting five to rest. The victory was the fifth consecutive win for Neftekhimik. They maintain second place with 14-6 record having just three points less than leader Dynamo Ufa. Dynamo-MGTU lost their fourth game in a row. They keep the fifth position with ten games lost. They share it with Cheb.Yastreby. Neftekhimik will meet Stavropol (#7) on the road in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. Dynamo-MGTU will play against Ural Yekaterinb. and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Neftekhimik T.: E.Chernyshev 20+14reb+3ast, A.Ivanov 16+4reb+2ast, V.Krushelnitskiy 12+2reb, A.Brevnov 10+8reb+5ast, V.Laptev 10, S.Rozhkov 5+5reb
Dynamo-MGTU: K.Klementiev 23+9reb+2ast, A.Medvedev 11+5reb+2ast, D.Volkov 11+2reb+2ast, A.Pavlov 9+3reb+1ast, A.Nakhimov 7+5reb+4ast, Y.Kochnev 3+3reb

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Stavropol – Ural Yekaterinb. 62-75

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Cheb.Yastreby – Dynamo Ufa 68-84

Higher League top team – Dynamo Ufa (17-3) had no problems winning another game on Tuesday. This time they beat sixth ranked Cheb.Yastreby (10-10) in Cheboksari 84-68. Dynamo Ufa looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. Guard Gleb Bednyakov (198-2001) nailed 17 points and 4 steals for the winning side and Aleksey Chilikin (207-1993) accounted for 12 points and 9 rebounds. Four Dynamo Ufa players scored in double figures. Point guard Evgeny Novoselov (173-1995) came up with 16 points and 4 steals and Pavel Metelev (192-2000) added 16 points respectively for Cheb.Yastreby in the defeat. Both coaches allowed to play bench players saving starting five for next games. The victory was the eighth consecutive win for Dynamo Ufa. Newly promoted Dynamo Ufa maintains first place with 17-3 record. Loser Cheb.Yastreby dropped to the fifth position with ten games lost. They share it with Dynamo-MGTU. Dynamo Ufa will meet Khimki-Podmos. (#4) on the road in the next round. Cheb.Yastreby will play against Metallurg and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Dynamo Ufa: G.Bednyakov 17+4reb+2ast, A.Martynov 13+3reb+2ast, A.Chilikin 12+9reb, A.Zubkov 11+2reb+1ast, D.Donskov 10+1ast, M.Voytov 8+1reb+1ast
Cheb.Yastreby: P.Metelev 16+2reb, E.Novoselov 16+3ast, V.Fedkin 8+4reb, S.Zhulkov 7+6reb+1ast, V.Rogkustov 7+4reb+3ast, V.Shaduro 5+1reb+1ast

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Khimki-Podmos. – Metallurg 83-80

Very predictable result when fourth ranked Khimki-Podmos. (11-9) edged at home 9th ranked Metallurg (6-14) 83-80 on Tuesday. However just three-point win is not that big difference and the fans of host team counted on more convincing victory. Khimki-Podmos. made 20-of-25 free shots (80.0 percent) during the game. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. Guard Vitaly Savitskiy (185-2003) nailed 26 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists (made all of his eight free throws) for the winning side and forward Andrey Bovduy (200-2005) accounted for 13 points and 9 rebounds. Artem Stepantsov (195-1998) came up with 25 points and 7 rebounds (on 7-of-9 shooting from the field) and swingman Nikita Pertcev (202-2000) added 17 points respectively for Metallurg in the defeat. Both coaches allowed to play bench players in such tough game. Khimki-Podmos. maintains fourth place with 11-9 record. Newly promoted Metallurg keeps the ninth position with 14 games lost. Khimki-Podmos. will meet at home league’s leader Dynamo Ufa in the next round and it will be quite challenging to get another victory. Metallurg will play against Cheb.Yastreby (#6) in Cheboksari and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Khimki-Podmos.: V.Savitskiy 26+5reb+5ast, A.Bovduy 13+9reb, I.Mochalov 10+2reb+4ast, S.Krasilshchikov 9+2reb+2ast, A.Doroshevich 9+4reb+1ast, A.Semenov 6+6reb+2ast
Metallurg: A.Stepantsov 25+7reb+2ast, N.Pertcev 17+4reb+2ast, N.Chekhlan 13+2reb+1ast, V.Kolbin 8+2reb+1ast, N.Grabarev 8+3reb+3ast, A.Puida 4+2reb

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Dynamo-MGTU – Neftekhimik T. 55-89

Not a big story in a game when 5th ranked Dynamo-MGTU (10-10) was outscored by second ranked Neftekhimik (14-6) in Maykop 89-55 on Tuesday. Artem Ivanov (192-1998) nailed 18 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists for the winning side and center Nikolay Mukha (213-1999) accounted for 13 points and 17 rebounds. Five Neftekhimik T. players scored in double figures. Center Yuriy Kochnev (209-1989) came up with a double-double by scoring 11 points and 10 rebounds and point guard Konstantin Klementiev (180-2002) added 12 points respectively for Dynamo-MGTU in the defeat. Dynamo-MGTU’s coach Artem Gaposhin gave up on the game allowing to play ten players seeing no chance for a win. The victory was the fifth consecutive win for Neftekhimik. They maintain second place with 14-6 record having just three points less than leader Dynamo Ufa. Dynamo-MGTU lost their fourth game in a row. They keep the fifth position with ten games lost. They share it with Cheb.Yastreby. Neftekhimik will meet Stavropol (#7) on the road in the next round which should be theoretically another easy game. Dynamo-MGTU will play against Ural Yekaterinb. and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Neftekhimik T.: V.Krushelnitskiy 21+6reb, A.Ivanov 18+7reb+7ast, A.Brevnov 15+4reb+4ast, V.Laptev 14+1reb+1ast, N.Mukha 13+17reb+1ast, S.Rozhkov 6+2reb+2ast
Dynamo-MGTU: K.Klementiev 12+4reb+2ast, Y.Kochnev 11+10reb+2ast, D.Volkov 9+1reb+1ast, A.Shirokov 6+6reb+1ast, A.Nakhimov 5+4reb+1ast, Z.Vorotnikov 4+1reb+1ast

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Stavropol – Ural Yekaterinb. 90-71

Everything went according to plan when seventh ranked Stavropol (9-11) outplayed at home bottom-ranked Ural Yekaterinb. (2-18) 90-71 on Tuesday. Great defensive blocking was one of the keys in this match when Stavropol made 8 blocks. Daniil Bilyy (193-2002) nailed 17 points and 5 rebounds for the winning side and center Lev Fetisov (205-2003) accounted for 12 points and 6 rebounds. Four Stavropol players scored in double figures. Center Igor Kireev (196-1999) came up with 16 points and 7 rebounds and Kazakhstan guard Dmitry Romanenko (183-2000) added 8 points and 5 assists respectively for Ural Yekaterinb. in the defeat. Both coaches allowed to play bench players saving starting five for next games. Stavropol maintains seventh place with 9-11 record. Newly promoted Ural Yekaterinb. stay dead last with 18 lost games. Stavropol 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 Dynamo-MGTU (#5) in Maykop and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Stavropol: D.Bilyy 17+5reb+2ast, A.Vorontcov 15+4reb+1ast, S.Antonyuk 12+3reb+4ast, L.Markushev 12+1reb+1ast, L.Fetisov 12+6reb+3ast, D.Ivanov 12+2reb+2ast
Ural Yekaterinb.: I.Kireev 16+7reb+2ast, S.Reish 10+3reb+1ast, D.Romanenko 8+2reb+5ast, Z.Lobanov 8+1reb+1ast, E.Koskin 6+4reb+1ast, D.Kokovin 6+2reb+1ast