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The most exciting game of round 8 in the Higher League took place in Cheboksari. This derby game ended with only two-point home defeat of 7th ranked Cheb.Yastreby (4-6) to fourth ranked Dynamo-MGTU (7-3) 56-54 on Tuesday evening. Dynamo-MGTU forced 22 Cheb.Yastreby turnovers. Strangely Cheb.Yastreby outrebounded Dynamo-MGTU 47-33 including 17 on the offensive glass. Worth to mention a great performance of point guard Konstantin Klementiev (180-2002) who helped to win the game recording 22 points and 4 assists and guard Daniil Volkov (195-2004) who added 8 points and 12 rebounds during the contest. Valentin Rogkustov (195-2000, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) responded with 11 points and 5 rebounds. Cheb.Yastreby’s coach Anton Bogdan rotated ten players in this game, but that didn’t help. Dynamo-MGTU have a solid three-game winning streak. They maintain fourth position with 7-3 record, which they share with Khimki-Podmos. Cheb.Yastreby at the other side dropped to the eighth place with six games lost. Dynamo-MGTU is looking forward to face Khimki-Podmos. (#5) on the road in the next round. Cheb.Yastreby will play against Stavropol and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Very important is a road loss of second ranked Neftekhimik (10-6) against seventh ranked Desna (5-7) on Tuesday night. Visiting Neftekhimik was defeated by Desna in a tough game in Bryansk 74-78. The winners were led by forward Mikhail Yudov (198-1989) who scored that evening 20 points and 6 rebounds (on 8-of-9 shooting from the field) and Vitaly Fridzon supported him with 11 points and 7 rebounds. Even 9 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists by guard Anton Brevnov (188-1987) did not help to save the game for Neftekhimik. Both coaches used bench players in such tough game. Desna have a solid three-game winning streak. Newly promoted Desna maintains seventh position with 5-7 record. Neftekhimik lost third consecutive game. They still keep top place with six games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
The game in Cheboksari was also quite interesting. Fourth ranked Dynamo-MGTU (7-3) played at the court of 7th ranked Cheb.Yastreby (4-6). Dynamo-MGTU managed to secure a 7-point victory 71-64 on Monday. The best player for the winners was Konstantin Klementiev who scored 21 points and 5 assists. Sergey Zhulkov produced 15 points and 5 rebounds for the hosts. Cheb.Yastreby’s coach Anton Bogdan tested eleven players, but that didn’t help to avoid defeat in this game. Dynamo-MGTU have a solid three-game winning streak. They maintain fourth position with 7-3 record, which they share with Khimki-Podmos. Loser Cheb.Yastreby dropped to the eighth place with six games lost. Dynamo-MGTU will meet Khimki-Podmos. (#5) on the road in the next round. Cheb.Yastreby will play against Stavropol and it may be a tough game between close rivals.

There were no shocking results in the other games in round 8: Stavropol lost to Khimki-Podmos. on the opponent’s court 103-107. Khimki-Podmos. managed to outperform Stavropol in a home game 90-74. Bottom-ranked Ural Yekaterinb. was rolled over Rusichi on the road 76-51. Rusichi defeated Ural Yekaterinb. on its own court 75-71. Neftekhimik beat Desna in Tobolsk 86-82.
The most impressive stats of the last round was 18 points and 8 rebounds by Sergei Kharitonov of Neftekhimik T..

Cheb.Yastreby – Dynamo-MGTU 64-71

The game in Cheboksari was also quite interesting. Fourth ranked Dynamo-MGTU (7-3) played at the court of 7th ranked Cheb.Yastreby (4-6). Dynamo-MGTU managed to secure a 7-point victory 71-64 on Monday. The best player for the winners was point guard Konstantin Klementiev (180-2002) who scored 21 points and 5 assists. Center Yuriy Kochnev (209-1989) chipped in a double-double by scoring 11 points and 15 rebounds. Power forward Sergey Zhulkov (203-1995) produced 15 points and 5 rebounds and point guard Evgeny Novoselov (173-1995) added 12 points and 4 assists respectively for the hosts. Four Cheb.Yastreby players scored in double figures. Cheb.Yastreby’s coach Anton Bogdan tested eleven players, but that didn’t help to avoid defeat in this game. Dynamo-MGTU have a solid three-game winning streak. They maintain fourth position with 7-3 record, which they share with Khimki-Podmos. Loser Cheb.Yastreby dropped to the eighth place with six games lost. Dynamo-MGTU will meet Khimki-Podmos. (#5) on the road in the next round. Cheb.Yastreby will play against Stavropol and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Cheb.Yastreby: S.Zhulkov 15+5reb+3ast, E.Novoselov 12+2reb+4ast, V.Rogkustov 12+2reb+2ast, A.Bogdan 10+3reb+1ast, P.Metelev 8+6reb+1ast, E.Bogdan 3
Dynamo-MGTU: K.Klementiev 21+3reb+5ast, D.Volkov 17+4reb, Y.Kochnev 11+15reb, D.Chalenko 9+3reb+1ast, P.Pogorelov 5+2reb, D.Alekseev 4+6reb+3ast

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Khimki-Podmos. – Stavropol 107-103

The game between closely ranked teams ended with 6th ranked Stavropol‘s (5-5) road loss to fifth ranked Khimki-Podmos. (7-3) 103-107 on Monday. Khimki-Podmos. forced 19 Stavropol turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 21 assists. The best player for the winners was forward Semen Krasilshchikov (197-2000) who had a double-double by scoring 22 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. Forward Roman Balandin (205-1997, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) chipped in 22 points and 7 rebounds. Four Khimki-Podmos. players scored in double figures. Guard Matvey Pogonin (186-2000) produced a double-double by scoring 22 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists and center Lev Fetisov (205-2003) added 16 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists respectively for the guests. Stavropol’s coach Sergey Vartanian let to play ten players, but that didn’t help to avoid defeat in this game. Khimki-Podmos. have a solid three-game winning streak. They moved-up to fourth place, which they share with Dynamo-MGTU. Stavropol lost third consecutive game. They keep the sixth position with five games lost. Khimki-Podmos. will meet at home Dynamo-MGTU (#4) in the next round. Stavropol will play against Cheb.Yastreby in Cheboksari and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Stavropol: D.Bilyy 24+2reb, M.Pogonin 22+6reb+10ast, L.Fetisov 16+16reb+5ast, S.Antonyuk 9+3reb+1ast, L.Kuzmenko 9+12reb+2ast, R.Vorobev 8+2reb
Khimki-Podmos.: S.Krasilshchikov 22+10reb+5ast, R.Balandin 22+7reb+2ast, I.Mochalov 18+2reb, V.Savitskiy 17+1reb+1ast, A.Doroshevich 10+6reb+3ast, D.Kovalev 9+5reb+1ast

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Cheb.Yastreby – Dynamo-MGTU 54-56

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Khimki-Podmos. – Stavropol 90-74

The game between closely ranked teams ended with fifth ranked Khimki-Podmos.‘s (7-3) home victory over 6th ranked Stavropol (5-5) 90-74 on Tuesday. Strangely Stavropol outrebounded Khimki-Podmos. 43-30 including a 22-9 advantage in offensive rebounds. The best player for the winners was guard Vitaly Savitskiy (185-2003) who scored 26 points and 4 assists. Forward Semen Krasilshchikov (197-2000) chipped in 22 points (perfect from the field making all nine shots !!!). Power forward Roman Vorobev (203-1991) produced 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists and forward Lev Kuzmenko (206-2003) added 14 points and 6 rebounds respectively for the guests. Four Stavropol players scored in double figures. Stavropol’s coach Sergey Vartanian let to play eleven players seeing no chance for a win. Khimki-Podmos. have a solid three-game winning streak. They moved-up to fourth place, which they share with Dynamo-MGTU. Stavropol lost third consecutive game. They keep the sixth position with five games lost. Khimki-Podmos. will meet at home Dynamo-MGTU (#4) in the next round. Stavropol will play against Cheb.Yastreby in Cheboksari and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Stavropol: R.Vorobev 15+7reb+4ast, S.Antonyuk 14+3reb+2ast, L.Kuzmenko 14+6reb+1ast, M.Pogonin 12+3reb+4ast, L.Fetisov 7+9reb+1ast, D.Bilyy 6+2reb+2ast
Khimki-Podmos.: V.Savitskiy 26+4reb+4ast, S.Krasilshchikov 22+2reb+3ast, D.Kovalev 16+2reb+3ast, A.Doroshevich 10+2reb+1ast, I.Mochalov 7+8reb+4ast, I.Potezhnyi 5+4reb+2ast

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Rusichi K. – Ural Yekaterinb. 76-51

Not a big story in a game in Kursk where 10th ranked Ural Yekaterinb. (1-15) was rolled over by third ranked Rusichi (8-4) 76-51 on Tuesday. Rusichi dominated down low during the game scoring 42 of its points in the paint compared to Ural Yekaterinb.‘s 20. Rusichi forced 22 Ural Yekaterinb. turnovers. The best player for the winners was Belarusian Tsimafei Paraliou (207-1997) who had a double-double by scoring 20 points and 13 rebounds. Belarusian guard Valentin Nazarov (185-1997) chipped in a double-double by scoring 12 points and 11 assists. Forward Stanislav Reish (203-2003) produced 11 points and 6 rebounds and guard Elvin Koskin (188-2003) added 9 points respectively for the guests. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Rusichi have an impressive five-game winning streak. They maintain third position with 8-4 record having six points less than leader Neftekhimik T. Ural Yekaterinb. lost fifteenth consecutive game. Newly promoted team stay at the bottom place with 15 games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Top scorers:
Ural Yekaterinb.: S.Reish 11+6reb, Z.Lobanov 10+1reb+1ast, E.Koskin 9+2reb+2ast, D.Kokovin 6+1reb, I.Kireev 5+7reb+1ast, E.Merzlyakov 5+4reb
Rusichi K.: T.Paraliou 20+13reb+1ast, B.Rublev 18+7reb, V.Nazarov 12+4reb+11ast, D.Flis 6+2reb+2ast, N.Iskhakov 6+2ast, D.Odnodvortsev 5+4reb

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Desna – Neftekhimik T. 78-74

Very important is a road loss of second ranked Neftekhimik (10-6) against seventh ranked Desna (5-7) on Tuesday night. Visiting Neftekhimik was defeated by Desna in a tough game in Bryansk 74-78. Desna made 24-of-31 charity shots (77.4 percent) during the game. They also forced 19 Neftekhimik turnovers. Neftekhimik was plagued by 26 personal fouls down the stretch. The winners were led by forward Mikhail Yudov (198-1989) who scored that evening 20 points and 6 rebounds (on 8-of-9 shooting from the field) and the former international guard Vitaly Fridzon (194-1985) supported him with 11 points and 7 rebounds. Even 9 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists by guard Anton Brevnov (188-1987) did not help to save the game for Neftekhimik. Power forward Sergei Kharitonov (205-1991) added 10 points and 6 rebounds for the guests. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players in such tough game. Desna have a solid three-game winning streak. Newly promoted Desna maintains seventh position with 5-7 record. Neftekhimik lost third consecutive game. They still keep top place with six games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Top scorers:
Neftekhimik T.: V.Laptev 13+1reb+2ast, N.Mukha 12+5reb, S.Kharitonov 10+6reb+1ast, V.Krushelnitskiy 10+4reb+3ast, A.Brevnov 9+7reb+5ast, A.Ivanov 7+2reb+2ast
Desna: M.Yudov 20+6reb, E.Zakharov 15+3reb+3ast, V.Tkachenko 13+6reb+1ast, V.Fridzon 11+7reb+3ast, D.Dyakov 8+7reb+1ast, D.Glazov 4+1reb+1ast

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Rusichi K. – Ural Yekaterinb. 75-71

Everything went according to plan in Kursk where third ranked Rusichi (8-4) beat bottom-ranked Ural Yekaterinb. (1-15) 75-71 on Monday. However just four-point win is not that big difference and the fans of host team counted on more convincing victory. Rusichi forced 19 Ural Yekaterinb. turnovers. The best player for the winners was Belarusian Tsimafei Paraliou (207-1997) who scored 19 points and 9 rebounds. Guard Roman Kazyulin (187-1994) chipped in 20 points. Kazakhstan guard Dmitry Romanenko (183-2000) produced 4 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists and center Igor Kireev (196-1999) added 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists respectively for the guests. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. Rusichi have an impressive five-game winning streak. They maintain third position with 8-4 record having six points less than leader Neftekhimik T. Ural Yekaterinb. lost fifteenth consecutive game. Newly promoted team stay at the bottom place with 15 games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Top scorers:
Ural Yekaterinb.: E.Koskin 17+1reb, E.Merzlyakov 12+2reb+1ast, I.Kireev 10+5reb+4ast, S.Mitin 7+1reb, N.Astashenko 6+6reb+1ast, N.Ivanov 6+7reb+2ast
Rusichi K.: R.Kazyulin 20+2reb+2ast, T.Paraliou 19+9reb+3ast, A.Lysenkov 14+7reb, V.Nazarov 6+2reb+9ast, D.Flis 6+2reb+3ast, B.Rublev 5+6reb

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Desna – Neftekhimik T. 82-86

There was no surprise in Bryansk where 7th ranked Desna (5-7) was defeated by second ranked Neftekhimik (10-6) 86-82 on Wednesday. The best player for the winners was guard Anton Brevnov (188-1987) who scored 21 points and 7 assists. Forward Egor Chernyshev (196-1999) chipped in 13 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Forward Egor Zakharov (200-2001) produced 17 points and 8 rebounds and the former international guard Vitaly Fridzon (194-1985) added 8 points and 12 rebounds respectively for the hosts. Both coaches tested many bench players in such tough game. Neftekhimik keeps a position of league leader. Newly promoted Desna keeps the seventh place with seven games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Top scorers:
Desna: E.Zakharov 17+8reb, N.Tikhonov 11+1reb+2ast, D.Glazov 11+2reb+1ast, M.Yudov 9+4reb+4ast, V.Fridzon 8+12reb+3ast, V.Tkachenko 7+4reb
Neftekhimik T.: A.Brevnov 21+2reb+7ast, S.Kharitonov 18+8reb, E.Chernyshev 13+9reb+5ast, A.Ivanov 9+3reb+3ast, A.Polischuk 8+1reb+2ast, V.Laptev 8+1reb