Belarus – Premier League Round 15: Tsmoki II loses their first game against Grodno-93

TimofeiEvsievich There are only two more rounds left in the Regular Season in Premier League. Coincidentally all hosts won their games. The most crucial game of the last round was the first loss of Tsmoki II (10-1) on the court of leader Grodno-93 on Friday night. Visitors were rolled over by Grodno-93 102-52. It ended at the same time the ten-game winning streak of Tsmoki II. The game without a history. Grodno-93 led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. They dominated down low during the game scoring 70 of its points in the paint compared to Tsmoki II’s 36. Grodno-93 forced 27 Tsmoki II turnovers. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 27 assists comparing to just 8 passes made by Tsmoki II’s players. It was a great evening for swingman Timofei Evsievich (197-95) who led his team to a victory scoring 19 points and 7 assists. Forward Andrei Navoichyk (200-91) helped adding 20 points and 7 rebounds. The best for the losing side was point guard Maksim Koratcov (171-98) with 11 points and 6 rebounds. Tsmoki II’s coach gave up on the game allowing to play twelve players seeing no chance for a win. Undefeated Grodno-93 (13-0) have an impressive series of thirteen victories in a row. They maintain first place with a perfect record of 13 victories in a row. Tsmoki II at the other side keeps the third position with one game lost. Grodno-93 are again looking forward to face Tsmoki II (#3) in Minsk in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Tsmoki II will have a break next round. Bottom-ranked GOCOR-Sozh managed to get a second victory, breaking the series of six consecutive losses. This time they won against seventh-ranked BSEU-GrandPrint in Gomel 88-71. It’s especially surprising that the victory came too easily and 17-point difference proves that GOCOR-Sozh was well-prepared to that game. It was an exceptional evening for point guard Tsimafei Viaroukin (186-93) who led the winners and scored 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Aleksandr Kopacev accounted for 20 points and 11 rebounds. GOCOR-Sozh’s coach allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Guard Sergej Vabischevich (190-88) came up with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists (went 8 for 8 at the free throw line) for BSEU-GrandPrint in the defeat. GOCOR-Sozh (2-11) moved-up to seventh place, which they share with BSEU-GrandPrint and Brest. BSEU-GrandPrint lost their seventh game in a row. GOCOR-Sozh will again play against BSEU-GrandPrint (#8) in Minsk in the next round. BSEU-GrandPrint will have a break next round. Premier League top team – Grodno-93 (13-0) had no problems winning another game on Wednesday. This time they crushed seventh ranked BSEU-GrandPrint (2-11) 97-58. The best player for the winners was Yuri Mishukov who scored 16 points and 8 rebounds. At the other side the best for losing team was Dmitriy Roslikau who recorded 15 points and 5 assists. The victory was the thirteenth consecutive win for Grodno-93. They maintain first place with 13-0 record. BSEU-GrandPrint lost their seventh game in a row. They keep the seventh position with 11 games lost. They share it with Brest and GOCOR-Sozh. Grodno-93 will meet at home Tsmoki II (#3) in the next round, which may be the game of the day. BSEU-GrandPrint will play against GOCOR-Sozh (#7) in Gomel and it may be a tough game between close rivals. In the last game of round 15 Brest lost to undefeated COR-Borisfen on the opponent’s court 57-95. The most impressive stats of the last round was 16 points and 16 rebounds by Pavel Bliznets of COR-Borisfen.Grodno-93 – Tsmoki II 102-52The most crucial game of the last round was the first loss of Tsmoki II (10-1) on the court of leader Grodno-93 on Friday night. Visitors were rolled over by Grodno-93 102-52. It ended at the same time the ten-game winning streak of Tsmoki II. The game without a history. …

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