Rilski Sportist beat Cherno More once again - Nov 18, 2009 (by Valentin Anguelov)
Rilski Sportist recorded a second straight win against Euroins Cherno more this month. In a game for the Balkan League the team from Samokov won 88-77 and the defending champions took their first win of this year's edition of the tournament. Cherno more has a win and two losses while Rilski Sportist is with 1 win and 1 loss.
After very good play by the captain Aleksandar Gruev (187-G-83) in the first half, as he had 14 points despite his injury, Rilski Sportist was in front 45-42 [read more]
Rilski Sportist recorded a second straight win against Euroins Cherno more this month. In a game for the Balkan League the team from Samokov won 88-77 and the defending champions took their first win of this year's edition of the tournament. Cherno more has a win and two losses while Rilski Sportist is with 1 win and 1 loss.
After very good play by the captain Aleksandar Gruev (187-G-83) in the first half, as he had 14 points despite his injury, Rilski Sportist was in front 45-42. The game was decided in the third quarter when the hosts played much better and took a 15-point advantage in to the fourth quarter.
Gruev played 30 minutes despite the pain and finished with 19 points, 6 assists and 4 steals before fouling out. Travis Peterson had his best game of the season so far with 27 points and 9 rebounds while David Burgess added a double double - 14 and 10.
For the visitors Krum Doychinov had 20 points and 11 rebounds and was the only one with a good play during most of the game. Aleksandar Yanev scored 17 points, 12 of them in the first quarter.
Levski recorded a win against Spartak in Pleven in a game from Round 3 of Group B in Eurohold Balkan league. This was second win for the players of Titi Papazov while Spartak now has 1 win and 2 losses. Today 'The Blues' won 91-79 in front of 800 spectators in 'Balkanstroy' hall.
Levski was in front for most of the first quarter and at the end of it took a 36-28 lead. From then on the visitors had no problems. At moments the lead was up to 20 points and before the last quarter it was 17 [read more]
Levski recorded a win against Spartak in Pleven in a game from Round 3 of Group B in Eurohold Balkan league. This was second win for the players of Titi Papazov while Spartak now has 1 win and 2 losses. Today 'The Blues' won 91-79 in front of 800 spectators in 'Balkanstroy' hall.
Levski was in front for most of the first quarter and at the end of it took a 36-28 lead. From then on the visitors had no problems. At moments the lead was up to 20 points and before the last quarter it was 17. With a 1.30 to play Spartak cut the deficit to 9 but didn't score until the end.
Once again Donald Cole was the top scorer for Levski with 26 points. Bobby Frasor (191-G-86, agency: Interperformances, college: N.Carolina) had 16 while Aaron Harper finished with 14.
For Spartak which played without its captain Hrisimir Dimitrov, Iliya Stankov and Rob Preston had 16 points apiece while Joe Kennerly had 13.
D2: Vidabasket beats Overgas in derby keeping the perfect score - Nov 18, 2009 (by Eurobasket News)
Vidabasket is the only perfect team after four rounds in Bulgarian second division.
This week-end Vidabasket escaped with 88-86 win against Overgas getting 32 points from Boyko Pangarov (183-G-88). Christian Borisov (188-G-88) also had very important role collecting 20 points and 10 assists. On the other side, Mihail Tanev (197-F-90) shined with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. It was a derby game of Round 4 as both teams were unbeaten before it [read more]
Vidabasket is the only perfect team after four rounds in Bulgarian second division. This week-end Vidabasket escaped with 88-86 win against Overgas getting 32 points from Boyko Pangarov (183-G-88). Christian Borisov (188-G-88) also had very important role collecting 20 points and 10 assists. On the other side, Mihail Tanev (197-F-90) shined with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. It was a derby game of Round 4 as both teams were unbeaten before it. Beroe OZ joined Overgas on the second place with 3-1 after 118-90 home win against Chavdar. Ivan Nikolov (190-G-81) stepped up for the hosts with 23 points and 6 rebounds. Hristo Anguelov (193-G-89) responded with 27 points in defeat. Chavdar fell to 1-3. NSA cruised past Sportist Svoge on the road 66-80 grabbing the first victory of the season. At the same time, the hosts became the only winless team in the league. In the last game of Round 4, Dunav 2007 outplayed Sliven as a guest 71-79. Ivaylo Kasabov (190-G-89) was totally the best player in victory delivering 32 points. Both teams are on 2-2 now. Round 5 is scheduled for the next week-end.
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