20-year old swingman Alina Iagupova (186-G/F-92, agency: LBM Management) put on an amazing game in the last round for second-ranked Elizabeth-Basket and receives a Eurobasket.com Higher League Player of the Week award for round 17. She had the game-high 45 points adding seven rebounds and six assists for Elizabeth-Basket in her team's victory, helping them to edge out Dynamo (#1, 16-6) 94-90. The game was between two of the league's top four teams. Elizabeth-Basket maintains the 2nd position in Ukrainian league. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Elizabeth-Basket will need more victories to improve their 15-7 record. In the team's last game Iagupova had a remarkable 60.9% from 2-point range. She turned to be Elizabeth-Basket's top player in her first season with the team. Iagupova has impressive league stats. She is league's best scorer averaging so far 33.0ppg. Iagupova is in league's top in rebounds (5th best: 7.8rpg), assists (2nd best: 5.0apg) and averages solid 2.8spg and 58.4% FGP.
Second best performed player last round was Krystyna Matsko (182-F-91) of Tim-Scuf. She is a forward in her 5th season at Tim-Scuf. In the last game Matsko recorded impressive double-double of 32 points and 14 rebounds. Of course she lead Tim-Scuf to another comfortable win 86-70 over the lower-ranked Frankivsk-Hal. (#6, 1-16) being unquestionably team leader. Tim-Scuf's 3rd position in the standings has not changed. Her team's 13-8 record is not bad at all. Matsko is one of the most experienced players at Tim-Scuf and has a reputation of one of team's most reliable players.
Third place about best performers goes to guard Alisa Siromatnikova (165-G-87) of Interkhim (#4). Siromatnikova got into 30-points club by scoring 31 points in the last round. She went also for fifteen rebounds . She was a key player of Interkhim, leading her team to a 81-69 win against slightly lower-ranked Bar Regina-B. (#5, 8-12). The chances of Interkhim ranking at the top of the league, however are very questionable as they have already lost 13 games, recording just nine victories. With bigger assistance of his teammates, Siromatnikova could help Interkhim to bring them higher in the standings. Siromatnikova has a very solid season. In 20 games in Ukraine she scored 11.2ppg. She also has 4.1rpg, 4.6apg and 2.1spg.
Other top performing players last week: 4. Krystyna Matsko (182-F-91) of Tim-Scuf - 26 points and 10 rebounds 5. Miriam Uro-Nilie (190-C-94) of Tim-Scuf - 25 points and 9 rebounds 6. Tyra White (182-G-89) of Dynamo - 31 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists 7. Taisiia Bovykina (190-C-89) of Bar Regina-B. - 22 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists 8. Alina Iagupova (186-G/F-92) of Elizabeth-Basket - 22 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists 9. Krystyna Matsko (182-F-91) of Tim-Scuf - 14 points and 14 rebounds 10. Victoria Suzyk (190-C-88) of Bar Regina-B. - 16 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists
The Player of the week is choosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc. The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy. The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)
Latvia U20 beat Ukraine U20 in the first appearance - May 25, 2013
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Latvia U20-Ukraine U20 67:58
Latvia U20 beat Ukraine U20 in the first game. The Latvia players celebrated a 67:58 win due to the last-quarter push.
Latvia started the game with a 16-10 lead, but Ukraine reduced the gap to minimum after a 15-11 rally in the second frame. Moreover Ukraine took the lead at the end of the third period after a 17-15 in it. Latvia only needed a 25-16 final push to seal the victory in the opener [read more]
Latvia U20-Ukraine U20 67:58
Latvia U20 beat Ukraine U20 in the first game. The Latvia players celebrated a 67:58 win due to the last-quarter push. Latvia started the game with a 16-10 lead, but Ukraine reduced the gap to minimum after a 15-11 rally in the second frame. Moreover Ukraine took the lead at the end of the third period after a 17-15 in it. Latvia only needed a 25-16 final push to seal the victory in the opener. Asnate Fomina (176-G-94) top-scored for the winners with 19 points, while Katrina Epnere (175-PG-93) nailed 7. Vineta Birina (185-C-96) and Agate Geka (176-G-93) delivered 6 each, whilst Renate Reine (180-G-94) and Ilze Jakobsone had 5 apiece. Game 2 is scheduled for tomorrow. The teams will also play the third game on Monday.
Czech Republic beat Ukraine once again - May 22, 2013
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Czech Republic -Ukraine 74:67
Czech Republic beat Ukraine once again. In Game 2 the Czechs posted a 74:67 victory winning the Rebounds of the game 38-25.
Czech Republic opened the game with 22-16 and increased to 15 points at the halftime. The board showed 42:27 when the teams disappeared in the lockers. Ukraine managed to reduce the gap in the third quarter and trailed 62:51 with 10 minutes to go. Moreover the cut it to final 7 points and looked better in the last period [read more]
Czech Republic -Ukraine 74:67
Czech Republic beat Ukraine once again. In Game 2 the Czechs posted a 74:67 victory winning the Rebounds of the game 38-25. Czech Republic opened the game with 22-16 and increased to 15 points at the halftime. The board showed 42:27 when the teams disappeared in the lockers. Ukraine managed to reduce the gap in the third quarter and trailed 62:51 with 10 minutes to go. Moreover the cut it to final 7 points and looked better in the last period. Jana Vesela (194-PF-83) , Zrustova and Lenka Bartakova (175-G-91) top-scored for the winners with 9 points each. Katerina Elhotova (180-SG-89) and Krizova posted 8 points each in a win. Alina Iagupova (186-G/F-92, agency: LBM Management) ended up with 12 points in the losing effort, whilst Olena Ogorodnikova (186-F-81) produced 10. Inna Kochubei (174-G-82) and Mircheva followed them with 8 points each in a loss. Czech Republic made 24 turnovers versus 21 from Ukraine.
Czech Republic won over Ukraine in the opener - May 21, 2013
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Czech Republic- Ukraine 83:60
Czech Republic won over Ukraine in the opener of two friendly game between two sides. The Czechs posted a comfortable 83:60 victory in Game 1. Ukraine played fourth game in five days already.
Czech Republic easily started with 24-13 lead and never looked behind. Both teams scored 17 points each in the second frame as Czech Republic enjoyed an 11-point lead at the halftime. Moreover the second half also belonged to the favorites [read more]
Czech Republic- Ukraine 83:60
Czech Republic won over Ukraine in the opener of two friendly game between two sides. The Czechs posted a comfortable 83:60 victory in Game 1. Ukraine played fourth game in five days already. Czech Republic easily started with 24-13 lead and never looked behind. Both teams scored 17 points each in the second frame as Czech Republic enjoyed an 11-point lead at the halftime. Moreover the second half also belonged to the favorites. Czech Republic won the third quarter 18-11 and finished the game with 24-19 rally in the last quarter. Zrustova paced all the winners with 13 points and Kamila Stepanova (191-C-88) as well as Tereza Peckova (189-F-87) delivered 10 each. Romana Hejdova (184-F-88) and Katerina Hindrakova (176-G/F-88) scored 9 points apiece in a win. Alina Iagupova (186-G/F-92, agency: LBM Management) answered with 24 points for Ukraine. Ganna Zarytska (182-F-86, agency: Data Plus Group) had 10 and Mircheva notched 6.
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