Finland

Regular Season Round 18: Kauhajoki - Vilpas 76-86

Date: January 6, 2021
Very important is a home loss of third ranked Kauhajoki (8-4) against fourth ranked Vilpas (8-4) on Wednesday night. Host Kauhajoki was defeated by Vilpas in Kauhajoki 86-76. It ended at the same time the six-game winning streak of Kauhajoki. It looked good early as Kauhajoki took a 4-point small lead at the end of first quarter. But then Vilpas had a 22-16 second period charge getting the lead and Kauhajoki was not able to take back game control losing it eventually 76-86. Vilpas dominated down low during the game scoring 56 of its points in the paint compared to Kauhajoki's 30. Vilpas had a 16-4 advantage in offensive rebounds. International Mikko Koivisto (194-87, college: UNCG, agency: Blacktop Management) scored 23 points and 4 steals to lead the charge for the winners and American power forward Jeremiah Wood (200-85, agency: Inception Sports) chipped in 16 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists during the contest. Vilpas' coach Sami Toiviainen allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. The best for the losing side was point guard Kiur-Thomas Vehmanen (180-0) with 26 points and 5 assists and guard Antti Niskanen (188-86) scored 13 points and 5 rebounds (on 6-of-7 shooting from the field). Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Vilpas have a solid four-game winning streak. Defending champion moved-up to third place, which they share with defeated Kauhajoki. Vilpas will play against Nokia (#6) at home in the next round. Kauhajoki will have a break next round.

  KAUHAJOKI (coach: Janne Koskimies)76
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
88 HIlFfaRld, wz 47 6-0 (85%) 5-3 (5%) 3-1 (11.9%) 8 9 7 6 4 3 4 5 5 4 1 9 -2
70 ORlUIjRj, KillR 49 4-3 (90%) 6-3 (80%) 3-0 (25%) 5 1 1 5 5 4 6 5 5 6 64 69 -63
65 AiQZRLaZ, mInij 40 6-4 (44.4%) 8-3 (05%) 8-8 (655%) 6 0 1 4 8 4 6 6 5 0 65 64 -62
3 kRhBijRj, KauQ-whIBis 48 3-7 (33.3%) 0-65 (05%) 4-4 (655%) 5 8 8 0 5 0 5 5 4 8 81 84 -9
1 XasVijRj, SjUUa 45 0-1 (24.4%) 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 6 3 0 4 3 8 5 6 5 6 64 62 -3
84 HiViBii, zIIji 80 6-4 (44.4%) 8-1 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 8 6 5 5 5 8 8 2 5 6
wIUil   60-45 (05.5%) 66-87 (49.7%) 64-61 (26.4%) 3 80 87 63 65 69 0 8 0 63 91 92  


  VILPAS (coach: Jussi Savolainen)86
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
3 KIaLasUI, baVVI 45 6-8 (05%) 1-64 (31.8%) 4-4 (655%) 5 4 4 8 5 8 3 5 6 4 84 88 62
8 AURphRjs, bFlRs 45 3-9 (09.6%) 5-4 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 4 3 9 4 5 4 6 6 6 4 7 64 88
66 GQaffaj, vidiQaRj 82 0-7 (00.1%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 4 1 7 8 4 5 5 8 5 6 64 61 69
88 WIId, zRQRBaih 89 2-64 (16.0%) 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 6 3 0 3 5 8 6 6 5 8 61 86 65
68 KaLaBiVa, SiUu 86 5-5 (5%) 5-3 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 1 4 6 6 5 5 5 5 8 3
5 OiQVs, gRIjdQR 85 3-9 (09.6%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-6 (5%) 6 8 4 5 8 6 5 6 5 5 66 2 -3
9 XRjIjRj, zuhI 63 6-6 (655%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 4 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 8 5 5
86 viajR, eaVu 65 8-8 (655%) 5-4 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 4 5 4 5 8 5 5 5 5 5 3 8 -9
2 mlIBDQRj, ORQUUu 2 4-4 (655%) 5-6 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 2 7 -8
63 qRQaVajhiQnu, qlais 9 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 3 5 3 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 -6 -2
wIUil   82-33 (14.1%) 2-44 (83.8%) 1-7 (11.9%) 61 84 47 69 69 65 2 0 8 65 21 78  


Kauhajoki
TOP PERFORMANCE
Vilpas
32MINS30
26POINTS23
2D.REB3
2T.REB3
5ASSISTS2
0STEALS4
50% (5/10)3FGP46.2% (6/13)
44.4% (4/9)2FGP50% (1/2)
100% (3/3)FTP100% (3/3)
#4 KIUR-THOMAS VEHMANEN
Height: 180 cm / 5'11''
Position: PG
Born: Jan 2, 2000
#4 MIKKO KOIVISTO
Height: 194 cm / 6'5''
Position: SG
Born: Apr 18, 1987

Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)