Premier League Round 7 (Regular Season): Derby game ends with Olimpia's defeat of Victoria

There are only two more rounds left in the Regular Season in Premier League. Coincidentally all visitors won their games. Here is the last round review presented by LBM Management.

The most exciting game was a derby match between two local teams from Grodno: Olimpia (#4) and Victoria (#8). Victoria was crushed at home by 58 points 42-100 and even the advantage of their own court did not help. Olimpia held Victoria to an opponent 22.6 percent shooting from the field compared to 47.6 percent accuracy of the winners. Olimpia forced 26 Victoria turnovers and outrebounded them 53-35 including a 32-20 advantage in defensive rebounds. Olimpia looked well-organized offensively handing out 34 assists comparing to just 8 passes made by Victoria's players. Worth to mention a great performance of forward Daria Yaroshevich (180-2007) who helped to win the game recording 18 points and 8 rebounds. The former international power forward Hanna Lapo (188-1997) contributed with 17 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. Forward Daria Grigut (178-2009) answered with 8 points and 8 rebounds for Victoria. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Olimpia (4-2) moved-up to third place, which they share with Gorizont 2. Victoria lost fourth consecutive game. They keep the eighth position with five games lost. Olimpia is looking forward to face Gorizont 2 (#3) in Minsk in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Victoria will play on the road against the league's second-placed Gorizont (#2) in Minsk and is hoping to prove to their supporters that they can break losing series.
Another exciting game was again a derby between two teams from Minsk: BC Minsk Youth (#5) and Gorizont 2 (#3). Gorizont 2 was crushed at home by 44 points 48-92 and even the fact of playing on their own court did not help. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Gorizont 2. It was a great evening for guard Ekaterina Eremeeva (175-2002) who led her team to a victory scoring 20 points and 9 rebounds. Elizaveta Saboida helped adding 14 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 steals. At the losing side point guard Lilia Narkevich (169-2008) responded with 8 points and 9 rebounds. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. BC Minsk Youth have a solid series of four victories in a row. They maintain fifth place with 4-3 record. Gorizont 2 at the other side keeps the third position with two games lost. They share it with Olimpia. BC Minsk Youth will play against Gomel (#7) at home in the next round. Gorizont 2 will play against Olimpia (#4) in Grodno and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Premier League top team - BC Minsk (6-0) had no problems winning another game on Saturday. This time they crushed ninth ranked Gomel 2 (0-7) 90-23. It was a quality performance for Anastasia Babak who led the winners with a double-double by scoring 19 points and 11 rebounds. Varvara Solovey came up with 6 points and 9 rebounds for Gomel 2 in the defeat. Undefeated BC Minsk have an impressive series of six victories in a row. Defending champion maintains first place with 6-0 record. Loser Gomel 2 still closes the standings with seven games lost. BC Minsk will meet at home Brest (#6) in the next round which should be theoretically another easy game. Gomel 2 will have a break next round.

In the last game of round 7 Gorizont smashed Brest on the road 94-35.
The most impressive performance of 7th round was 10 points, 8 assists and 6 steals by Yana Iahnovets of Gorizont.

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Victoria - Olimpia 42-100

The most exciting game was a derby match between two local teams from Grodno: Olimpia (#4) and Victoria (#8). Victoria was crushed at home by 58 points 42-100 and even the advantage of their own court did not help. Olimpia held Victoria to an opponent 22.6 percent shooting from the field compared to 47.6 percent accuracy of the winners. Olimpia forced 26 Victoria turnovers and outrebounded them 53-35 including a 32-20 advantage in defensive rebounds. Olimpia looked well-organized offensively handing out 34 assists comparing to just 8 passes made by Victoria's players. Worth to mention a great performance of forward Daria Yaroshevich (180-2007) who helped to win the game recording 18 points and 8 rebounds. The former international power forward Hanna Lapo (188-1997) contributed with 17 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. Five Olimpia players scored in double figures. Forward Daria Grigut (178-2009) answered with 8 points and 8 rebounds and swingman Alexandra Shulga (177-2010) added 8 points and 5 rebounds in the effort for Victoria. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Olimpia (4-2) moved-up to third place, which they share with Gorizont 2. Victoria lost fourth consecutive game. They keep the eighth position with five games lost. Olimpia is looking forward to face Gorizont 2 (#3) in Minsk in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Victoria will play on the road against the league's second-placed Gorizont (#2) in Minsk and is hoping to prove to their supporters that they can break losing series.
Top scorers:
Victoria: D.Grigut 8+8reb+2ast, A.Shulga 8+5reb, V.Kravchuk 6, K.Kolesnik 5+3reb+1ast, U.Paley 5+4reb, U.Zhukevich 3+5reb+4ast
Olimpia: D.Yaroshevich 18+8reb+3ast, H.Lapo 17+6reb+1ast, E.Bernatskaya 11+4reb+8ast, I.Kravchenko 11+6reb+3ast, D.Trus 10+9reb+2ast, M.Suprun 9+3reb+3ast

Gorizont 2 - BC Minsk Youth 48-92

Another exciting game was again a derby between two teams from Minsk: BC Minsk Youth (#5) and Gorizont 2 (#3). Gorizont 2 was crushed at home by 44 points 48-92 and even the fact of playing on their own court did not help. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Gorizont 2. BC Minsk Youth dominated down low during the game scoring 52 of its points in the paint compared to Gorizont 2's 26 and made 22-of-29 charity shots (75.9 percent) during the game. BC Minsk Youth forced 33 Gorizont 2 turnovers. Their players were unselfish on offense dishing 26 assists comparing to just 10 passes made by Gorizont 2's players. It was a great evening for guard Ekaterina Eremeeva (175-2002) who led her team to a victory scoring 20 points and 9 rebounds. Swingman Elizaveta Saboida (175-2009) helped adding 14 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 steals. Four BC Minsk Youth players scored in double figures. At the losing side point guard Lilia Narkevich (169-2008) responded with 8 points and 9 rebounds and point guard Alena Prokhorchuk (168-2009) scored 5 points and 4 assists. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. BC Minsk Youth have a solid series of four victories in a row. They maintain fifth place with 4-3 record. Gorizont 2 at the other side keeps the third position with two games lost. They share it with Olimpia. BC Minsk Youth will play against Gomel (#7) at home in the next round. Gorizont 2 will play against Olimpia (#4) in Grodno and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
Gorizont 2: M.Novik 11+1reb, K.Trofimova 9+2reb, L.Narkevich 8+9reb, A.Prokhorchuk 5+4reb+4ast, V.Motina 4+4reb+1ast, K.Prokhorchuk 3+3reb
BC Minsk Youth: E.Eremeeva 20+9reb+3ast, E.Saboida 14+7reb+6ast, K.Kastsyukovich 11+2reb+2ast, D.Linderova 10+4reb+3ast, A.Liskova 8+1reb+1ast, E.Grek 7+3reb+4ast

Gomel 2 - BC Minsk 23-90

Premier League top team - BC Minsk (6-0) had no problems winning another game on Saturday. This time they crushed ninth ranked Gomel 2 (0-7) 90-23. BC Minsk held Gomel 2 to an opponent 17.0 percent shooting from the field compared to 42.2 percent accuracy of the winners. BC Minsk forced 34 Gomel 2 turnovers and outrebounded them 49-30 including a 24-8 advantage in offensive rebounds. BC Minsk looked well-organized offensively handing out 33 assists comparing to just 7 passes made by Gomel 2's players. It was a quality performance for forward Anastasia Babak (179-2002) who led the winners with a double-double by scoring 19 points and 11 rebounds. Guard Aleksandra Iakubovich (173-2003) accounted for 21 points and 4 steals for the winning side. Four BC Minsk players scored in double figures. Center Varvara Solovey (181-2007) came up with 6 points and 9 rebounds and point guard Sophia Kameneva (160-2007) added 3 points and 9 rebounds respectively for Gomel 2 in the defeat. BC Minsk have an impressive series of six victories in a row. Defending champion maintains first place with 6-0 record. Loser Gomel 2 still closes the standings with seven games lost. BC Minsk will meet at home Brest (#6) in the next round which should be theoretically another easy game. Gomel 2 will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
Gomel 2: T.Gorelikova 8+5reb+1ast, V.Solovey 6+9reb, V.Kravchenko 4+3reb, S.Kameneva 3+9reb+2ast, U.Garbuzova 2+1ast, V.Mogilnaya 0
BC Minsk: A.Iakubovich 21+4reb+2ast, A.Kazakova 20+5reb+2ast, A.Babak 19+11reb+1ast, Y.Borisevich 12+4reb+6ast, E.Pischako 8+4reb+2ast, V.Kushner 4+3reb+4ast

Brest - Gorizont 35-94

No shocking result in a game when leader Gorizont (5-0) crushed on the road 6th ranked Brest (2-4) 94-35 on Saturday. Gorizont held Brest to an opponent 23.2 percent shooting from the field compared to 52.1 percent accuracy of the winners. Gorizont forced 30 Brest turnovers and outrebounded them 45-27 including a 31-20 advantage in defensive rebounds. Gorizont looked well-organized offensively handing out 27 assists comparing to just 9 passes made by Brest's players. It was an exceptional evening for forward Alesya Talkovskaya (179-2008) who led the winners and scored 22 points. American guard Donica Cosby (172-1988, college: Okla City) accounted for 9 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists for the winning side. Power forward Ekaterina Stankevich (182-2007) came up with 11 points and 6 rebounds and forward Anastasia Nikolaeva (175-2009) added 5 points and 5 rebounds respectively for Brest in the defeat. Since the result was very predictable, it gave the chance for the coaches to test many bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. The victory was the fifth consecutive win for Gorizont. They maintain second place with 5-0 record behind leader BC Minsk. Brest lost their third game in a row. They keep the sixth position with four games lost. Gorizont will meet at home Victoria (#8) in the next round which should be theoretically another easy game. Brest will play against the league's leader BC Minsk and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Brest: E.Stankevich 11+6reb, A.Nikolaeva 5+5reb+3ast, V.Piskunova 5+2ast, L.Karinchuk 4+6reb+1ast, E.Shako 4+3reb, M.Grivtsova 3+1reb
Gorizont: A.Talkovskaya 22+3reb+3ast, M.Golovach 22+2reb, Y.Inkina 11+2reb+1ast, Y.Iahnovets 10+4reb+8ast, D.Cosby 9+13reb+4ast, O.Trigribtseva 6+7reb+3ast