1st Division B Round 1 (Regular Season): Raiders Basket loses to TuNMKY

The Regular Season in 1st Division B just started. Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of Raiders Basket in Turun on Friday night. Visitors were rolled over by TuNMKY 109-69. TuNMKY forced 25 Raiders Basket turnovers and had a 23-9 advantage in offensive rebounds. TuNMKY looked well-organized offensively handing out 31 assists comparing to just 17 passes made by Raiders Basket's players. Point guard Veeti Hytonen (182-2005) fired 29 points for the winners. point guard Jesse Javanainen (188-2003) chipped in 15 points and 4 assists. Forward Semi Saari (190-1998) produced 23 points and 5 rebounds for lost side. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. TuNMKY is looking forward to face PeU-Basket in Pernio in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Raiders Basket will have a break next round.
Another exciting game was played in Lahti between PeU-Basket and Pajulahti where PeU-Basket beat Pajulahti on the road 80-72. Worth to mention a great performance of swingman Benjamin Granstrom (191-2008) who helped to win the game recording 34 points (!!!) and 9 rebounds (made all of his fifteen free throws !!!). Tommi Huolila contributed with 13 points and 14 rebounds for the winners. Guard Elias Frilander (189-2007) answered with 13 points and 8 rebounds for Pajulahti. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. PeU-Basket will play against TuNMKY in Turun in the next round. Pajulahti will play on the road against Honka 2 in Espoo to get more than just one victory in their record.
An interesting game was played in Joensuu where Honka 2 crushed host Kataja Ta. with 19-point difference 93-74 on Sunday evening. Joonatan Uunila stepped up and scored 18 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. At the losing side Emil Eskelinen responded with a double-double by scoring 15 points and 13 rebounds. Kataja Ta.'s coach Jarkko Maki rotated twelve players seeing no chance for a win. Honka 2 will meet at home Pajulahti in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Kataja Ta. will play against KTP II in Kotka and hope to win that game.

In the last game of round 1 KTP II crushed HyPo in Kotka 92-70.
The best stats of 1st round was 12 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals by Aleksi Rasanen of KTP II.



TuNMKY - Raiders Basket 109-69:
The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of Raiders Basket in Turun on Friday night. Visitors were rolled over by TuNMKY 109-69. TuNMKY forced 25 Raiders Basket turnovers and had a 23-9 advantage in offensive rebounds. TuNMKY looked well-organized offensively handing out 31 assists comparing to just 17 passes made by Raiders Basket's players. Point guard Veeti Hytonen (182-2005) fired 29 points for the winners. point guard Jesse Javanainen (188-2003) chipped in 15 points and 4 assists. Four TuNMKY players scored in double figures. Forward Semi Saari (190-1998) produced 23 points and 5 rebounds and guard Santeri Liukko (196-2005) added 11 points and 5 rebounds respectively for lost side. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. TuNMKY is looking forward to face PeU-Basket in Pernio in the next round, which may be the game of the day. Raiders Basket will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
Raiders Basket: S.Semi 23+5reb+1ast, S.Liukko 11+5reb, S.Toni 9+5reb+1ast, H.Pyry 5+5reb+1ast, V.Jimi 5+3reb+6ast, V.Samuel 5+3reb
TuNMKY: V.Hytonen 29+3reb+2ast, A.Peltonen 16+5reb+1ast, J.Javanainen 15+4reb+4ast, T.Seppala 15+3reb+1ast, A.Lahteenmaki 8+2reb+2ast, M.Lanki 8+2reb+3ast

Pajulahti - PeU-Basket 72-80:
Another exciting game was played in Lahti between PeU-Basket and Pajulahti where PeU-Basket beat Pajulahti on the road 80-72. They outrebounded Pajulahti 57-40 including a 21-5 advantage in offensive rebounds. Worth to mention a great performance of swingman Benjamin Granstrom (191-2008) who helped to win the game recording 34 points (!!!) and 9 rebounds (made all of his fifteen free throws !!!). Tommi Huolila (198) contributed with a double-double by scoring 13 points and 14 rebounds for the winners. Guard Elias Frilander (189-2007) answered with 13 points and 8 rebounds and Magnus Lintu added 13 points and 10 rebounds (on 6-of-7 shooting from the field) in the effort for Pajulahti. Five Pajulahti players scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. PeU-Basket will play against TuNMKY in Turun in the next round. Pajulahti will play on the road against Honka 2 in Espoo to get more than just one victory in their record.
Top scorers:
Pajulahti: L.Magnus 13+10reb, F.Elias 13+8reb+2ast, M.Eemi 12+2reb+3ast, R.Eemeli 10+7reb+1ast, J.Nicholson 10+4reb+2ast, S.Esko 9+2reb+2ast
PeU-Basket: B.Granstrom 34+9reb+1ast, T.Huolila 13+14reb+1ast, A.Makikokko 10+11reb+2ast, W.Vihiniemi 9+3reb+1ast, N.Huoponen 7+7reb+3ast, P.Laine 6+2reb

Kataja Ta. - Honka 2 74-93:
An interesting game was played in Joensuu where Honka 2 crushed host Kataja Ta. with 19-point difference 93-74 on Sunday evening. Honka 2 outrebounded Kataja Ta. 57-42 including 21 on the offensive glass. Swingman Joonatan Uunila (195-2007) stepped up and scored 18 points and 6 rebounds for the winners and guard Niki Juntunen (188-2001) chipped in 17 points and 4 assists. At the losing side forward Emil Eskelinen (190-2005) responded with a double-double by scoring 15 points and 13 rebounds and point guard Eelis Mannisto (180-2005) scored 16 points and 5 rebounds. Kataja Ta.'s coach Jarkko Maki rotated twelve players seeing no chance for a win. Honka 2 will meet at home Pajulahti in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Kataja Ta. will play against KTP II in Kotka and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
Kataja Ta.: M.Eelis 16+5reb+3ast, E.Emil 15+13reb+3ast, M.Veikka 8+5reb, P.Valtteri 8+1reb, E.Verneri 7+4reb, T.Juha-Pekka 5+5reb+1ast
Honka: J.Uunila 18+6reb+2ast, N.Juntunen 17+4reb+4ast, O.Peltonen 15+4reb, J.Tolkkinen 11, E.Selkainaho 9+3reb+6ast, E.Piirinen 6+8reb

HyPo - KTP II 70-92:
But HyPo was not able to use a home court advantage and was crushed by the opponent from Kotka 92-70 on Sunday night. KTP II forced 22 HyPo turnovers and outrebounded them 52-25 including a 26-2 advantage in offensive rebounds. KTP II looked well-organized offensively handing out 22 assists. Guard Alfred Pitkanen (193) stepped up with a double-double by scoring 25 points and 12 rebounds for the winners and forward Aleksi Rasanen (193-2006) chipped in 12 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 steals. Four KTP II players scored in double figures. At the losing side point guard Matias Nyman (178-1999) responded with 21 points and point guard Leo Fajardo (175-2000) scored 7 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. HyPo's coach Janne Hartikainen gave up on the game allowing to play eleven players seeing no chance for a win. KTP II will meet at home Kataja Ta. in the next round and are hoping to win another game. HyPo will play against Nokia and hope to win that game.
Top scorers:
HyPo: N.Matias 21+1reb+3ast, K.Juuso 13+1reb, K.Sauli 11+3reb, A.Tuomas 9+6reb, F.Leo 7+7reb+8ast, S.Sebastian 4+2reb+1ast
KTP II: A.Pitkanen 25+12reb+3ast, J.Lehtoranta 16+6reb+3ast, J.Lehtoranta 13+5reb+1ast, A.Rasanen 12+9reb+6ast, J.Toikka 9+9reb+5ast, J.Pitkanen 9+4reb+1ast