Korisliiga Round 4 of Semi-Finals. Wins for Kataja and Korihait

Kataja - Seagulls 107-100

Kataja made 30-of-33 charity shots (90.9 percent) during the game, while Seagulls only scored eleven points from the stripe. Kataja brought some defensive toughness making 11 blocks. Seagulls was plagued by 25 personal fouls down the stretch. Worth to mention a great performance of American guard DeVion Harmon (188-2001, college: Texas Tech) who helped to win the game recording 47 points (!!!) and 6 assists and international Henri Kantonen (198-1997, agency: Blacktop Management) who added 17 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists during the contest. At the losing side American center Rene Rougeau (198-1986, college: UNLV, agency: Blacktop Management) responded with a double-double by scoring 15 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists and his fellow American import power forward Jalen Henry (203-1996, college: SIUE) scored 24 points and 6 rebounds. Both teams had five players each who scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
Kataja: H.De'Vion 47+4reb+6ast, K.Henri 17+6reb+4ast, H.Rahlir 11+4reb+1ast, K.Antti 11+2reb, K.Jared 10+7reb, M.Jermaine 6+5reb+1ast
Seagulls: J.Henry 24+6reb+2ast, T.Niemi 19+2reb+7ast, C.Keeling 16+9reb+6ast, R.Rougeau 15+13reb+4ast, C.Chukwuma 10+1reb+2ast, O.Heinonen 6+3reb

Korihait - Vilpas 88-81

Korihait made 30-of-35 free shots (85.7 percent) during the game, while Vilpas only scored twelve points from the stripe. 27 personal fouls committed by Vilpas helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Worth to mention a great performance of the former international guard Ville Tahvanainen (193-2000, college: Bradley, agency: Blacktop Management) who helped to win the game recording 26 points and 5 rebounds (made all of his eight free throws). The former international power forward Mikael Aalto (208-1994, agency: Blacktop Management) contributed with 21 points and 6 rebounds for the winners. International guard Samu Adler (198-2007) replied with 18 points and 5 assists and American guard Jack Forrest (196-2000, college: Bucknell, agency: Octagon Europe) added 12 points in the effort for Vilpas. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Vilpas' coach Jussi Savolainen rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:
Korihait: T.Ville 26+5reb+1ast, A.Mikael 21+6reb+1ast, C.Frank 14+8reb+4ast, S.Bojan 10+5reb+3ast, J.Jalen 6+6reb+2ast, H.Jamir 6+3reb+2ast
Vilpas: S.Adler 18+5ast, M.Koivisto 13+2reb+1ast, J.Forrest 12+4reb+2ast, A.Almonor 11+3reb, J.Lindberg 8+3reb, Z.Onyema 7+3reb+1ast