A Division Round 5 (Regular Season): Sopron beats Csata TKK by two after a very close game

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The most exciting game of round 5 in the A Division took place in Budapest. This derby game ended with only two-point home defeat of 4th placed Csata TKK (3-2) to leader Sopron (4-0) 77-75 on Saturday evening. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Csata TKK. Serbian power forward Masa Jankovic (187-2000) orchestrated the victory by scoring 23 points and 9 rebounds. Slovenian guard Zala Friskovec (179-1999) contributed with 17 points and 6 assists for the winners. American swingman Destiny Adams (190-2003, college: Rutgers) answered with a double-double by scoring 20 points and 11 rebounds for Csata TKK. Sopron have a solid series of four victories in a row. They keep a position of league leader, which they share with Miskolc. Csata TKK at the other side keeps the fourth place with two games lost. They share the position with Cegledi. Sopron is looking forward to face BEAC (#8) in Budapest in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Csata TKK's supporters also look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Budapest to the arena TFSE-MTK.
A Division top team - Miskolc (4-0) had no problems winning another game. This time they crushed tenth ranked BKG Prima (0-5) in Szigetszentmiklos 108-48. Guard Julia Boros (178-2002) stepped up and scored 16 points and 5 assists for the winners and Tyra Aho chipped in 11 points and 5 assists. Miskolc's coach Gergely Magyar felt very confident using entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Finnish forward Anniina Aijanen (188-1995, college: Xavier) responded with 12 points. Miskolc have a solid series of four victories in a row. They maintain first place with 4-0 record, which they share with Sopron. BKG Prima at the other side still closes the standings with five games lost. They share the position with Vasas Akademia. Miskolc will play against ETO Basket (#3) in Gyor in the next round, which may be the game of the day. BKG Prima will play on the road against PEAC-Pecs (#9) and hopes to get finally their first victory.
Bottom-ranked Vasas Akademia is still unable to win any game. This time they could not use their home court advantage losing their fifth consecutive match to sixth ranked Cegledi (3-2) 69-55 on Saturday evening. Caitlin Bickle nailed a double-double by scoring 27 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists (was perfect 12-for-12 from the free throw line !!!) for the winning side. Laura Szoboszlai came up with 15 points for Vasas Akademia in the defeat. Both coaches used bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Cegledi moved-up to fourth place, which they share with Csata TKK. Loser Vasas Akademia still closes the standings with five games lost. They share the position with BKG Prima. Cegledi will meet at home Szekszard (#6) in the next round. Vasas Akademia will have a break next round.

In the last two games of round 5 PEAC-Pecs were beaten by ETO Basket on the road 80-65. BEAC lost to TFSE-MTK on its own court 59-67.

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Csata TKK - Sopron 75-77:
The most exciting game of round 5 in the A Division took place in Budapest. This derby game ended with only two-point home defeat of 4th placed Csata TKK (3-2) to leader Sopron (4-0) 77-75 on Saturday evening. It ended at the same time the two-game winning streak of Csata TKK. Serbian power forward Masa Jankovic (187-2000) orchestrated the victory by scoring 23 points and 9 rebounds. Slovenian guard Zala Friskovec (179-1999) contributed with 17 points and 6 assists for the winners. American swingman Destiny Adams (190-2003, college: Rutgers) answered with a double-double by scoring 20 points and 11 rebounds and the other American import guard Makenna Marisa (180-2001, college: Penn State) added 21 points in the effort for Csata TKK. Four Csata TKK players scored in double figures. Sopron have a solid series of four victories in a row. They keep a position of league leader, which they share with Miskolc. Csata TKK at the other side keeps the fourth place with two games lost. They share the position with Cegledi. Sopron is looking forward to face BEAC (#8) in Budapest in the next round and are hoping to win another game. Csata TKK's supporters also look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will travel locally in Budapest to the arena TFSE-MTK.
Top scorers:
Csata TKK: M.Marisa 21+3reb+1ast, D.Adams 20+11reb, D.Dubei 13+5reb+3ast, N.Wentzel 10+3reb+4ast, B.Jovana 5+3reb+2ast, P.Biczo 4
Sopron: J.Masa 23+9reb+1ast, F.Zala 17+3reb+6ast, E.Nneka 16+7reb+2ast, A.Barbara 8+1reb+6ast, T.Kennedy 6+5reb+2ast, T.Franka 5+8reb+1ast

ETO Basket - PEAC-Pecs 80-65:
No shocking result in a game when third ranked ETO Basket (4-1) beat 9th ranked PEAC-Pecs (1-3) in Gyor 80-65 on Sunday. French power forward Sarengbe Sanogo (190-2004, college: Texas Tech, agency: Areus Sports) nailed 17 points and 8 rebounds for the winning side and American power forward Delaynie Byrne (190-2000, college: N.Colorado) accounted for 17 points and 7 rebounds. American forward Zada Williams (188-1996, college: Florida) came up with a double-double by scoring 15 points and 10 rebounds and international forward Agnes Torok (183-1998) added 14 points respectively for PEAC-Pecs in the defeat. Four PEAC-Pecs players scored in double figures. Both coaches used bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. ETO Basket maintains third place with 4-1 record having just one point less than leader Miskolc. Defending champion PEAC-Pecs keep the ninth position with three games lost. ETO Basket will meet league's leader Miskolc on the road in the next round and it will be for sure the game of the week. PEAC-Pecs will play against BKG Prima (#10) and it may be a tough game between close rivals.
Top scorers:
PEAC-Pecs: Z.Williams 15+10reb+2ast, A.Torok 14+4reb+2ast, N.Smailbegovic 13+3reb, T.Cvijanovic 11+3reb+3ast, A.Studer 6+2reb+3ast, A.Olawuyi 4+4reb
ETO Basket: S.Sarengbe 17+8reb+2ast, B.Delaynie 17+7reb, P.Pusztai 13+4reb+4ast, G.Hanna 9+5reb, Z.Virag 9+2reb+2ast, D.Panka 7+6reb+8ast

BKG Prima - Miskolc 48-108:
A Division top team - Miskolc (4-0) had no problems winning another game. This time they crushed tenth ranked BKG Prima (0-5) in Szigetszentmiklos 108-48. Miskolc dominated down low during the game scoring 58 of its points in the paint compared to BKG Prima's 24 and made 26-of-33 charity shots (78.8 percent) during the game, while BKG Prima only scored six points from the stripe. Miskolc forced 23 BKG Prima turnovers. Their players were unselfish on offense dishing 34 assists comparing to just 13 passes made by BKG Prima's players. BKG Prima was plagued by 25 personal fouls down the stretch. Guard Julia Boros (178-2002) stepped up and scored 16 points and 5 assists for the winners and point guard Tyra Aho (168-2005) chipped in 11 points and 5 assists. Four Miskolc players scored in double figures. Miskolc's coach Gergely Magyar felt very confident using entire bench which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Finnish forward Anniina Aijanen (188-1995, college: Xavier) responded with 12 points and guard Janka Gergo (176-2007) scored 9 points and 5 rebounds. Miskolc have a solid series of four victories in a row. They maintain first place with 4-0 record, which they share with Sopron. BKG Prima at the other side still closes the standings with five games lost. They share the position with Vasas Akademia. Miskolc will play against ETO Basket (#3) in Gyor in the next round, which may be the game of the day. BKG Prima will play on the road against PEAC-Pecs (#9) and hopes to get finally their first victory.
Top scorers:
BKG Prima: A.Aijanen 12+2reb+3ast, G.Janka 9+5reb+1ast, H.Dora 6+1reb, K.Lili Emese 5+4reb+1ast, K.Eszter 5+2reb+1ast, Z.Madankova 5+3reb+2ast
Miskolc: B.Julia 16+3reb+5ast, N.Enabosi 12+4reb+2ast, K.Veronika 11+3reb+4ast, T.Aho 11+4reb+5ast, Z.Poczkodi 9, E.Farbas 9+3reb+3ast

BEAC - TFSE-MTK 59-67:
There was a minor upset when 7th ranked BEAC (2-3) lost to ninth ranked TFSE-MTK (2-2) in Budapest 59-67 on Saturday. Reka Manyoky (185-2001) nailed a double-double by scoring 16 points and 11 rebounds for the winning side and point guard Zsofia Tenyer (177-1999) accounted for 11 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. Four TFSE-MTK players scored in double figures. American forward Malia Fisher (188-2002, college: Rice, agency: Crossover Management) came up with a double-double by scoring 14 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists and swingman Helena Dobo (177-2005) added 15 points and 5 rebounds respectively for BEAC in the defeat. Both coaches used bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. TFSE-MTK moved-up to sixth place, which they share with Szekszard. Loser BEAC dropped to the eighth position with three games lost. TFSE-MTK's supporters look forward to an exciting derby game next round, where their team will face at home their local rival from Budapest Csata TKK.
Top scorers:
BEAC: D.Helena 15+5reb+1ast, M.Fisher 14+15reb+4ast, D.Leila 9+5ast, C.D'Angelo 8+4reb, S.Varga 5+2reb+2ast, Z.Salamon 4+8reb
TFSE-MTK: M.Reka 16+11reb+1ast, Z.Tenyer 11+5reb+8ast, R.Jordana 10+1reb, B.Reka 10+7reb+3ast, J.Kiara 7+5reb+1ast, R.Vladar 4+2reb+1ast

Vasas Akademia - Cegledi 55-69:
Bottom-ranked Vasas Akademia is still unable to win any game. This time they could not use their home court advantage losing their fifth consecutive match to sixth ranked Cegledi (3-2) 69-55 on Saturday evening. Cegledi dominated down low during the game scoring 34 of its points in the paint compared to Vasas Akademia's 14. They outrebounded Vasas Akademia 43-28 including 34 on the defensive glass. American forward Caitlin Bickle (185-2000, college: Baylor) nailed a double-double by scoring 27 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists (was perfect 12-for-12 from the free throw line !!!) for the winning side and ex-international power forward Judit Barnai (190-1994) accounted for 15 points and 11 rebounds. Swingman Laura Szoboszlai (176-2007) came up with 15 points and forward Leda Karpathegyi (185-2008) added 10 points respectively for Vasas Akademia in the defeat. Both coaches used bench players and allowed the starting five to rest. Cegledi moved-up to fourth place, which they share with Csata TKK. Loser Vasas Akademia still closes the standings with five games lost. They share the position with BKG Prima. Cegledi will meet at home Szekszard (#6) in the next round. Vasas Akademia will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
Vasas Akademia: S.Laura 15+1reb, L.Karpathegyi 10+3reb+1ast, J.India 6+2reb+1ast, C.Anna 6+4reb+2ast, K.Luca 5+3reb, H.Petra 5+2reb+2ast
Cegledi: B.Caitlin 27+11reb+4ast, J.Barnai 15+11reb+2ast, F.Petra 13+9reb+5ast, O.Rita 7+3reb+6ast, M.Szoboszlai 5+1reb, C.Szerelem-Kobolak 2+2ast