Superleague Round 5 (Regular Season): CBA Baschet is defeated by Ceadir-Basket in a derby game

Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

The most exciting game was a derby match between two local teams from Ceadir-Lunga: Ceadir-Basket (#4) and CBA Baschet (#3). CBA Baschet was crushed at home by 40 points 53-93 and even the advantage of their own court did not help. Ceadir-Basket dominated down low during the game scoring 60 of its points in the paint compared to CBA Baschet's 26. Ceadir-Basket forced 26 CBA Baschet turnovers. The former international swingman Denis Savca (190-1999) stepped up and scored 23 points for the winners and point guard Alexandr Popov (200-1989) chipped in 14 points and 10 rebounds. Swingman Dmitrii Arnaut (195-2009) responded with 11 points and 6 rebounds. CBA Baschet's coach Vasili Utin gave up on the game allowing to play ten players seeing no chance for a win. Defending champion (3-1) moved-up to third place. CBA Baschet at the other side dropped to the fourth position with two games lost.
Another exciting game was again a derby between two teams from Chisinau: Gloria (#8) and Pervanciuc (#5). Pervanciuc was crushed at home by 19 points 83-102 and even the fact of playing on their own court did not help. Point guard Mihail Procopciuc (183-2000) nailed 28 points and 9 rebounds for the winning side and Maxim Gogul accounted for 18 points and 11 rebounds. Gloria's coach Devid Fisher allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Swingman Evgeniy Abaza (192-1978) came up with 25 points and 5 rebounds for Pervanciuc in the defeat. Gloria (1-2) left bottom position moving up to sixth place. Pervanciuc at the other side keeps the fifth position with three games lost.
Titan has registered their first victory this season after three consecutive losses. They used home court advantage to defeat Riscani (0-4) 76-69 on Saturday. The best player for the winners was Nichita Sereper who had a double-double by scoring 19 points and 12 rebounds. Alexandru Chitevan produced a double-double by scoring 34 points (!!!) and 11 rebounds for the guests. Riscani's coach Igor Cojocari rotated eleven players in this game, but that didn't help. It was the only win of host team this round and in all other games visitors recorded victories. Titan (1-3) left bottom position moving up to seventh place, which they share with Straseni. It was Riscani's fourth loss in a row. Newly promoted team still closes the standings with four games lost.

In the last game of round 5 Balti destroyed Straseni on the opponent's court 90-68.



Titan - Riscani 76-69:
Titan has registered their first victory this season after three consecutive losses. They used home court advantage to defeat Riscani (0-4) 76-69 on Saturday. The best player for the winners was Nichita Sereper (-2010) who had a double-double by scoring 19 points and 12 rebounds. Forward Ilia Jereghi (193-2010) chipped in 19 points. Forward Alexandru Chitevan (210-1989) produced a double-double by scoring 34 points (!!!) and 11 rebounds and forward Maxim Agachi (196-2003) added 22 points and 10 rebounds respectively for the guests. Riscani's coach Igor Cojocari rotated eleven players in this game, but that didn't help. It was the only win of host team this round and in all other games visitors recorded victories. Titan (1-3) left bottom position moving up to seventh place, which they share with Straseni. It was Riscani's fourth loss in a row. Newly promoted team still closes the standings with four games lost.
Top scorers:
Riscani: C.Alexandru 34+11reb+1ast, M.Agachi 22+10reb, A.Supciuc 8+9reb+1ast, C.Igor 3+6reb, M.Anatolie 2+4reb, B.Vadim 0+2reb
Titan: N.Sereper 19+12reb+2ast, I.Jereghi 19+1reb+2ast, A.Diceanu 11+9reb, A.Pantiru 9+6reb+2ast, V.Ponomorenko 8+5reb+1ast, D.Tretiacov 6+5reb

CBA Baschet - Ceadir-Basket 53-93:
The most exciting game was a derby match between two local teams from Ceadir-Lunga: Ceadir-Basket (#4) and CBA Baschet (#3). CBA Baschet was crushed at home by 40 points 53-93 and even the advantage of their own court did not help. Ceadir-Basket dominated down low during the game scoring 60 of its points in the paint compared to CBA Baschet's 26. Ceadir-Basket forced 26 CBA Baschet turnovers. The former international swingman Denis Savca (190-1999) stepped up and scored 23 points for the winners and point guard Alexandr Popov (200-1989) chipped in 14 points and 10 rebounds. Four Ceadir-Basket players scored in double figures. Swingman Dmitrii Arnaut (195-2009) responded with 11 points and 6 rebounds and guard Grigori Musuc (176-2008) scored 14 points and 4 steals. CBA Baschet's coach Vasili Utin gave up on the game allowing to play ten players seeing no chance for a win. Defending champion (3-1) moved-up to third place. CBA Baschet at the other side dropped to the fourth position with two games lost.
Top scorers:
CBA Baschet: G.Musuc 14+2reb, A.Dmitrii 11+6reb+2ast, U.Veaceslav 6+6reb+2ast, A.Dmitri 5+1reb, S.Bogdan 5+2reb, C.Dmitrii 4+4reb+1ast
Ceadir-Basket: S.Denis 23+4reb+1ast, A.Rulevski 15+6reb+3ast, A.Popov 14+10reb+1ast, N.Grubii 13+5reb+6ast, A.Guboglo 11+5reb+1ast, A.Stubei 8+7reb+3ast

Straseni - Balti 68-90:
Very expected game when 6th ranked Straseni (1-3) was crushed at home by second ranked Balti (4-1) 90-68 on Sunday. Balti forced 26 Straseni turnovers. The best player for the winners was center Maxim Iastremschii (206-2005) who had a double-double by scoring 18 points and 15 rebounds. point guard Nichita Cusniriuc (178-2007) chipped in 24 points and 4 assists. Guard Ion Ciobanu (178-1983) produced 19 points and 5 rebounds and guard Ion Boxanean (198-2003) added 11 points respectively for the hosts. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games. Balti have a solid series of four victories in a row. Newly promoted Balti maintains second place with 4-1 record having just one point less than leader BAM Basket. Loser Straseni dropped to the seventh position with three games lost. They share it with Titan.
Top scorers:
Straseni: C.Ion 19+5reb+2ast, B.Ion 11+2reb+1ast, M.Cezar 9+2reb+1ast, I.Gheorghe 8+3reb+1ast, B.Nicolae 6+2reb+1ast, S.Vladimir 6
Balti: N.Cusniriuc 24+3reb+4ast, M.Iastremschii 18+15reb+1ast, A.Baltanu 11+1ast, M.Paciurca 8+2reb+1ast, D.Cucu 6+1ast, A.Ogorodnicov 5+4reb

Pervanciuc - Gloria 83-102:
Another exciting game was again a derby between two teams from Chisinau: Gloria (#8) and Pervanciuc (#5). Pervanciuc was crushed at home by 19 points 83-102 and even the fact of playing on their own court did not help. Gloria dominated down low during the game scoring 78 of its points in the paint compared to Pervanciuc's 54. They outrebounded Pervanciuc 48-27 including a 20-8 advantage in offensive rebounds. Point guard Mihail Procopciuc (183-2000) nailed 28 points and 9 rebounds for the winning side and Maxim Gogul (-2008) accounted for 18 points and 11 rebounds. Gloria's coach Devid Fisher allowed to play the deep bench players saving starting five for next games. Swingman Evgeniy Abaza (192-1978) came up with 25 points and 5 rebounds and Ivan Scorupeev (191-2000) added 16 points and 6 rebounds respectively for Pervanciuc in the defeat. Five Gloria and four Pervanciuc players scored in double figures. Gloria (1-2) left bottom position moving up to sixth place. Pervanciuc at the other side keeps the fifth position with three games lost.
Top scorers:
Pervanciuc: E.Abaza 25+5reb, S.Ivan 16+6reb, G.Artiom 14+3reb+2ast, C.Vladimir 13+7reb+1ast, G.Danik 6+1reb, A.Elkin 6+1ast
Gloria: P.Mihail 28+9reb, A.Bondarenco 19+3reb+7ast, M.Gogul 18+11reb+2ast, V.Radulov 17+6reb+1ast, T.Tarlev 12+6reb, P.Laurentiu 6+5reb