Russian League Round 22 March 20th-25th

The final week of games started on Tuesday.  Helena Ciak and Dynamo Kursk had their eye on the big weekend game, beating Spartak Noginsk 84-55 in the first versus worst game.  The most anticipated game was on Saturday, but Alba Torrens and UMMC took all of the suspense out of it as they rolled past Dynamo Kursk 102-62 in Ekaterinburg.  Sunday’s games started in Orenburg with Nadezhda beating Inventa Kursk 72-61.  Ivana Dojkic and Spartak Moscow took the fifth spot with a 71-64 win over Abby Bishop and Dynamo Novosibirsk.  Alexandra Stolyar and Kazanochka beat Karina Nizamova and MBA Moscow 73-67 to climb above them in the standings.  Spartak Noginsk got their first win behind Ekaterina Kubynina and Milana Sumets, humiliating Dynamo Moscow 79-65.

March 20, 2018

Spartak Noginsk vs. Dynamo Kursk 55-84 SPN Kubynina 12/10r/7a Potemina 12 DYK Ciak 20/6r Petrovic 15 Levchenko 12 Vadeeva 10 McCoughtry 8 Ogwumike 6/7r Prince 0

March 24, 2018

UMMC Ekaterinburg vs. Dynamo Kursk 102-62 UMMC Torrens 20/7r/6a Meesseman 19/6r Griner 19 Moore 15/8a Beglova 12 Belyakova 6 Faulkner 6 DYK Ciak 13/9r Petrovic 13 McCoughtry 13 Ogwumike 13 Prince 7/7r

March 25, 2018

Nadezhda Orenburg vs. Inventa Kursk 72-61 NAD Cannon 17/14r Jones 14/15r Medvedeva 11 Bentley 6/6a INK E. Frolkina 14 Burovaya 13/6r

Spartak Moscow vs. Dynamo Novosibirsk 71-64 SPM Dojkic 21 Simmons 19 Abaiburova 13/9r Osipova 4/10r Davydova 0 DYN Bishop 20/9r Conwright 16 Akhator 6/14r

MBA Moscow vs. Kazanochka Kazan 67-73 MBA Nizamova 23/9r/6a Glonti 10/6r Kaytukova 10 KAZ Stolyar 22 Burdick 15/15r Psareva 13/6r Hempe 9

Dynamo Moscow vs. Spartak Noginsk 65-79 DYM Lang 15/9r Razheva 15 Kuzmenkova 11/7r Allen 6 SPN Kubynina 22/7r Sumets 21 Potemina 12

Standings:

1. UMMC Ekaterinburg 19-1
2. Dynamo Kursk 19-1
3. Nadezhda Orenburg 14-6
4. Enisey Krasnoyarsk 10-10
5. Spartak Moscow 10-10
6. Kazanochka Kazan 9-11
7. MBA Moscow 9-11
8. Inventa Kursk 7-13
9. Dynamo Moscow 6-14
10. Dynamo Novosibirsk 6-14
11. Spartak Noginsk 1-19

Leaders:

Scoring: 1. Griner 18.7, 2. Razheva 14.8, 3. Bentley 14.5, 4. Leshkovtseva 14.2, 5. Savina 13.3, 6. Vadeeva 12.7, 7. Meesseman 12.7, 8. Cannon 12.6, 9. Dojkic 12.5, 10. Ogwumike 12.5

Rebounding: 1. Burdick 9.7, 2. Lang 9.0, 3. Akhator 8.5, 4. Cannon 8.2, 5. Jones 8.0, 6. Monroe 7.6, 7. Psareva 7.4, 8. Svaryte 7.0, 9. Vadeeva 6.9, 10. Sema 6.6

Assists: 1. Allen 5.2, 2. Ygueravide 4.3, 3. Nizamova 4.1, 4. Torrens 3.9, 5. Goldyreva 3.6, 6. Burovaya 3.5, 7. Bentley 3.0, 8. Baric 3.0, 9. Kubynina 2.9, 10. Prince 2.7