CSKA beat MINSK on the road — 101:66 (30:11, 33:11, 23:22, 15:22).
The best scorers
MINSK: Daniil Kasko (18), Uladzislau Bliznyuk (12), Daniil Barysevich (10), Uladzislau Mikulski (10)
CSKA: Nikita Kurbanov (15 + 5 rebounds), Ivan Ukhov (13), Anton Astapkovich (12 + 5 rebounds), Dejan Davidovac (12 + 6 rebounds), Livio Jean-Charles (12), Dallas Moore (10)
Game progress
The Moscow army team updated the club high with 14 wins in a row at the start of the season. To beat the Leauge high (19 wins), the Moscow team had to win in the next 5 games.
CSKA let the team leaders Alexey Shved and Nikola Milutinov to rest . In the first minutes, the hosts took the lead but experimental CSKA starting five led by Livio Jean-Charles and Dejan Davidovac quickly took the lead. Already in the first quarter, the guests made a significant approach to win the game. After Samson Ruzhentsev three-pointer, MINSK trailed by 20 points – 30:8.
In the second quarter, CSKA demonstrated the rotation depth: Samson Ruzhentsev, Artem Komolov and Andrey Desyatnikov continued to keep a comfortable lead. Closer th the end of the first half, Ivan Ukhov with his 2 threes had made his team lead 40 points, and the winner was known.
A 10:2 run by MINSK at the start of the fourth quarter could not change anything. CSKA took a major win without any problems. There was only one question left – who would score the hundred. Due to tradition, Samson Ruzhentsev scored every hundred this season, but fot this time, Vladimir Karpenko did it. CSKA wins the 15th game in a row.
Hero
Nikita Kurbanov. CSKA captain became the best scoring player of the team, coming off the bench and with only 20 minutes on the floor.
Numbers
CSKA players made 27 assists. Only center Andrey Desyatnikov and Vladimir Karpenko who played only 4 minutes did not made a single assist.
What’s next
MINSK: road game versus PARMA-PARI on December 13
CSKA: home game against Samara on December 13
