Enisey beat PARMA in Krasnoyarsk – 92:84 (22:13, 26:21, 17:27, 27:23).
Game progress
Enisey guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes received the Most Valuable Player of October award before the game.
The inspired leader immediately showed that he didn’t win the award for nothing. The Canadian guard led the team and scored 25 points in the first half. Such performance from the MVP together with a solid defense brought the Krasnoyarsk team a solid du=ifference – 48:34.
In the second half, B.J. Johnson and Isaiah Reese allowed the guests to score 10 points in the third quarter, and eventually the rivals went into the clutch.
Key moment
The maximum that PARMA managed to achieve was to cut the difference to 3 points. But Rathan-Mayes and Jeremiah Martin allowed Enisey to maintain their lead and even push the Perm team away a bit in the final minutes to avoid a tense ending.
Enisey has 4 wins in 4 home games in the new season. Only CSKA and UNICS are undefeated at home.
X-factor
Xavier Rathan-Mayes is Enisey leader, but today he became the main creator of the Siberian team win. His 42 points were his career-high and the best in the new League season (he surpassed his own season-high 38 points against Avtodor).
Overall, he repeated Keith Langford 3rd-highest scoring performance in VTB League history. Only Stevan Jelovac (Pari Nizhny Novgorod, 49 points) and Anthony Hickey (Astana, 43 points) scored more.
Last season in 229 games (including Playoffs), no player scored 35 points in a single game. Rathan-Mayes did it twice in 8 games in the current regular season.
Fact
Enisey forward Mikel Hopkins made 11 offensive rebounds and repeated the League best.
On 14 February 2014, Vytautas Sarakauska had the same result against Krasnye Krylia.
Leaders
Enisey: Xavier Rathan-Mayes (42 + 5 rebounds), Jeremiah Martin (18 + 5 rebounds + 10 assists), Mikel Hopkins (6 + 14 rebounds).
PARMA: Isaiah Reese (20 + 7 rebounds + 10 assists), Richard Solomon (13 + 7 rebounds), BJ Johnson (12), Ruslan Abdulbasirov (9 + 7 rebounds).
What’s next
Enisey: November 9 on the road against MBA
PARMA: November 8 on the road versus Zenit.
