Russian League, Game 16: January 22-27, 2007
Ruben Wolkowysky - Khimki CSKA Moscow stays atop the Russian League standings with a 12-1 record despite not having any games scheduled this weekend. Meanwhile, Unics bounced back from its road loss against the reigning Euroleague champion by beating Spartak St. Petersburg 83-71 in Kazan on Saturday. Yahor Meshcharakou led the winners with 21 points and 11 rebounds. Darjus Lavrinovic and Sergei Chikalkin each added 15 while Ksystof Lavrinovic had 11 for Unics. A 12-0 run which Darjus Lavrinovic capped with a put-back basket gave Unics a 23-11 lead after 10 minutes and the hosts kept a safe lead all the way. Khimki registered three wins this week to improve to 11-4 in the standings. On Monday, Khimki beat CSK VVS-Samara 75-95 on the road. Vitaliy Fridzon paced the winners with 21 points, Ruben Wolkowyski added 18, Vladimir Dyachok had 12 and Boris Gorenc 10 for Khimki, which led 42-75 after three quarters. Khimki added a 86-102 road win against Standart on Wednesday. Once again Fridzon led Khimki with 21 points, Maciej Lampe added 20, Ademola Okulaja had 19 while Dyachok and Melvin Booker each scored 12 points for the winners. Khimki completed its successful week by beating Dynamo Moscow Region 83-73 at home on Saturday. Kelly McCarty had 17 points for Khimki, Wolkowyski added 16, Vladimir Veremeenko had 14 and Fridzon 12 for the winners, who trailed 34-46 at the half. Veremeenko, McCarty and Wolkowyski led the Khimki comeback, while a 9-0 run which Fridzon capped with a triple sealed the win in the final period. In other games, Ural Great beat University Surgut 68-79 behind 23 points from Stanislav Makshantev.


LAST GAME GAME 16 - January 24-27, 2007
DayMatchResult
Jan. 27Khimky M. reg. vs. Dinamo Moscow reg.83-73
Jan. 27UNICS Kazan vs. Spartak St.Petersburg83-71
Jan. 27University-Ugra vs. Ural-Great Perm68-79
Jan. 24Standart vs. Khimky86-102
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NEXT GAME GAME 17 - January 30 - February 4, 2007
DayMatch
Jan. 30University-Ugra vs. Sibirtelekom
Jan. 31Standart vs. Spartak St.Petersburg
Feb. 2Spartak VGUES vs. CSK VVS-Samara
Feb. 2Standart vs. Ural-Great
Feb. 3Dinamo Moscow reg. vs. Lokomotiv
Feb. 3University-Ugra vs. UNICS Kazan


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1CSKA Moscow131211157 889
2UNICS Kazan141221183 1019
3Dynamo Moscow131031085 933
4Khimky Moscow region151141269 1097
5Lokomotiv-Rostov13941056 927
6Spartak VGUES1275960 951
7Dinamo Moscow reg.14861053 1051
8Spartak St.Petersburg1358972 1023
9Ural-Great Perm144101073 1169
10CSK VVS-Samara144101028 1134
11University-Ugra Surgut143111067 1170
12Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv13211912 1106
13Standart Samarskiy region14113985 1331

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