Russian League, Regular Season, Game 7: December 16-23, 2011 - Russia

May 24, 2013

Russian League, Regular Season, Game 7: December 16-23, 2011

Loukas Mavrokefalides - Spartak St. Petersburg (photo Spartak SPB)

Spartak St. Petersburg grabbed a 71-77 away win over Nizhniy Novgorod on Friday night to climb to third place in the Russian League with a 4-2 record. Loukas Mavrokefalides led the way for the winners with 22 points, Viktor Likhdey added 20 and Patrick Beverley had 11. Ernest Bremer paced the hosts with 25 points. The guests had a slim 38-41 margin at halftime and increased it to 54-60 after 30 minutes. A free throw by Victor Keyru gave Spartak a double-digit margin, 58-68 at the midway point of the fourth quarter and they controlled the game the rest of the way. Spartak Primorje Vldivostok got its third away win, 77-84, over Enisey Krasnodar to also take its record to 4-2. The game was tied at 60-60 early in the last quarter when a three-point-play by Cuthbert Victor gave a slim margin to the guests and they never looked back. Victor was the main contributor with 21 points and 11 rebounds, Torey Thomas nailed 19 and Konstantin Nesterov 10 for the winners, while Marko Marinovic bagged 22 and Lonny Baxter 14 for the home team.

LAST GAME GAME 7 December 16-23, 2011
Day	Match	Result
Dec. 16	Triumph vs. Enisey	96-73
Dec. 17	CSKA Moscow vs. Primorye	88-66
Dec. 18	Unics vs. Krasnye Krylya	71-77
Dec. 20	Enisey vs. Primorye	77-84
Dec. 23	Novgorod vs. Spartak SPB	71-77

NEXT GAME GAME 8 January 6-7, 2012
Day	Match
Jan. 6	Lok.-Kuban vs. Khimki
Jan. 6	Unics vs. Spartak SPB
Jan. 7	Enisey vs. CSKA Moscow
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	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Khimki	6	5	1	-	-
2	CSKA	6	5	1	-	-
3	Spartak	6	4	2	-	-
4	Spartak-Primorye	6	4	2	-	-
5	Krasnye Krylya	7	3	4	-	-
6	Lokomotiv-Kuban	6	3	3	-	-
7	Nizhniy Novgorod	7	1	6	-	-
8	UNICS	5	2	3	-	-
9	Triumph	5	2	3	-	-
10	Enisey	6	1	5	-	-