Estonian League, Regular Season, Game 18: March 3-7, 2009 - ESTONIA

May 25, 2013

Estonian League, Regular Season, Game 18: March 3-7, 2009

Reigning champion Tartu Rock suffered its first loss of the season, but is nevertheless on top of the Estonian League with a 16-1 record. The champs fell 80-83 to BC Kalev/Cramo, second in the standings at 14-3. Rait Keerles and Nate Fox led Kalev/Cramo with 17 points apiece, while John Linehan added 16 points for the winners. For Tartu Rock, Viktor Sanikidze was the main man with 21 points and 9 rebounds, Georgi Tsintsadze scored 17 points and dishes 6 assists, Gert Kullamae had 11 points and Tanel Tein added 10 points to go with 5 assists. Four days earlier, Tartu Rock downed BC Rakvere Tarvas 88-74 behind 17 points from Tsintsadze, 14 points and 8 rebounds from Sanikidze, and 13 points apiece from Janar Talts and veteran star Tanoka Beard. Meanwhile, Kalev/Cramo pounded KK Parnu/Catwees 78-103 as Vijar Veski notched 15 points to lead seven Kalev/Cramo scorers in double digits. Also third-place TTU KK registered a victory over Parnu/Catwees, but had to work hard to edge the hosts 62-63 behind a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds from Joosep Toome. Marko Riis netted 19 points in a losing effort for Parnu/Catwees. KK Valga topped Kuremaa SK 76-95 as Heiko Rannula paced five scores in double figures with 24 points for the visitors. Tallinna Kalev outplayed BC Rakvere Tarvas 80-106 behind 23 points from Evgeny Belousov and 20 points to go with 9 rebounds from Veljo Vares.

LAST GAME GAME 18 March 6-8, 2009
Day	Match	Result
Mar. 6	Rakvere Tarvas vs.Tallinna	80-106
Mar. 7	TÜ/Rock vs. Kalev/Cramo	80-83
Mar. 7	Pärnu/Catwees vs. TTÜ KK	62-63
Mar. 8	KK Valga vs. Kalev/Cramo	65-62

NEXT GAME GAME 19 March 10-14, 2009
Day	Match
Mar. 10	Tallinna Kalev vs. TTÜ KK
Mar. 11	Kuremaa SK vs. Rakvere
Mar. 14	Pärnu/C. vs. TÜ/Rock
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	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	TÜ/Rock	17	16	1	1557	1158
2	BC Kalev/Cramo	18	14	4	1510	1229
3	TTÜ KK	19	14	5	1526	1338
4	Tallinna Kalev	17	9	8	1402	1445
5	KK Valga	19	9	10	1288	1452
6	BC Rakvere Tarvas	21	7	14	1590	1613
7	KK Pärnu/Catwees	21	5	16	1567	1829
8	Kuremaa SK	22	3	19	1507	1885