Bulgarian League, Game 17: January 20, 2007 CSKA and Lukoil Academic continue to share first place in the Bulgarian League with 16-1 records. Lukoil thrashed Spartak Pleven 105-79, exploding in the second half after leading 50-45 at halftime. Todor Stoykov led the way with 29 points and 9 rebounds, Mate Skelin added 21, Georgi Davidov 14 and Lamont Jones dished 9 assists. Iliya Stankov paced Spartak Pleven with 28. CSKA topped Spartak MVR 112-84, after building a 37-16 cushion at the end of the first quarter. Jordan Bozov was the high scorer with 23 points, Hristo Nikolov drained 21, Brad Traina was a perfect 4-of-4 from beyond the arc on his way to 20 and Sinisa Avramovski had 13 with 7 rebounds. Spartak MVR was led by Krum Doychinov, who scored 25. In other games, Balkan stunned Levski 75-81 as Pavel Noykov tallied 22 points and 5 steals; Aleksandar Gruev scored 22 to lead Rilski Sportist over Dunav 74-80 and Cherno More IG edged Yambol 83-76. LAST GAME GAME 17 - January 20, 2007 Day Match Result Jan. 20 CSKA vs. Spartak MVR 112-84 Jan. 20 Cherno More IG vs. Yambol 83-76 Jan. 20 Levski vs. Balkan 75-81 Jan. 20 Lukoil Academic vs. Spartak Pleven 105-79 Jan. 20 Dunav vs. Rilski Sportist 74-80 NEXT GAME GAME 18 - January 24, 2007 Day Match Jan. 24 Spartak MVR vs. Levski Jan. 24 Rilski Sportist vs. CSKA Jan. 24 Spartak Pleven vs. Dunav Jan. 24 Balkan vs. Cherno More IG Jan. 24 Yambol vs. Lukoil Academic STANDINGS TG W L P+ P- 1 Lukoil Academic 17 16 1 1673 1238 2 CSKA 17 16 1 1610 1273 3 Levski 17 10 7 1421 1383 4 Cherno More IG 17 9 8 1402 1361 5 Spartak Pleven 17 9 8 1408 1398 6 Balkan 17 9 8 1288 1309 7 Yambol 17 7 10 1298 1435 8 Rilski Sportist 17 5 12 1336 1426 9 Dunav 17 3 14 1179 1422 10 Spartak MVR 17 1 16 1113 1483 Sunday, January 21, 2007 Euroleague.net