National League Round 25: Aktobe defeat Kaspiy Aktau twice

The teams have now bigger motivation at this stage of Regular Season. Every game can be crucial and decide about teams' position at the end of Regular Season. Here is the last round review presented by ESL.

The most exciting game of round 25 in the National League took place in Aktobe. This derby game ended with only two-point defeat on the road of 4th placed Kaspiy Aktau (8-14) to sixth ranked Aktobe (5-21) 69-67 on Wednesday evening. American forward Kent Hanson (198-97, college: Carleton) stepped up and scored 9 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists for the winners and forward Vassiliy Petrishinets (198-89) chipped in 10 points and 8 rebounds. At the losing side guard Roman Lagutin (195-95) responded with 9 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Kaspiy Aktau's coach Mikhail Karpenko tried various players' combinations and tested in total twelve players in this game, but that didn't help. Newly promoted Aktobe maintains sixth place with 5-21 record. Kaspiy Aktau at the other side keeps the fourth position with 14 games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Bottom-ranked Aktobe managed to get the second consecutive victory. This time newly promoted Aktobe won against fourth-ranked Kaspiy Aktau 71-59. American forward Kent Hanson (198-97, college: Carleton) nailed a double-double by scoring 11 points and 16 rebounds for the winning side and Vassiliy Petrishinets accounted for 20 points. American Eugene Artison (206-95, college: USAO, agency: One Motive Sports) came up with a double-double by scoring 15 points and 10 rebounds for Kaspiy Aktau in the defeat. Kaspiy Aktau's coach Mikhail Karpenko let to play eleven players, but that didn't help to avoid defeat in this game. Newly promoted Aktobe maintains sixth place with 5-21 record. Kaspiy Aktau at the other side keeps the fourth position with 14 games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.

Aktobe - Kaspiy Aktau 71-59

Bottom-ranked Aktobe managed to get the second consecutive victory. This time newly promoted Aktobe won against fourth-ranked Kaspiy Aktau 71-59. American forward Kent Hanson (198-97, college: Carleton) nailed a double-double by scoring 11 points and 16 rebounds for the winning side and forward Vassiliy Petrishinets (198-89) accounted for 20 points. American Eugene Artison (206-95, college: USAO, agency: One Motive Sports) came up with a double-double by scoring 15 points and 10 rebounds and guard Roman Lagutin (195-95) added 12 points and 5 rebounds respectively for Kaspiy Aktau in the defeat. Kaspiy Aktau's coach Mikhail Karpenko let to play eleven players, but that didn't help to avoid defeat in this game. Newly promoted Aktobe maintains sixth place with 5-21 record. Kaspiy Aktau at the other side keeps the fourth position with 14 games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Top scorers:
Aktobe: V.Petrishinets 20+3reb+1ast, A.Papshiv 12+3reb+2ast, K.Hanson 11+16reb+3ast, A.Toktarov 7+1reb+4ast, V.Gusak 4+6reb+2ast, B.Sergei 2+5reb+6ast
Kaspiy Aktau: E.Artison 15+10reb+1ast, R.Lagutin 12+5reb+1ast, D.Davletbaev 8+4ast, R.Marchuk 4+3reb, G.Zhukov 3+1reb, D.Orlenko 2+3reb

Aktobe - Kaspiy Aktau 69-67

The most exciting game of round 25 in the National League took place in Aktobe. This derby game ended with only two-point defeat on the road of 4th placed Kaspiy Aktau (8-14) to sixth ranked Aktobe (5-21) 69-67 on Wednesday evening. American forward Kent Hanson (198-97, college: Carleton) stepped up and scored 9 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists for the winners and forward Vassiliy Petrishinets (198-89) chipped in 10 points and 8 rebounds. At the losing side guard Roman Lagutin (195-95) responded with 9 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists and American Eugene Artison (206-95, college: USAO, agency: One Motive Sports) scored 3 points and 8 rebounds. Kaspiy Aktau's coach Mikhail Karpenko tried various players' combinations and tested in total twelve players in this game, but that didn't help. Newly promoted Aktobe maintains sixth place with 5-21 record. Kaspiy Aktau at the other side keeps the fourth position with 14 games lost. Both teams do not play next round, which will be an opportunity for some rest.
Top scorers:
Aktobe: A.Papshiv 13+2ast, V.Petrishinets 10+8reb, K.Hanson 9+9reb+5ast, A.Toktarov 7+1reb+5ast, V.Gusak 7+7reb, A.Emir 6
Kaspiy Aktau: R.Lagutin 9+6reb+4ast, D.Degtyarev 7+1ast, R.Marchuk 6+1reb+1ast, S.Aymurat 5+3ast, G.Zhukov 5+2reb, V.Simonov 4+1reb



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