National League Round 2 of Semi-Finals. Aktobe and Tobol record wins

Irbis - Aktobe 78-93

Forward Vassiliy Petrishinets (198-1989) orchestrated the victory with a double-double by scoring 25 points and 11 rebounds. American point guard Shakir Smith (185-1992, college: ASU) contributed with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists for the winners. International center Robert Pan (202-1995) replied with a double-double by scoring 21 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists and American point guard Marcus Myers (185-1996, college: Aurora, agency: Octagon Europe) added 10 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists in the effort for Irbis. Four Aktobe and five Irbis players scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
Irbis: R.Pan 21+12reb+4ast, N.Bazhin 15+5reb+1ast, A.Zhigulin 12+10reb+1ast, M.Myers 10+6reb+11ast, L.Anderson 10+2reb+3ast, A.Kozyrkin 4+2ast
Aktobe: V.Petrishinets 25+11reb+2ast, S.Smith 24+7reb+4ast, J.Williams 18+13reb+1ast, V.Hendrix 12+4reb+2ast, K.Neff 7+1reb+2ast, A.Marat 4+1reb+2ast

Barsy Atyrau - Tobol 81-86

Tobol outrebounded Barsy Atyrau 48-32 including 33 on the defensive glass. Tobol players were unselfish on offense dishing 30 assists. The former international forward Anton Bykov (200-1989) had a double-double by scoring 18 points and 18 rebounds to lead the charge for the winners and Russian Dmitriy Doynikov (204-1994) chipped in 25 points and 9 rebounds during the contest. American point guard Jarvis Garrett (182-1995, college: URI) responded with a double-double by scoring 20 points and 12 assists and Bogdan Rabchenyuk (188-2003) produced a double-double by scoring 10 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Four Tobol and five Barsy Atyrau players scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
Barsy Atyrau: J.Garrett 20+4reb+12ast, J.Gregg 17+3reb+3ast, M.Okafor 14+6reb+1ast, V.Ivanov 12+8reb+5ast, R.Bogdan 10+10reb+8ast, T.Timur 5
Tobol: D.Doynikov 25+9reb+3ast, A.Bykov 18+18reb+3ast, K.Dvirnyi 15+6reb+1ast, P.Ilyin 12+2reb+9ast, S.Kuanov 6+5reb+9ast, A.Stepantsov 6+4reb+3ast