D1 Round 34 (Regular Season): Okzhetpes are upset by Barsy Atyrau

There will be only one (last) round of the Regular Season in D1. Here is the last round review presented by LBM Management.

The most important game in the last round took place in Kokshetay between third ranked Okzhetpes (14-9) and fifth ranked Barsy Atyrau (11-13) on Monday night. Okzhetpes were defeated by Barsy Atyrau in a tough game at home 67-71. Barsy Atyrau outrebounded Okzhetpes 47-31 including 16 on the offensive glass. Point guard Altynshash Zinabdin (165-1999) fired 17 points and 9 rebounds for the winners. Russian center Maria Aristova (188-2006) chipped in 13 points and 13 rebounds. Russian guard Yuliya Antonevich (178-2002) produced 20 points and 7 rebounds for lost side. Newly promoted Barsy Atyrau maintains fifth position with 11-13 record. Okzhetpes at the other side dropped to the second place with nine games lost. Barsy Atyrau will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Okzhetpes will play on the road against Zhetysu in Taldykorgan and are hoping to win this game.
Leader Tigers delivered the twenty second victory. This time they crushed 6th ranked Caspiy Aktau (5-18) 88-40 in Astana. Worth to mention a great performance of Ukrainian power forward Ganna Rulyova (183-1986, agency: BIG) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 21 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists. Tamara Kuzmina-Yagodkina contributed with 19 points and 8 rebounds for the winners. The former international point guard Alexandra Petelina (168-1998) replied with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists for Caspiy Aktau. Caspiy Aktau's coach Bagrat Arakelyan gave up on the game allowing to play eleven players seeing no chance for a win. Tigers have a solid three-game winning streak. Defending champion maintains first position with 22-1 record. Caspiy Aktau lost third consecutive game. They keep the sixth place with 18 games lost. Tigers will again play against Caspiy Aktau (#6) at home in the next round where they are favorite. Caspiy Aktau will have a break next round.
The game in Taldykorgan supposed to be also quite interesting. Third ranked Okzhetpes (14-9) played at the court of 7th ranked Zhetysu (3-20). Okzhetpes smashed Zhetysu 86-60 on Saturday. Nadezhda Yakovleva had a double-double by scoring 19 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists to lead the charge for the winners. At the losing side Evelina Mazikina responded with 13 points and 9 rebounds. Okzhetpes moved-up to second place. Zhetysu lost eighth consecutive game. Newly promoted team stay dead last with 20 lost games. Okzhetpes will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Zhetysu will play again against the league's second-placed Okzhetpes (#2) and hope to secure a win.

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Zhetysu - Okzhetpes 60-86

The game in Taldykorgan supposed to be also quite interesting. Third ranked Okzhetpes (14-9) played at the court of 7th ranked Zhetysu (3-20). Okzhetpes smashed Zhetysu 86-60 on Saturday. Okzhetpes dominated down low during the game scoring 54 of its points in the paint compared to Zhetysu's 34. They outrebounded Zhetysu 52-32 including a 41-25 advantage in defensive rebounds. Okzhetpes looked well-organized offensively handing out 29 assists. International power forward Nadezhda Yakovleva (183-2003) had a double-double by scoring 19 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists to lead the charge for the winners and Russian swingman Daria Surkova (176-2001) chipped in 18 points and 5 rebounds during the contest. At the losing side Kyrgyzstani point guard Evelina Mazikina (165-2007) responded with 13 points and 9 rebounds and swingman Dariya Kovaleva (174-2002) scored 11 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Four Zhetysu players scored in double figures. Okzhetpes moved-up to second place. Zhetysu lost eighth consecutive game. Newly promoted team stay dead last with 20 lost games. Okzhetpes will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Zhetysu will play again against the league's second-placed Okzhetpes (#2) and hope to secure a win.
Top scorers:
Zhetysu: T.Lyazzat 14+1reb+3ast, M.Evelina 13+9reb+3ast, K.Dariya 11+6reb+4ast, N.Aiya 10+5reb+2ast, I.Anzhelika 8+3reb+4ast, S.Viktoriya 2
Okzhetpes: N.Yakovleva 19+16reb+4ast, D.Surkova 18+5reb+3ast, A.Mustafina 12+4reb+6ast, Z.Buday 9+5reb+1ast, K.Amanzholova 8+8reb+7ast, Y.Antonevich 7+4reb+6ast

Tigers - Caspiy Aktau 88-40

Leader Tigers delivered the twenty second victory. This time they crushed 6th ranked Caspiy Aktau (5-18) 88-40 in Astana. Tigers held Caspiy Aktau to an opponent 23.8 percent shooting from the field compared to 54.1 percent accuracy of the winners. They outrebounded Caspiy Aktau 46-27 including a 36-19 advantage in defensive rebounds. Tigers players were unselfish on offense dishing 25 assists comparing to just 11 passes made by Caspiy Aktau's players. Worth to mention a great performance of Ukrainian power forward Ganna Rulyova (183-1986, agency: BIG) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 21 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists. The former international forward Tamara Kuzmina-Yagodkina (182-1990) contributed with 19 points and 8 rebounds for the winners. Four Tigers players scored in double figures. The former international point guard Alexandra Petelina (168-1998) replied with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists and Ukrainian forward Vira Cherkaska (184-2002) added 9 points and 7 rebounds in the effort for Caspiy Aktau. Caspiy Aktau's coach Bagrat Arakelyan gave up on the game allowing to play eleven players seeing no chance for a win. Tigers have a solid three-game winning streak. Defending champion maintains first position with 22-1 record. Caspiy Aktau lost third consecutive game. They keep the sixth place with 18 games lost. Tigers will again play against Caspiy Aktau (#6) at home in the next round where they are favorite. Caspiy Aktau will have a break next round.
Top scorers:
Caspiy Aktau: P.Alexandra 14+5reb+4ast, V.Cherkaska 9+7reb+1ast, R.Natalya 7+1ast, I.Anastasiya 5+1reb+1ast, B.Diana 3+7reb+4ast, K.Ulpan 2+5reb
Tigers: R.Ganna 21+13reb+4ast, A.Alishauskayte 20+3reb+2ast, T.Kuzmina-Yagodkina 19+8reb+3ast, D.Koroleva 12+9reb+5ast, D.Tsukanova 9+3reb+5ast, O.Nurbaeva 5+1reb

Okzhetpes - Barsy Atyrau 67-71

The most important game in the last round took place in Kokshetay between third ranked Okzhetpes (14-9) and fifth ranked Barsy Atyrau (11-13) on Monday night. Okzhetpes were defeated by Barsy Atyrau in a tough game at home 67-71. Barsy Atyrau outrebounded Okzhetpes 47-31 including 16 on the offensive glass. Point guard Altynshash Zinabdin (165-1999) fired 17 points and 9 rebounds for the winners. Russian center Maria Aristova (188-2006) chipped in a double-double by scoring 13 points and 13 rebounds. Russian guard Yuliya Antonevich (178-2002) produced 20 points and 7 rebounds and Russian swingman Daria Surkova (176-2001) added 16 points and 5 rebounds respectively for lost side. Newly promoted Barsy Atyrau maintains fifth position with 11-13 record. Okzhetpes at the other side dropped to the second place with nine games lost. Barsy Atyrau will have a break next round, and it should allow them to practice more before next game. Okzhetpes will play on the road against Zhetysu in Taldykorgan and are hoping to win this game.
Top scorers:
Okzhetpes: A.Yuliya 20+7reb, S.Daria 16+5reb+1ast, A.Kamila 14+3reb+1ast, B.Zoya 6+3reb, Y.Nadezhda 4+7reb+2ast, K.Milana 4+5reb
Barsy Atyrau: S.Kemel 22+3reb, A.Zinabdin 17+9reb+1ast, M.Aristova 13+13reb, K.Yuldasheva 8+8reb, A.Vavilina 7+7reb, J.Kovalchuk 2+1reb