MBL Round 19 (Regular Season): Metal lose to lower ranked Miners

Here is the last round review presented by Job Market.

Round 19 most important game was a victory of Miners over 4th placed Metal 105-99 on Sunday night. Miners made 23-of-26 free shots (88.5 percent) during the game. 24 personal fouls committed by Metal helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Worth to mention a great performance of Nigerian-American power forward Maxie Esho (206-1991, college: UMass) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 31 points and 12 rebounds (on 13-of-16 shooting from the field). International guard Bolor-Erdene Gantsolmon (183-2003) contributed with 23 points, 6 assists and 4 steals for the winners. B Wesley answered with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists for Metal. Miners maintains eighth place with 8-12 record. Metal at the other side keeps the fourth position with nine games lost.
The game between third ranked Apes (11-7) and 7th ranked Knights (8-10) in ended with biggest points difference. Apes beat guests from 79-69. Worth to mention a quality performance of South Sudanese-Australian center Deng Acuoth (208-1996) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 19 points and 10 rebounds (made all of his eleven free throws !!!). Ulzii Myagmarsuren helped adding 14 points and 7 assists. At the losing side American forward Lance Thomas (208-1999, college: USA, agency: Haylett Sports) responded with 14 points and 9 rebounds. Apes maintains third place with 11-7 record having nine points less than leader Xac Broncos. Knights lost fourth consecutive game. They keep the seventh position with ten games lost.

In the last game of round 19 Brothers beat Darkhan on the road 95-87.
The most impressive performance of 19th round was 28 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists by McKenzie Moore of Brothers.



Apes - Knights 79-69

The game between third ranked Apes (11-7) and 7th ranked Knights (8-10) in ended with biggest points difference. Apes beat guests from 79-69. Apes made 21-of-27 charity shots (77.8 percent) during the game, while Knights only scored four points from the stripe. Worth to mention a quality performance of South Sudanese-Australian center Deng Acuoth (208-1996) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 19 points and 10 rebounds (made all of his eleven free throws !!!). International guard Ulzii Myagmarsuren (181-2000) helped adding 14 points and 7 assists. Four Apes players scored in double figures. At the losing side American forward Lance Thomas (208-1999, college: USA, agency: Haylett Sports) responded with 14 points and 9 rebounds and the former international guard Erdenetsogt Ochirbat (184-1995) scored 14 points. Apes maintains third place with 11-7 record having nine points less than leader Xac Broncos. Knights lost fourth consecutive game. They keep the seventh position with ten games lost.
Top scorers:
Knights: L.Thomas 14+9reb+1ast, E.Ochirbat 14+3reb+3ast, U.Oyuntsetseg 12+1reb+1ast, T.Batmenh 8+4reb+1ast, G.Lhagvenend 7+2reb, P.Williams 6+4reb+7ast
Apes: D.Acuoth 19+10reb+1ast, T.Bataa 14+1reb, U.Myagmarsuren 14+4reb+7ast, N.Ganbaatar 12+4reb+1ast, S.Erdenedalai 4+2reb, G.A. 4+1reb

Metal - Miners 99-105

Round 19 most important game was a victory of Miners over 4th placed Metal 105-99 on Sunday night. Miners made 23-of-26 free shots (88.5 percent) during the game. 24 personal fouls committed by Metal helped opponents get some easy free throw opportunities. Worth to mention a great performance of Nigerian-American power forward Maxie Esho (206-1991, college: UMass) who helped to win the game recording a double-double by scoring 31 points and 12 rebounds (on 13-of-16 shooting from the field). International guard Bolor-Erdene Gantsolmon (183-2003) contributed with 23 points, 6 assists and 4 steals for the winners. B Wesley answered with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists and American power forward Devon Scott (205-1994, college: Dayton) added 20 points and 12 rebounds in the effort for Metal. Miners maintains eighth place with 8-12 record. Metal at the other side keeps the fourth position with nine games lost.
Top scorers:
Metal: P.E. 25+4reb+2ast, B.Wesley 23+7reb+9ast, D.Scott 20+12reb+3ast, T.Lkhagvajav 9+3reb, U.Tumenbayar 9+8reb+6ast, M.N. 6+4reb+1ast
Miners: M.Esho 31+12reb+1ast, S.Ponds 25+5reb+3ast, B.Gantsolmon 23+4reb+6ast, O.Ganzorig 7+6reb+1ast, B.Bat-Erdene 7+2reb+1ast, E.Dorj-Arild 2+1ast

Darkhan - Brothers 87-95

We could consider it a predictable result in the game between close teams when sixth ranked Brothers (9-7) beat 5th ranked United (9-9) in Darkhan 95-87. Brothers forced 20 Darkhan turnovers. They brought some defensive toughness making 8 blocks. American players dominated the game. It was a great evening for guard McKenzie Moore (198-1992, college: UTEP) who led his team to a victory with a double-double by scoring 28 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists. Power forward Diamond Stone (208-1997, college: Maryland) helped adding 18 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks. At the losing side forward Terran Petteway (198-1992, college: Nebraska, agency: MSG) responded with 25 points and 5 assists and guard Tae Hardy (190, college: UTEP) scored 17 points and 7 rebounds. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. Brothers have a solid series of three victories in a row. They moved-up to fifth place. Darkhan at the other side dropped to the sixth position with nine games lost.
Top scorers:
Darkhan: T.Petteway 25+4reb+5ast, T.Hardy 17+7reb+3ast, B.D. 11+7reb, T.Taiwan 11+10reb+1ast, O.Sodnomjamts 9+4reb+2ast, A.Enkhtuvshin 6+3reb
Brothers: M.Moore 28+12reb+7ast, D.Stone 18+9reb+3ast, M.Baasandorj 16+1reb+2ast, D.Purevsuren 11+3reb, U.Chinguun 6+5reb+1ast, S.Monkhbaatar 6+5reb+4ast