Basketball
“Enisey” beat CSKA for the second time this season in the VTB United League
“Enisey” – CSKA / Photo: © BC “Yenisei”
Enisey beat CSKA in a home match of the VTB United League regular season.
The meeting ended with a score of 86:81 in favor of the home team. The most productive player was Canadian Yenisei defender Xavier Rathen-Mays, who scored 30 points. He broke the record for most points in a single season in the VTB United League. Before the match, Rathen-Mays had 839 points.
Previously, the record was held by American guard Keith Langford, who scored 851 points in the 2015/16 season while playing for UNICS.
Enisey forward Mikel Hopkins scored a double-double (27 points + 13 rebounds). For CSKA, defenseman Melo Trimble scored the most points – 24.
Enisey now has 18 wins and 16 losses in the current season of the VTB United League, the team is in sixth place in the table of Group A. After the defeat, CSKA dropped to second place, the army team has 25 wins and 10 losses. In March, Enisey beat CSKA away for the first time in history.
Watch live broadcasts of VTB United League matches on the television channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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