Biggest win: Musson – 100 (150-50 vs Baltic Virtuozo)
Top scorer: Arvydas Venclovas – 37 (Perlas)
Most rebounds: Irina Menshikova – 20 (Baltijec)
Most assists: Valerii Iaichun – 15 (Musson)
M40/45
Baltic Virtuozo 50-150 Musson
Musson from Sevastopol swept away yet another opponent, taking a huge 150-50 victory against Baltic Virtuozo and handing the Baltic side their first loss, after a successful start of the championship.
The winners went an unbelievable 35-of-53 from beyond the arc, with top scorer Aleksandr Bakurov making 10-of-15 shots from three-point range for 36 points.
Serhii Savin scored 29 points, Igor Gulin added 28 points. Sergiy Tsymbal scored 18 points and grabbed 16 rebounds, Valerii Iaichun also had a double-double of 17 points and 15 rebounds, adding nine rebounds.
Mait Kabin scored 25 points for Baltic Virtuozo.
Project 44 49-38 Victoria Residences
Project 44 bounced back from their opening day loss to Small Planet with a 49-38 victory against Bulgarian side Victoria Residences.
The Russian team, paced by Alexander Kuznetsov, who scored 23 points, started the game slow, but were pretty dominant in the second half. Gintaras Einikis was close to a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds.
For Victoria Residences, Evtim Banev had 15 points. Stefan Stoychev added 11.
Carpathian Bears 63-113 Small Planet
Small Planet recorded another dominant win in Belek, crushing Carpathian Bears 113-63. The experienced point guard Rolandas Skaisgirys led the Lithuanians with 19 points, with Virginijus Sirvydis adding 18 points and eight boards.
For Carpathian Bears, Oleksandr Zakrevskyi hit 5-of-11 from downtown for a game-high total of 21 points to go along with 10 rebounds. However, he turned the ball over eight times.
Sergii Pastukhov chipped in with 17 points and nine boards.
M50
Dinamo 49-52 Bitsa Team
Bitsa Team from Moscow added another win to their tally after defeating Dinamo Kursk 52-49 in a close game. It was the second win in as many games for the Muscovites, while Dinamo suffered their first defeat, after winning their opening game on Sunday.
Mikhail Gorshkov led the winners with 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field, with Alexander Ustinov and Mikhail Borisov adding 12 points apiece.
For the side from Kursk, Aleksei Ugriumov collected a game-high 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Andrei Bondarenko chipped in with 12 points. Valerii Sirotiuk scored only five points, but grabbed a tournament-high 15 rebounds.
Perlas 63-44 Interwood-Project 44
Arvydas Venclovas set a new championship high with 37 points, leading Perlas to a 63-44 victory in their tournament-opener against Interwood-Project 44, who suffered their second loss in as many days.
Saulius Kriksciunas added a double-double of 14 points and 13 boards for the winners, who broke away late in the fourth quarter after starting to press their opponents full-court on defense.
Meanwhile, Sergey Semenov scored a team-high 14 points for Interwood-Project 44 to go along with eight rebounds. Vladimir Fidii added 13 points and seven boards.
M55
Top Trust 47-66 Salilita
Lithuanian side Salilita began their campaign in Belek with a convincing 66-47 victory against Baltic rivals Top Trust from Estonia, who had celebrated a win the previous day.
Rolandas Penikas was the top scorer of the game with 25 points for Salilita. Steponas Jakubauskas added 12, while Arunas Sarka and Vytenis Urba collected 10 each.
Ermil Kuldkepp had 19 points for Top Trust, with Jak Iiil adding 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
Auto-Queen 69-29 Team Hamburg
Auto-Queen registered the team’s first win in the championship after defeating Team Hamburg 69-29. All ten players who stepped on the court left a mark by scoring points for the winners, with Igor Krylov leading the way with 13 points.
Andrian Morozov was the only other scorer in double figures for Auto-Queen with 11 points. Oleg Batin and Aleksandr Tarakanov had nine points each.
Bertram Wagner and Bernhard Knull collected 11 and 10 points respectively.
M60
Galychyna 33-60 Babailar
After not playing on the first day of the championship, Babailar from Ufa got off to a hot start on Day 2, beating Galychyna 60-33. It was also the first game of the tournament for the Ukrainians.
Aleksandr Trubach went 7-of-14 from the three-point line for a total of 23 points to go along six rebounds. Evgenii Kapustin collected eight points and five boards.
For Galychyna, Vitaliy Detiuk finished with a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds, but shot only 6-of-17 from the field.
Ranga 41-53 SLO 50+
SLO 50+ raced back from behind to defeat Lithuanian team Ranga 53-41 after winning the fourth quarter by 19 points.
Nebojsa Macura was the top scorer for the winners with 17 points and seven rebounds. Jose Fiser had 14 points, while Radovan Lorbek chipped in with 9 points and 10 rebounds.
For Ranga, Algirdas Linge was had the most points with 13. Arunas Baltinas scored 11, but went 4-of-19 from the field.
M65
Vilniaus Statybos Senjorai 33-66 CSKA
CSKA Veterans got their second in as many days after smashing Vilniaus Statybos Senjorai 66-33, with Igor Sakharnov pacing the way with 19 points after hitting 5-of-8 three-pointers.
Evgeny Abramov lived at the free throw line, making 8-of-14 attempts. Meanwhile, Vygantas Valiukevicius and Albinas Raudonius shared a team-high 9 points.
M70
Sameko 25-28 Nevsky Veterans
Nevsky Veterans outlasted Samenko in a tight game to improve to a 1-1 record. It was the first game for Samenko, who are now 0-1.
Gennady Mikhaylov had a team-high 12 points for Nevsky. Mikhail Kiselev added 10 points and nine rebounds. Meanwhile, Peeter Kokk collected 20 of 25 of his team’s points for Samenko, also grabbing nine rebounds.
W35
Baltijec 95-63 Bergama Genclerbirligi SK
Baltijec St. Peterburg got their win count under way, with an emphatic 95-63 victory against Bergrama Gencelrbirligi SK, for whom it was the first game of the tournament. Meanwhile, Baltijec had suffered a loss in the opening day.
Natalia Alekseeva collected 33 points and 8 rebounds for the winners, with Irina Menshikova adding 19 points, 20 rebounds and six assists.
Banu Karadagli had a team-high 20 points for the Turkish team to go along with 10 rebounds. Ebru Zaynep Saylan added 15 points.
W45/50/55
Ladies Germany 32-55 BC Svaja
Two teams that sat out the opening day of the championship finally took court in Group B, with BC Svaja defeating Ladies Germany 55-32 for their opening victory.
Jolanta Jurciuviene had a team-high 17 points for the Lithuanian side, Daina Motiejuniene and Ramune Giliene chipped in with 13 and 12 points respectively.
Heike Schonau was the only player in double figures for Ladies Germany with 10 points.
