On Monday and Tuesday regular Youth Championship games were held. BC Khimki twice
scored confident victory over NN-Chekovskie Yastreby.
January 31
Khimki-2 — NN-Chekovskie Yastreby —
103-83 (30-22, 28-18, 20-20, 25-23).
BC Khimki best scorers: Pichkurov (23 + 6 assists + 3 steals), Pushkov (18 + 9 rebounds + 3 steals), A.Karpeko (17), Vadeev (10), Agababyan (9 + 5 rebounds + 4 assists + 2 steals).
February 1
Khimki-2 — NN-Chekovskie Yastreby —
94-69 (23-20, 22-20, 22-17, 27-12)
BC Khimki best scorers: E.Karpeko (19 + 8 rebounds), Pichkurov (13 + 5 rebounds), Pushkov (13 + 6 rebounds), Novikov (10), Chichaykin (9 + 4 steals), Agababyan (8 + 6 rebounds).
Ramunas Cvirka, Khimki Youth team head coach:
– I'm glad we scored two victories in a row but our defense leaves much to be desired — I'm not very pleased with defensive actions of my players: frequent mistakes allowed the opponent to steal the ball and do rapid attacks. In contrast everything is ok with our attack. In both games our opponent managed to offer battle in the first half of the meeting. We scored a lot of free throws — the rival permitted to do it. Step by step we engage in our team young players from Khimki DUBL — f.e. I decided to give a chance to Alexander Zakharov — he's a talented player and we consider him as the nearest future of our squad.