CSKA flexes muscles vs. Khimki 27 march 2017
VTB United League
CSKA defeated Khimki on the road, 92-70 (33-15, 21-21, 21-8, 17-26).
Top Scorers
Khimki: Sergey Monia (15+6 reb), E.J. Rowland (12+6 reb+6 ast), Robbie Hummel (12+5 reb)
CSKA: Nando De Colo (18), Cory Higgins (14), Kyle Hines (13), Vitaly Fridzon (12)
Turning Point
Khimki was forced to play without leading scorer Alexey Shved, who was recently named the 2016-17 EuroCup MVP. From the opening tip, Moscow Region struggled to score without its explosive shooting guard, falling behind 26-9 early.
Kyle Hines scored 10 for CSKA and the visitors went 4-4 from beyond the arc in the 1st quarter as they raced to a 33-15 advantage.
Khimki never threatened again, trailing by 18 at halftime, before going down by as much as 37 in the 4th quarter.
CSKA moves to 19-2 on the season, one game up on 2nd-place Zenit. Khimki falls to 16-4, two games ahead of 4th-place Lokomotiv.
Stat
28 – number of CSKA assists.
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Up Next
Khimki: April 2 at Nizhny Novgorod
CSKA: April 3 vs. Kalev
Khimki: Sergey Monia (15+6 reb), E.J. Rowland (12+6 reb+6 ast), Robbie Hummel (12+5 reb)
CSKA: Nando De Colo (18), Cory Higgins (14), Kyle Hines (13), Vitaly Fridzon (12)
Turning Point
Khimki was forced to play without leading scorer Alexey Shved, who was recently named the 2016-17 EuroCup MVP. From the opening tip, Moscow Region struggled to score without its explosive shooting guard, falling behind 26-9 early.
Kyle Hines scored 10 for CSKA and the visitors went 4-4 from beyond the arc in the 1st quarter as they raced to a 33-15 advantage.
Khimki never threatened again, trailing by 18 at halftime, before going down by as much as 37 in the 4th quarter.
CSKA moves to 19-2 on the season, one game up on 2nd-place Zenit. Khimki falls to 16-4, two games ahead of 4th-place Lokomotiv.
Stat
28 – number of CSKA assists.
Image
Up Next
Khimki: April 2 at Nizhny Novgorod
CSKA: April 3 vs. Kalev
Source
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