Lukoil Neftochimic kept the first place

Radostina Slavova (Photo:sportni.bg)

07-04-2007 09:30

[b]Lukoil Neftochimic[/b] lost for the first time this year but will stay on top ahead of the Women Playoffs 2007. Their main opponent [b]CSKA[/b] beat them 69-65 but that wasn’t enough as they lost the first game in Bourgas by 12 points (67-79). There is three more games left as [b]Lukoil Neftochimic[/b] will not have any trouble to keep the first place. There is a big gap between the first two and other teams in Women First A-1. That means the team of [b]Petko Marinov[/b] will have home court advantage in eventual final between those teams. Recently [b]Lukoil Neftochimic[/b] lost from [b]CSKA[/b] in the final of Cup of Bulgaria by big margin, 30 points (72-102). However in this game they stay focused until the very end and got what they wanted despite the loss. [b]Brankica Hadzovic[/b] scored 19 points for [b]CSKA[/b] but only two other players were in double figures – [b]Latasha Byears[/b] with 18 points and [b]Teodora Petrova[/b] with 10 points. [b]Dionne Brown[/b] finished with double double for the visitors – 24 points and 11 rebounds. Great game by [b]Radostina Slavova[/b] as well who ended with 16 points and 9 rebounds. Two players missed the game for [b]Lukoil Neftochimic[/b]. American point guard [b]Dee Dee Wheeler[/b] left the team in the beginning of the week while center [b]Rositsa Karoleva[/b] is having problems with achilles and is doubtful for the season.