Expected success for Lukoil Academic

Donta Smith

22-10-2007 01:41

Without any surprise was today’s game between Lukoil Academic and Balkan Botevgrad. The champion of Bulgaria did not have any problems and overwhelmed categorically the young team of Georgi Mladenov with 84-60. The game started as expected and Todor Stoykov and company took the leadership as they did not even let their inexperienced colleagues from Balkan to grab the initiative. Knowing what the final result would be, the head coach Georgi Mladenov put into play all the 12 players signed in the roster. Amasing performance for the hosts made the American Dwayne Morton who finished with a double-double again – 20 points and 12 rebounds. The elder of the Lilov brothers – Lubomir showed good sports condition and scored 17 points and 6 rebounds.For Lukoil Academic, the captain Todor Stoykov was unstoppable, scoring 28 points. Zeljko Lukajic decided to try the young talent Chavdar Kostov who was recovering from an injury. Kostov performed great – 16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Donta Smith gave a real basketball lecture, scoring 15 points. He also added 7 rebounds and 6 assists.After round 3 of the national championship, Lukoil Academic remain without a loss and Balkan still could not sign themselves in the winners’ column.

FULL STATS FROM THE GAME BALKAN - LUKOIL ACADEMIC