For first time in two and a half months Rilski Sportist defeated a different team than Lukoil Academic or Levski. Today in Samokov the team won against Spartak Pleven88-72. This win moved the team to sixth place in the standings.
Rilski Sportist controlled the game from the start. The team won the first quarter 31-16 after taking the lead with a 10-0 run after 2-4 start of the game. The visitors from Pleven cut the deficit to 8 in 23rd minute but until the end of the half Rilski's lead went up to 21 points, 54-33.
So the home team practically did what it had to do in the first half and needed to close the game in second. The difference never went under 15 points and at times it was up to 25. In the end the visitors cut it to 16 at 88-72.
The best player for the hosts was once again the captain Aleksandar Gruev who finished with 21 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds, scoring 5 times from the three-point line. Simeon Naydenov added 17 points while Bogdan Boev ended with 15.
For the visitors who were left by their two best players in the last week - Hrisimir Dimitrov and Rob Preston, Iliya Stankov finished as top scorer with 15 points and Aleksandar Dyakovski added 13. FULL STATS FROM RILSKI SPORTIST - SPARTAK PLEVEN
