By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Karasev played in four games in January, leading Zenit to a 4-0 record (vs. Khimki, Parma, Astana and Tsmoki-Minsk). In the win over Khimki, Karasev scored a career-high 35 points. Overall, Karasev averaged 23.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and a 24.8 efficiency rating in January.
He beat out CSKA guard Nando De Colo and Khimki center Marko Todorovic for the MVP award.
UNICS’s Keith Langford won the award in October, Khimki’s Alexey Shved was MVP in November and Lokomotiv’s Andrey Zubkov took it home in December.