By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Mike James scored a game-high 22 points in 19 minutes and stole the ball three times, as CSKA Moscow crushed Tsmoki Minsk 114 – 81 to bounce back to wins in VTB League after losing to Zenit St. Petersburg in the previous round.
CSKA drained 18 3-pointers (out of 33 -3pointers) setting a new club record in VTB League. The “Army Men’ are now 2-2 in the regular season.
Tsmoki went up 20 – 30 nine minutes into the game. CSKA reacted with a 15 – 0 run but the visiting side once again took a lead, 41 – 50. James pushed CSKA towards regaining the advantage with a 14 – 0 run and, this time, the “Army Men” proceeded to dominate for the remainder of the match.
Dominez Brunett had 18 points and Branko Mirkovic 16 for Tsmoki that dropped to 0-2. Darrun Hilliard dropped 17 points, Joel Bolomboy 16 and Daniel Hackett 13 for CSKA.