Men's and women's basketball teams of the Volga region Academy of sports reached the LAST-16 of the Belov League, having won at the end of last week on their home court two victories in the LAST-64 tournament.
Men's team in the first meeting on Thursday won a strong-willed victory over the team of Saratov state University with the score 83:63 (13:13, 17:25, 25:10, 28:15). On the big break the hosts left, conceding in the score (30:38). But in the third quarter turned the course of the match, leading with a difference of 7 points. And in the final 10-minute consolidated success. The most productive player of the match in the hosts began, Shukhrat Muradaliyev (19 points + 6 rebounds + 2 attack assists) and Stepan leichenko (14+4+3).
The rival of "academicians" in the fight for the exit to LAST-16 was the team of the Baltic Federal University 71:65 (17:12, 21:15, 16:16, 17:22). This time the wards of Olesya Matvienko did not test the strength of the nerves of the mentor, even before the break, creating a good spectacle reserve (+11). The most productive in this meeting have hosts have become Ivan Ananyev (18+6+2) and Alexey Chekalov (15+5+3).
- The coach can never be satisfied with the team's game completely, we played, of course, not without mistakes, - said Olesya Matvienko. - But task-least carried out. And in the LAST-16 we will meet with serious opponents.
The first – the team of St. Petersburg state University.  With them "academics" have not met even once, as in the Superleague VTB they are not involved. But the fact that the guys went to LAST-16, says a lot. In the second pair in the quarter-finals will compete teams of MSU and UNN. All Last-16 matches will be held in Kazan on April 24-25.
But the students of the Volga region Academy will compete for the exit to the "final four" in Ivanovo on April 29-30. The first rival of "academicians" St. Petersburg state forestry University. And in the case of the quarterfinals, our girls will play with the winner of the confrontation between the Ivanovo state University of chemical technology and the Russian University of transport.
- Exit from LAST-64 - the planned result in the League Belova - says coach Natalia Kuleshova. – But, given the circumstances, it is a great success for us. The fact is that due to injuries, the main load in League matches falls on five players. There is no equivalent replacement for them. This affects the paired matches. The second force is not enough. This was evident when the girls made unforced technical mistakes, when the ball went out through the hands after the transfer…
The result on the scoreboard in the women's national team of the Academy provides a shock five, conducting on the site almost the entire game without replacements: Daria Arkhangelskaya, Taisia Afanasieva, Karina Peremena, Ekaterina Staff and Olesya Nikolenko . In the first meeting of LAST-64 with students of the Baltic Federal University (87:58) the most productive were Afanasieva (28 points and 7 rebounds), Peremena (25 points + 11 rebounds + 4 assists) and Arkhangelsk (10 + 6). Nikolenko has 8 points, 8 rebounds, 14 assists and 3 steals.  
In the match for reaching the LAST-16 against Udgu of sshor of-3 from Izhevsk (68-62) Arhangelskaya scored 24 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Afanasyeva at the end of the match 16 points 4 rebounds, Peremennoi 14+11+4 Olesia Nikolenko (8+10+5) and the Headquarters (6+17+3).
By the way, the final four of the Belov League will be held in Kazan on may 16-18. Semifinals and match for the 3rd place in the UK "KAI Olympus", and the final on the final day of the tournament in the "basket hall".