Neftyanik 73, at Samara 66

SAMARA, Russia (Interstat) — Anastasia Bocharova scored 20 points to lead Neftyanik to a 73-66 victory over Samara in a women’s professional basketball game Wednesday. Bocharova added seven rebounds and four assists for the visitors, who swept the three-game season series. Julia Poluyanova scored a game-high 23 points for Samara in the loss. Elena Mikhailova added 19 points and five rebounds for the hosts. Neftyanik improved its season record to 6-22. Samara fell to 8-20. The result was an upset according to Interstat’s ELO system, which gave Samara a 72.9% probability to win. Read more...