Domestic leagues: Rilski with a "Bulgarian" win in the first round

Rilski Sportist also got off with a win in their game from the first round of the Bulgarian NBL. Using only their Bulgarian players, as the foreigners are still awaiting their work permits, Rileco didn′t have any trouble beating another all local team - Euroins Cherno More 80:66 at home in Arena Samokov.   Five players from Rosen Barchovski′s squad finished in double digits, regarding scoring. Stanislav Vaklinov led the way with 23 points, while the team captain Bogdan Boev added 14. Asen Velikov scored 12, Martin Marinov landed a double-double with 10 points and 10 boards, and Hristo Zahariev came off the bench scoring 18 points.   Aleksandar Yanev scored 13 points and added 17 rebounds for Cherno More. Tihomir Zhelev and Simeon Iliev had 12 and 11.