Domestic leagues: Fifth straight win for Levski

The defending EUROHOLD Balkan League champions Levski Sofia achieved  their fifth straight win in the Bulgarian NBL. In Round 7 Titi Papazov′s squad had a hard away game against Spartak Pleven, which the "blues" won 100:109.   Coach Papazov started without his American players - Donald Cole, Aaron Harper and Jason Crowe, as those had good a good game despite coming off the bench. Jason Crowe had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, while Cole and Harper finished with 13 and 19 points, along with Harper′s 10 rebounds. Stefan Georgiev also had 19 points.   Iliya Stankov had 23 points for Spartak, while Todor Todorov added 20. Newly acquired Simeon Tsenov who joined the team from Rilski Sportist had 5 points and 10 rebounds in his debut.   Levski are second right behind Lukoil Academic with a 6-1 balance, while Spartak Pleven are last with 1-6.