Domestic leagues: Away loss for Rilski against the champions

Rilski Sportist also conceded their second loss for a week. First they got a heavy defeat against Feni Industries in the Balkan League and now they lost to the Bulgarian champions Lukoil Academic - 87:96 away from home in their NBL game.   Ivan Lilov was close to a triple-double - 25 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists but he couldn′t carry Rileco on his own. Dimitar Karadjovski scored 14 points, while Stanislav Vaklinov and Bogdan Boev added 11 each.   Dominic James had 19 for Lukoil and captain Todor Stoykov added 16.