Former Kentucky forward Alex Poythress is still having a great deal of professional basketball success in Russia.
Poythress was named the Hoops Agents Player of the Week in the VTB United League for round 12 after leading Zenit Saint Petersburg to a 77-71 win over Lokomotiv. The former Wildcat finished with 13 points and 8 rebounds for Zenit.
Here is an excerpt from Eurobasket.com:
31-year old USA-IVOn Alexander Poythress (205-C/F-1993) put on an amazing game in the last round for second-ranked Zenit Saint Petersburg and receives a Hoops Agents Player of the Week award for round 12.
He had the game-high 13 points adding eight rebounds for Zenit in his team’s victory, helping them to beat Lokomotiv (#3, 9-3) 77-71. The game was between two of the league’s top four teams. Zenit is placed at 2nd position in VTB United League. They are still close to the very top. Zenit would have been even better if they kept winning the games like in the last round. They have a solid 9-2 record. It was one of impressive evenings for Poythress as usually he does not deliver so high stats. Alexander Poythress averages this season 11.6ppg.
