After five games Kouvot Kouvola is with a 3-2 record in the finnish Koriisliga, basiclly to the great start of one of its prospects: Antto Nikkarinen ('91). The 1.85 guard, an important piece of NT youth teams, is averaging 16.2 points (57% twos, 46% threes and 71% ft), 3.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists. And always improving every game (20 and 21 points the last two). He signed with Kouvot the summer of 2009 after being in Honka. Eurohopes contacted him.

 

After these five matches "I feel great, because despite the fact that I'm in the army doing my military service, I've been able to take a step up in my career". Nikkarinen, who finished with 8.6 points and 4.0 rebounds in the U-20 EC Division "B" in Austria, adds that "the youth NTs in Finland keep getting better, and finally a couple of teams have made it to the Division A".

 

Photo: FIBA Europe / Michael Filippovits