On Saturday, March 18, regular matches in the men’s Superleague are played in the Ukrainian Basketball Championship. In Kiev “bubble” “Dnipro” defeated “Old Lutsk” (82:55), “Zaporozhye” was defeated by “Cherkasy Monkeys” (47:66), and “Budivelnik” plays with “Prykarpattya-Hoverla”.
Vladimir Koval’s team confidently won the first half, gaining 18 points ahead of the big break. Old Lutsk improved in the third quarter, but Volodymyr Zhurzhiy’s wards managed to only slightly reduce the gap – Dnipro did not give a chance for a comeback. The key in this match was the struggle in the three-second period left for the Dnieper – 52:22 on points in the paint.
The best player of the match was the defender of the Dnieper Maxim Zakurdaev, who scored 25 points, as well as made 5 assists and 5 rebounds (RE 30).
Dnepr won its 19th victory in 26 matches. In the next game, the Dnieper will face the Cherkasy Monkeys, and Stary Lutsk will play against the Builder in the final game of the Kyiv bubble.
Dnipro — Old Lutsk 96:78 (21:14, 33:22, 19:24, 23:18)
Dnipro: Zakurdaev 25 + 5 assists + 5 rebounds, Zagreb 18 + 7 assists + 4 rebounds – 3 losses, Harm 7, Timofeenko 3, Bondarchuk 1 – start, Tarasenko 17, Sipalo 11 + 5 rebounds + 3 blocked shots, Sorochan 9 + 6 rebounds, Kachanov 5, Dzherikhov 0, Bachurin 0
Old Lutsk: Kotsko 10+5 assists – 4 losses, E. Korovyakov 10+3 interceptions, Markov 8, Dein 7+4 rebounds, Rudakov 0 – start, Prozapas 13, Bedlinsky 11, Altukhov 10+3 assists – 4 losses, Glushko 4, Dolzhko 4, Fedchuk 1+4 rebounds
Cherkasy Monkeys confidently defeated Zaporozhye in the Superleague regular season match, held in Kyiv.
Artem Slipenchuk’s team took advantage at the start of the match, winning the first quarter with a score of 17:7. As it turned out, the breakthrough in the opening of the game was decisive – the Monkeys no longer gave up the lead. At the end of the second and fourth quarters, the gap between the residents of Cherkasy reached a maximum of 22 points.
Dmitry Shchiglinsky’s team made 26 losses and converted only 36% of field goals. Monkeys scored 18 points after the losses of the Cossacks, winning the match with a score of 66:47. The rivals ended the season series in a draw – 2-2. Mavp captain Nikita Ruslov became the most effective player of the match with 10 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds (RE 17).
The final match of the Kyiv bubble Zaporozhye will play on March 19 against Prykarpattya-Goverla, and the Monkeys will face the Dnieper on the same day.
Zaporozhye – Cherkasy Monkeys 47:66 (7:17, 13:17, 21:18, 6:14)
Zaporozhye: Bykov 16 + 5 assists + 5 rebounds – 5 losses, Morozov 16, Buts 7 + 14 rebounds – 3 losses, Lednev 2, Telcharov 0 – 4 gates – start, Pokoenko 3, Dmitrenko 2, Mar 1 – 3 losses, Klimanov 0, Kompanets 0 – 3 losses
Cherkasy Monkeys: Maxwell 17+3 assists – 3 losses, Kuznetsov 11, Ruslov 10+9 assists + 5 rebounds, Kozha 7+8 rebounds, Lipovtsev 4 – start, Rod 9+3 assists, Sorochan 4, Lakomov 2, Poshablya 2, Nazarenko 0
Source: Obozrevatel
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