Zaporizhia beat Cherkasy Mavpy for the second time this season

Zaporozhye defeated Cherkasy Mavps in the Superleague regular season match, which took place in Ivano-Frankivsk.

The match started with an accurate three pointer by Dmitry Lipovtsev, but then Zaporizhzhya took the initiative and won the ten-minute period 29:18, thanks above all to the strong end of the first quarter. The second quarter also ended with the advantage of Zaporozhye, who won +13 in the first half.

During the second quarter and at the beginning of the third quarter Zaporozhye’s advantage reached 15 points, but then the Monkeys took the initiative and began to gradually reduce their backlog. At the beginning of the last quarter, the score was equal to 62:62, after which a nervous battle began on the field, in which the Cossacks won. Another move allowed them to start with a +5 margin, which Zaporozhye managed to keep at the last minute.

The result is an 82:77 win over Zaporozhye, which is second in the personal matches of these teams and second overall for Zaporozhye this season. Cherkasy Mavpy is left with a win at the bottom of the standings.

The best player of the game was Rafail Chrysostomidi with 32 points, Roman Morozov double-double with 20 points and Anton Buts with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Dmitry Lipovtsev scored 20 points and Demetrius Lake – 22 points in Cherkasy Mavp.

For Zaporozhye, this was the last match of this calendar year, and Cherkasy Mavp will hold a meeting on December 22 against the owners of the balloon, Prykarpattya-Hoverla.

Super League. regular season

Ivano-Frankivsk, Arena KFV

Zaporozhye – Cherkasy Mavpy – 82:77 (29:18, 17:15, 16:26, 20:18) / statistics

Zaporozhye: Buts 12+11 rebounds, Chrysostomidi 32, Lednev 6+6 rebounds – 8 losses, Morozov 20+6 rebounds, Telcharov 12 – start; Ber 0, Klimanov 0

Cherkasy Mavpy: Lipovtsev 20, Lakomov 0, Skyra 14, Kuznetsov 5+5 rebounds, Lake 22+5 assists – start; Nazarenko 7, Poshablja 5 – 7 losses, Ruslov 4, Sorochan 0