Basketball
Performance log. beat Cherkasy Mavpy Polytechnic-Galicia
Cherkasy Mavpy and Politekhnika-Galicia met for the first time this season, the match took place during the Superleague bubble at Cherkasy’s home ground.
Capturing a 9-point advantage in the 20th minute of the match, Mavps spent the first half better. The hosts were in the lead, first of all, thanks to the successful play of the American duo Maxwell – Lake, who scored 33 points in two. In addition, Cherkasy attacked better at long range and suffered fewer casualties. Vladlen Berezhnoy successfully entered the game from the bench, scoring 11 points 12 minutes before the big break.
The Lviv team managed to win the third quarter thanks to the defense, during which Mavpys only scored 15 points, but before the final ten minutes the home side took advantage: +7.
The third quarter was the only quarter that the Lviv team managed to win: in the fourth quarter Mavpy again played efficiently and did not let his opponent come close to the score. Artem Slipenchuk won in his first match as MAVP head coach. Cherkasy won the first match of the home bubble with a score of 85:73. This is Mavp’s second win of the season.
Host Demetrius Lake broke the new season’s record with 41 points and 6/7 3-pointers. On the second match day of the Cherkasy bubble on January 11, Mavpy will play against Staryi Lutsk and Politekhnika-Galicia will face Zaporozhye.
Super League. regular season
Cherkasy, Substation Budivelnik
Polytechnic-Galicia – Cherkasy Mavpy – 73:85 (20:26, 16:19, 17:15, 20:25)
Polytechnic-Galicia: Polyulyak 16 + 8 rebounds – 3 losses, Gorobchenko 12 + 7 assists + 4 steals, Bartolomeev 8, Tishchenko 6, Fedchuk 4 + 5 assists + 3 steals – starts, Berezhnoy 17 + 6 rebounds – 3 losses, Kich 4 + 5 rebounds, Stanishevsky 4 + 5 rebounds + 3 assists, Kramar 2
Cherkasy Mavpy: Lake 41 + 6 rebounds + 4 assists + 2 steals – 5 losses, Maxwell 23 + 8 assists + 5 rebounds – 4 losses, Skira 9 + 10 rebounds + 3 blocks, Ruslov 5 + 5 rebounds, Lipovtsev 3 – starts , Sorochan 4 + 2 interception, Poshableya 0, Nazarenko 0, Kuznetsov 0
Source: Sport UA
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