The five matches of the regular season in the Super League ended in Zaporozhye, Nikolaev and Dnepr.

“Old Lutsk” won its first victory of the season by beating “Zaporozhye” away.

The first quarter of the match went smoothly at first, but after the score was 11:11, “Old Lutsk” took a 15-4 lead, thanks to the successful moves of Ronald Moore and Lorenzo Anderson. By the end of the first quarter, Zaporozhye managed to at least slightly catch up with its opponent – the teams entered the first minute with a score of 19:26.

The start of the second quarter remained in Zaporozhye: Matthews and Lishchina reduced the gap, but Roy’s three-pointer restored the visitors’ confidence. The Lutsk team gained a 10-point advantage by scoring points in the next two attacks from long range. “Zaporozhye” was not going to give up and managed to make a 12-2 spurt before the big break. “Old Lutsk” responded again with a three-pointer by Moore. The teams entered the long break with a narrow margin of 43:46.

The third quarter, in which the guest team did not leave even a single chance to their opponents, was the key point of the match. Nikolaychuk and Moore regularly completed the “Old Lutsk” attacks, they were joined by Lorenzo Anderson and Sami Roy. As a result, the Lutsk team won this part of the game with a score of 33:11. “Zaporozhye” could not regain the 25-point lead – in the last quarter the teams played an equal game, and the final siren recorded the first victory of the season for “Old Lutsk” – 102:77.

While Nikolaychuk had a double-double for the guest team (18 points + 10 rebounds), Moore was the most productive name with 29 points.

Niko-Basket, which failed in the first quarter, lost to Krivbass at home.

5 minutes before the end of the first 10 minutes, “Krivbass” started to take the lead. With the score at 10:9, the visitors made several effective attacks in a row: Peacock, Hill and Dalcourt made a big difference, and Vodolazsky’s three-pointer gave Kryvbas a ten-point advantage. As a result, the team completed the first quarter with a score of 16:27.

Niko-Basket started the second quarter with Lukyan’s accurate three-pointer, but then Valentin Berestnev’s team could not score for a long time. The drought was broken this time with a three-pointer by Garbar. In general, in this period of the game, the teams rarely pleased the audience with accurate shots, but Kryvbas scored a dunk from Peacock and two three-pointers from Vodolazsky and Melnyk at the end of ten minutes.

In the second half of the match, Kryvbas confidently kept his opponent at a comfortable distance of 10-13 points. Dalcourt, Hill and Peacock neutralized all attempts by Niko-Basket to at least get closer to the Krivoy Rog team. The picture of the game did not change in the last quarter – but recorded at the final siren, Kryvbas increased its advantage to 15 points.

Martin Hill had a double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds.

“Kharkov Falcons” defeated “Kyiv-Basket” in the match and took second place in the Super League rankings.

The match was close for 30 minutes, until the Kharkiv team organized the most important breakthrough of the match at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Valery Plekhanov’s team won the last quarter 29:8 and, thanks to its superiority in the fourth ten minutes, eliminated the question of the winner of the match.

The Falcons made 13 of 26 3-pointers while shooting a high 50% from beyond the arc. While the Kharkov team showed team spirit by making 20 assists, the Kiev team recorded only 8 assists. An important indicator was the points the Falcons received after the loss, 23:9.

In the winning team, Alexey Solovyov scored 18 points, long player Maxim Nikitin had 16+9 rebounds, Andrey Khokhonik had 15 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds. The best player of the Kiev team was Yegor Sushkin, who scored 18 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Dnepr won its second victory by beating Prykarpattya-Hoverla in Zaporozhye in the ninth round.

The Ukrainian champions lost the first quarter, showed a low shooting percentage and could not hold on to Leiterrance Reed, who gave Hoverla 15 points at the beginning of the match. But in the second and third ten minutes Dnepr already took the lead and won these 20 minutes with a score of 60:28. There was no intrigue in the fourth quarter – the Dnipro team confidently carried the match to victory – 89:66.

The best player of the match was Stanislav Timofeenko with 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, while Mikhail Gorobchenko from the Dnepr bench played with 13 points and 9 assists.

BC “Rivne” managed to win a tough victory over “Cherkasy Mavpy” in the spectacular match on the Dnieper.

The teams showed that they focused on offense from the very beginning, and as a result, the first quarter ended in Cherkasy Mavp’s favor at 27:25. As the match progressed, performance began to drop as fatigue began to take its toll, but the teams still played great.

At the same time, neither team was able to take the initiative until the last quarter – the maximum advantage reached 8 points, the lead changed 8 times, and the score was equalized 8 more times without the leaders changing.

The important thing was the breakthrough of Rivne at the beginning of the fourth quarter – first 7:0, then 13:1, and 2.5 minutes before the end “Rivne” gained an advantage of +13 and did not lose it.

In the match, “Rivne” made 15 three-pointers with a conversion rate of 44% (15/34), while “Mavpy” scored only 6/18 points, but the Cherkassy team was more successful in two-point shooting and won the rebounds 46-39.

In Rivne, Savon Traylor scored 18 points and 7 assists, Jaylen Dupree had 21 points and 7 rebounds, and the other foreign player, Carlos Hines, had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Mavp’s top scorer was Uche Dibiamaka with 24 points.

Super League. Regular season, January 11

Zaporozhye – Old Lutsk – 77:102 (19:26, 24:20, 11:33, 23:23)

Zaporozhye: Petrenko 16 + 7 rebounds, Lishchina 3, Matthews 28 + 11 rebounds, Lovings 8 + 6 rebounds, Klimanov 4 – start; Velichko 10, Surkis 6+3 rebounds, Rybakov 2, Terekhin 0.

Old Lutsk: Gorobchenko 4+4 rebounds, Roy 14+4 rebounds, Nikolaychuk 18+10 rebounds, Moore 29, Lesik 7+8 rebounds – start; Anderson 17 + 6 rebounds + 6 assists, Dupin 9 + 6 rebounds, Mikhailov 4, Trotsik 0, Timoshchuk 0.

Niko-Basket – Krivbass – 70:85 (16:27, 18:18, 17:18, 19:22)

Niko-Basket: Lukyan 6 + 7 assists + 5 interventions, Zaitsev 13, Kabanov 0, Likhoy 2, Garbar 11 + 7 rebounds – start; Safonov 15+5 rebounds, Grischuk 8+7 rebounds, Volodin 14, Sturov 1.

Krivbas: Dalcourt 10 + 4 assists + 5 losses, Peacock 26 + 6 rebounds, Vodolazsky 16 + 5 rebounds, Hill 24 + 10 rebounds, Skira 2 +3 rebounds – start; Trikolenko 4, Melnik 3, Brechka 0, Bibikov 0, Pasholok 0.

Kharkov Falcons – Kyiv-Basket – 78:57 (20:23, 19:11, 10:15, 29:8)

hawks: Soloviev 18, Nikitin 16 + 9 rebounds + 2 assists + 2 blocks, Khokhonik 15 + 6 assists + 4 rebounds – 4 losses, Zaplotinsky 5 + 6 rebounds + 3 assists, Klimov 5 + 3 tackles – start, Maxim Bezima 15, Kiktev 3, Shavgarov 1, Cheverdin 0, Martinov 0, Nikita Bezima 0, Zmeevsky 0

Kyiv-Basket: Sushkin 18 + 7 rebounds + 4 assists – 6 losses, Klevzunnik 14 + 6 rebounds, Romanitsa 8, Bublik 5, Sandul 4 + 8 rebounds + 3 tackles – start, Smityukh 6 + 6 rebounds, Karpyuk 2, Kolavole 0, Manuilik 0, Bur 0, Ryzhkov 0

Dnieper – Prykarpattya-Hoverla – 89:66 (16:24, 33:13, 27:15, 13:14)

Dnieper: Timofeenko 17 + 5 rebounds + 4 assists, Zakurdaev 14 + 6 rebounds + 3 assists, Sipalo 11, Konev 10 + 8 rebounds, Koldomasov 6 + 3 assists – start, Gorobchenko 13 + 9 assists, Sorochan 9 + 5 rebounds + 3 assists, Dubonenko 7, Zagreb 2, Bondarchuk 0 + 7 rebounds, Popov 0, Druzhelyubov 0.

hoverla: Reed 19 + 3 assists – 4 losses, Kabatsyura 12, Morozov 9 + 3 tackles, Chugunov 9 + 5 rebounds, Kuznetsov 7 + 5 rebounds + 3 assists – start, Rudoy 6, Drozdov 4, Markov 0.

Cherkasy Mavpy – Exactly – 80:90 (27:25, 21:20, 15:16, 17:29)

Mavpa: Marchenko 10 + 6 assists, Golenkov 3, Dibiamaka 24 + 6 rebounds, Gemlin 8 + 7 rebounds, Koshevatsky 16 + 7 rebounds + 7 assists – start; Johnson 15+8 rebounds, Zolod 4+7 rebounds, Fesun 0

Straight: Dupree 21 + 7 rebounds, Traylor 18 + 7 assists, Timoshchuk 10 + 7 assists, Ryaboy 3, Hines 16 + 7 rebounds – start; Bykov 12, Korovyakov 8 + 7 rebounds, Shepelev 2, Sheptytsky 0, Ponosov 0

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“Beşiktaş” It was reported on the official pages of the club that a contract was signed with Matt Thomas.

The agreement between the American and the Turkish club is valid until the end of the season.

After playing for Granada, Thomas was transferred to Beşiktaş. The 31-year-old shooting guard was one of Spain’s team leaders, averaging 14.6 points per game and making 46.2% of his three-point attempts.

The American has a solid European resume. He played an important role in the championship fight by winning the EuroCup with Valencia in 2019, and now he will try to repeat this success with Beşiktaş.

Thomas also has experience playing in the Euroleague; He defended Alba’s colors last season, averaging 12.3 points per game and consistently shooting from long range against top-flight opposition.

Before moving to Europe, Thomas played for the Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz and Chicago Bulls in the NBA.

Beşiktaş is currently in second place in Eurocup Group B with 9 wins – 4 losses and is very close to reaching the play-offs.