Super League: Dnepr came first, Falcons rewrote history with Rivne

After the Christmas and New Year holidays in the Basketball Super League, the first 4 matches of the regular season were played on January 10.

Kharkov Falcons beat Rivne for the first time in history – before that, twice in the Cup and in the first round of this season, the Rivne team celebrated the victory.

The reporting match was quite tense – the teams responded to each other with moves. The leader changed 8 times in the first half of the meeting, and Rivne only managed to create a significant difference in the second half of the second quarter, ahead by +9.

However, in this match the Rivne team could not finish well in the quarters: in the first they lost the +6 advantage and lost the ten-minute period, in the second they allowed the Falcons to reduce the lead from -9 to -4, and in the third they completely missed the 0:8 move at the end and went to the last break at -8.

In the last quarter Rivne managed to regain the intrigue and take the lead again by the middle of the quarter, but Kharkov Falcons responded with their own breakthrough, regaining the +8 advantage and not missing the victory despite the tense ending.

Capital Kiev-Basket continued its fight for leadership in the league by beating Cherkasy Mavpy club, which was going through a difficult period on the Dnieper field.

Zabirchenko’s team started the first quarter actively, displaying a strong arsenal of long-range shots. Only Artem Romanitsa made four accurate three-point shots in the first ten minutes. The partner’s performance was supported by Sushkin, Bublik and Klevzunik. Cherkassy Mavpy was not ready for such a scenario and appeared confused during the attack. At the end of the first quarter, Kyiv-Basket was ahead with an impressive advantage of 34:14.

In the second quarter, Dmitry Nagorny’s team began to act more competently in defense, which somewhat limited the actions of the Kievans. At the same time, Koshevatsky and Dibiamaka managed to find the keys to the opponent’s basket. However, this success was not enough for his struggle; The teams went to the long break with a score of 27:55.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Cherkasy Mavpy lit a ray of hope for the intrigue in this confrontation. At least in the first minutes, Nagorny’s team managed to make a small advance of 11:6. However, with 48:77 remaining in the last quarter, Kiev-Basket came back into the game and did not allow its opponent to get closer than 20 points.

In the last ten minutes, Dmitry Zabirchenko released the youngsters: Karpyuk, Kolavole, Malich, Bur and Manuylyk received valuable playing time. Cherkassy Mavpy managed to slightly improve the situation during this period, but there was no global turning point in the match – the Kiev team confidently brought the matter to victory, showing a solid execution of long-distance shots: 15 out of 30 attempts were on target.

Prykarpattya-Hoverla defeated Zaporozhye at home with a score of 100:73. The home team won the first quarter, but Goverla responded with a strong breakthrough in the second quarter. Winning the second 10 minutes (27:10), the guest team gained a comfortable advantage until the final siren and carried the match to a convincing away victory.

While Zaporozhye played without Anton Butz and Caleb Matthews, captain Sergei Startsev did not play for the Ivano-Frankivsk team. The best player of the match was Frankovo ​​forward Ilya Kabatsiura, who finished with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists for a triple-double with three assists. Guest point guard Leiterrence Reed played with 22 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds, while Roman Morozov also scored 22 points.

Hoverla beat Zaporozhye for the second time this season and are now ahead 2:0 in the season series. The home team will continue their home bubble in Zaporozhye with a match against Stary Lutsk on Sunday, and Hoverla will play against Dnepr.

Dnepr retained the first place in the championship by defeating Stary Lutsk club with a score of 86:68.

While an equal fight continued on the field until the middle of the second quarter, Dnepr managed to make an attack before the big break and won the first half 40:27. At the beginning of the third quarter, Old Lutsk seized the initiative and even reduced the gap to one attack, but Dnepr regained its comfortable advantage.

In the fourth quarter, Dnepr gained a double-digit lead for the first time and generally carried the game calmly to victory.

Super League. Regular season. 8th round, January 10

Kharkov Falcons – 83:76 exactly (25:22, 14:21, 23:11, 21:22)

Kharkov Falcons: Zaplotinsky 10 + 13 rebounds, Solovyov 12, Nikitin 20, Klimov 10, Khokhonik 11 + 12 assists – start; Nikita Bezyma 6, Maxim Bezyma 6, Cheverdin 3, Kiktev 3, Martynov 2, Shavgarov 0.

Straight: Dupree 24 + 5 rebounds, Traylor 7, Ponosov 12, Ryaboy 6, Hines 3 – start; Bykov 13, Timoshchuk 5 + 5 assists, Shepelev 4, Sheptytsky 2, Korovyakov 0, Mikhailovich 0.

Cherkasy Mavpy – Kiev-Basket 67:93 (14:34, 13:21, 21:22, 19:16)

Cherkasy Mavpy: Marchenko 7, Koshevatsky 18 + 3 rebounds + 4 assists, Dibiamaka 13 + 4 rebounds, Golenkov 2 + 3 rebounds, Gemlin 11 + 3 rebounds – start; Johnson 9 + 6 rebounds + 5 turnovers, Kholod 5 + 6 rebounds, Fesun 2 + 3 rebounds, Andrushchenko 0.

Kyiv-Basket: Sushkin 17 + 7 rebounds + 4 assists, Romanitsa 20 + 3 rebounds, Klevzunik 7 + 5 rebounds, Bublik 17 + 4 rebounds + 4 assists, Sandul 4 + 5 rebounds + 2 blocked shots – start; Kolawole 9 + 3 rebounds, Karpyuk 11 + 10 rebounds + 5 losses, Bur 2, Ryzhkov 6, Smytyukh 0, Malich 0, Manuylyk.

Zaporozhye – Prykarpattya-Hoverla 73:100 (24:15, 10:27, 18:29, 21:29)

Zaporozhye: Velichko 16 + 4 assists, Petrenko 14 + 7 rebounds, Eisa 13 + 12 rebounds + 2 blocks – 4 losses, Lishchina 13, Lovings 10 – starts; Rybakov 3, Klimanov 2, Surkis 2, Terekhin 0.

hoverla: Morozov 22, Reed 22 + 8 assists + 7 rebounds – 5 losses, Kabatsiura 19 + 10 rebounds + 7 assists, Markiv 14, Kuznetsov 3 – starts; Chugunov 8, Dmitrenko 8 + 6 rebounds, Rudy 4, Drozdov 0.

Dnieper – Old Lutsk 86:68 (19:15, 21:12, 22:21, 24:20)

Dnieper: Dubonenko 6, Sypalo 8+6 rebounds, Timofeenko 19, Konev 18+7 rebounds, Gorobchenko 0 – start; Bondarchuk 9, Koldomasov 8 + 5 assists, Zakurdaev 6 + 4 rebounds + 6 assists, Popov 0, Druzhelyubov 0.

Old Lutsk: Roy 13 + 9 rebounds + 6 steals, Dupin 3, Mikhailov 3, Moore 18 + 5 rebounds, Lesik 10 + 10 rebounds – start; Nikolaychuk 10, Anderson 6, Trotsik 3, Gorobchenko 2, Timoshchuk 0.