An important victory in the context of the fight for medals
Kyiv Basket won an important victory over Dnieper as part of the completion of one of the matches of the Ukrainian Superleague.
The hosts won the first half, but the capital club left the third and fourth quarters. Vladimir Kholopov’s wards conceded only 14 points in the last ten minutes and managed to keep the advantage in the match – 86:80.
The best player of the meeting was the American defender of Kyiv-Basket Danya Kingsby. On account of the legionnaire – 24 points, to which he added eight assists.
Kyiv-Basket took the lead in the season series with Dnipro (2-1) and moved up to the second place in the standings. Now the teams have the same indicators – 17 wins in 24 matches, but the people of Kiev are ahead of Dnipro due to their advantage in face-to-face confrontations.
- Superleague. Regular season
Dnipro – Kyiv Basket – 80:86 (27:22, 22:23, 17:21, 14:20)
Dnieper: Koldomasov (14 + 5 assists + 2 steals), Zakurdaev (13 + 5 assists – 4 losses), Vilkhovetsky (12), Bondarchuk (12), Zagreba (11), Sypalo (8 + 7 rebounds + 2 assists), Timofeenko ( 6 + 7 rebounds + 4 assists – 4 losses), Sorochan (4)
Kyiv-Basket: Kingsby (24+8 assists), Zaplotinsky (21+10 rebounds + 4 assists), Novikov (11), Kisilchuk (9+2 steals), Dubonenko (9), Yurchenko (8+7 rebounds), Musienko (4)
Source: Sportarena
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