Issouf Sanon became the most productive player
basketball national team of Ukraine crushed Poland in his second match at the training camp in Turkey – 88:60.
The first half was held with a slight advantage of the Ukrainians. After a productive first quarter, the teams played cautiously in the second ten-minute period, scoring only 27 points in both.
In the third quarter, Ukraine finally seized the advantage. The team of Ainars Bagatskis spent the final ten-minute period on courage, giving out the final segment with a score of 19:4.
The most productive player of the match was Issuf Sanon, who scored 15 points. Ten or more points in our team managed to score Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk, Artem Pustovoi and Ivan Tkachenko.
In the first match of the training camp, Ukraine lost to Turkey (70:96). On August 13, Bagatskis’ team will play the third match against Slovenia.
After the Turkish training camp, the team will go to Finland. In Helsinki, another test match with the hosts is planned.
At the end of August, the Ukrainian national team will play the first matches of the second group round of the 2023 World Cup qualification, in which they will face the teams of Italy (August 24) and Iceland (August 27). On September 2, the blue-yellows will start at EuroBasket 2022.
- test match
Poland – Ukraine – 60:88 (17:26, 15:12, 16:22, 12:28)
Ukraine: Sanon (15 points + 3 rebounds), Mikhailyuk (12+3), Pustovoy (12+3), Tkachenko (10+3), Krutous (8+5), Skapintsev (8), Bobrov (6), Zotov (5 ), Sidorov (5), Gerun (4+4), Bliznyuk (3+3), Voynalovych (3 rebounds).
Source: Sportarena
