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Juniors win a victory over guests from Stavropol

UMMC-Junior played a home game of the Fonbet Russian Championship - Super League.  Stavropolchanka-SKFU came to Verkhnyaya Pyshma. The game ended in victory for the junior «Foxes». 

UMMC-Junior (Yekaterinburg) - Stavropolchanka-SKFU (Stavropol) 70:59

Quarters’ results: 17:13, 21:11, 16:14, 16:21

The Stavropol team played confidently in the first quarter. Taking aggressive defensive tactics as a basis, they managed to gain the advantage in points. However, in the middle of the quarter, the juniors found their rhythm and by the end of it they were already leading – 17:13. The top-scorer of the ten-minute period was Polina Kuznetsova, who earned 9 points.

The Yekaterinburg team kept the lead in the second quarter. Elizaveta Kolotovkina, Maria Sedyakina and Daria Sharova propelled their team forward with a comfortable advantage. At the end of the period, the score was 38:24 in favour of the team of Tatyana Fefilova.

The third part saw a scoring exchange, but the young “Foxes” did not lose the gained advantage and continued to lead the score – 54:38 before the final quarter.

There was no sensation at the end of the encounter. The Stavropol players resisted and even won locally in points, but the difference in the score was too significant. UMMC-Junior brought the game to victory – 70:59.

In the squad of the home team, the highest-scoring player was Maria Sedyakina, finishing with 13 points and 4 rebounds. Polina Kuznetsova collected 12 points and 9 rebounds. Daria Sharova harvested 12 points and 5 rebounds. Alena Burmakina had 11 points and 5 rebounds.

In the squad of Stavropolchanka-SKFU, Galina Lyashenko became the leading points scorer, registering 16 points. Anastasia Borovykh added 11 points and 6 rebounds.

UMMC-Junior will play the next game on February 15, on the road. In St. Petersburg, the youth team of the “Foxes” will face local Spartak. The broadcast starts at 10:30 pm.