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Juniors Take Revenge on Spartak in Away Game
After an international break, the Russian Super League continued the regular season. In Saint Petersburg UMMC-Junior faced the local Spartak. The game ended with a confident win for the Yekaterinburg team.
Spartak (Saint Petersburg) – UMMC-Junior (Yekaterinburg) 62:74
Quarters’ results: 7:22, 21:13, 11:16, 23:23
It is worth reminding that the previous meeting of the teams ended with the victory of the “Red-whites”.
In the first quarter, the junior “Foxes” made a run - a double-digit advantage appeared on the scoreboard after 6 minutes. It is worth noting that the host team managed to successfully implement only 3 attacks in the allotted time. At the end of the half, the result was 7:22 in favour of Tatyana Fefilova’s team.
In the second ten-minute period, Spartak made a successful attempt to bounce back and reduced the gap to 8 points. The teams went for the halftime break with a score of 28:35 in favour of UMMC-Junior.
The “Foxes” won the third quarter. The effective performance of Polina Kuznetsova, Maria Sedyakina and Elizaveta Kolotovkina is worth mentioning; the result was 39:51 in favour of our team.
The final quarter was not without intrigue - by the middle of the period the St. Petersburg players came within one long-range shot. The juniors, however, were not going to give up on victory and again imposed their pace of play, increasing the advantage first to a comfortable 9, and then to 12 points. The final buzzer sealed the victory of the “Foxes” with a score of 62:74.
In the squad of UMMC-Junior, Maria Sedyakina became the top-scorer, registering a double-double with 17 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists. Polina Kuznetsova also accumulated double digits – 13 points and 10 rebounds. Margarita Kuziakina had 12 points and 4 rebounds.
In the squad of Spartak, Ekaterina Voronina became the scoring leader finishing with 17 points and 4 rebounds. Diana Popova logged a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds. Tatyana Soloveva added 12 points and 7 rebounds.
Our team will play the next game on the road, meeting with Vologda-Chevakata on February 18. The broadcast starts at 21:15.