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«Foxes» crush Dynamo Novosibirsk on the road

«Foxes» crush Dynamo Novosibirsk on the road

Another game of the third round of the Russian Premier League was played by the UMMC basketball players. In the away game of the Fonbet Russian Championship in Novosibirsk, the “Foxes” faced the local Dynamo. The encounter ended with a confident win for the Yekaterinburg team.

Dynamo (Novosibirsk) – UMMC (Yekaterinburg) 51:101

Quarters’ results: 15:31, 4:20, 17:28, 15:22

Dynamo opened the scoring and, for a while, the “back-and-forth battle” took place. It was a close game. Two accurate three-pointers by Kseniia Levchenko and 3 long-range shots by Anastasiia Shilova are worthy of note. By the end of the first period, UMMC had already reached a 16-point lead – 15:31.

The “Foxes” also won the second quarter. The effective actions of Olairi Kosu and Zhosselina Maiga helped them gain a more significant advantage in the second ten-minute period. The athletes went for the halftime break with a 32-point lead in favour of UMMC – 19:51.

After halftime, the nature of the game didn’t change - Dmitrii Donskov's players dominated on the court. The Yekaterinburg team continued their successful three-pointers, which were scored by Anastasiia Shilova, Alex Bentley and Alexandra Stolyar in the first half of the period. Before the final quarter, the scoreboard showed 36:79.

The only intrigue of the game was whether the “Foxes” would be able to surpass the 100-point milestone. The UMMC basketball players reached the “hundred” mark in the 9th minute of the quarter, and the victory turned out to be a crushing one – 51:101.

In the squad of UMMC, Victoria Macaulay became the top-scorer with 18 points and 5 rebounds. Anastasiia Shilova added 14 points and 5 rebounds. Olairi Kosu harvested 13 points and 4 rebounds. Tina Krajisnik logged another double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds.

In the squad of Dynamo, Olga Stolyar became the highest-scoring player with 16 points and 6 assists. The second player who reached a double-double was Kai James, finishing with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Alexandra Eliseeva accumulated 11 points and 6 assists.

UMMC will play the next game on the home court of DIVS Arena in Yekaterinburg. The “Foxes” will face NIKA-Luzales (Syktyvkar). The game will take place on March 3 (Sun.) at 5:00 p.m.