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BC UMMC beat Samara on the road

In Samara, UMMC played another game of the regular Premier League season. The Yekaterinburg team confidently defeated the local Samara.

Samara (Samara) – UMMC (Yekaterinburg) 57:85

Quarters’ results: 13:21, 9:17, 19:28, 16:19

In the first period, the “Foxes” began to gain the advantage with an accurate three-pointer from Viktoriia Zavialova. After the first 10 minutes of play, the Yekaterinburg team was leading by 8 points – 13:21.

In the second quarter, the players of Dmitrii Donskov continued to dominate on the court. They mostly attacked from the mid-range, but this did not prevent UMMC from steadily increasing their significant lead to 16 points. The teams went into halftime with the score 22:38 in favor of the “Foxes”.

In the third quarter, UMMC kept growing their advantage. Two successful three-pointers by Kseniia Levchenko in this period are worthy of note. Before the final quarter, the scoreboard already showed 41:66 in favor of the Yekaterinburg team.

Only the final part of the game turned out to be competitive, however, the home team failed to close the gap. The final buzzer sealed a convincing victory of the “Foxes” with a score of 57:85.

In the squad of the Yekaterinburg team, Zhosselina Maiga became the top-scorer with 14 points and 6 rebounds. Kseniia Levchenko accumulated 12 points and 3 assists. Megan Walker added 10 points and 2 assists.

In the squad of Samara, Anna Zaitseva became the highest-scoring player, finishing with 17 points and 6 rebounds, followed by Alexandra Marchenkova with 12 points and 4 rebounds. Julia Poluyanova and Ramona Macedo each scored 8 points.

The next game as part of the Fonbet Russian Championship will take place at home on March 19. UMMC will face Nadezhda from Orenburg. The venue is DIVS Arena. The game starts at 7:00 p.m.