“The teams played a very interesting game”, — write: sport.ua
The home team led for most of the game, taking a maximum 25-point advantage midway through the third quarter. The monkeys came back into the game and moreover created a tense clutch. Taking advantage of the unsuccessful play of the champions in the fourth quarter, Dmytro Nagorny’s wards reduced the deficit to one point, but they could not complete the decisive attack with a well-hit shot. Marchenko attacked for victory, but the shot of the Cherkastian shooter was a miss.
Dnipro continued its winning streak in the 2024/25 season, winning 12 games in a row. The Monkeys lost to Dnipro for the third time this season and suffered 8 defeats in 17 matches of the regular season. On Sunday, January 12, the Monkeys will play against Zaporizhzhia at 4 p.m., and Dnipro will face Kryvbas at 1 p.m.
Super League. Regular championship
Dnipro – Cherkasy Monkeys 71:70 (24:17, 19:15, 24:22, 4:16)
Dnipro: Konev 13 + 11 rebounds, Sypalo 11 + 6 rebounds + 5 assists, Horobchenko 11 + 9 assists + 3 interceptions – 4 losses, Dubonenko 7, Timofeenko 6 – 4 losses — start, Zakurdaev 11, Zagreba 7 + 5 rebounds + 4 assists, Bondarchuk 4, Lyshchyna 1, Korotchenko 0, Sorochan 0
Monkeys: Klimov 18 + 6 rebounds, Marchenko 16 + 6 rebounds + 5 assists, Koshevatskyi 13 + 9 assists – 5 losses, Agafonov 8 + 6 rebounds – 4 losses, Kleban 7 + 6 rebounds — start, Pyrogovo 8, Fesun 0