During the meeting, the opponents showed an equal game, each of the teams had their successful segments and changed the leadership on the scoreboard. The culmination of this tense confrontation was a dramatic clutch – the last two and a half minutes of the teams started with an equal score. Decisive were the actions of the hosts, who had a better ending. Ilya Chugunov’s long throw and Leiterrens Reid’s effective pass were especially important.
This win was Hoverla’s second of the season, and the team finished the home bubble with a 50% win rate. Instead, “Stary Lutsk” lost both matches in the new year.
Super League. Regular championship
Prykarpattia-Hoverla – Stary Lutsk 79:74 (18:12, 22:29, 14:20, 25:13)
Prykarpattia-Hoverla: Markiv 11, Chugunov 11, Morozov 8 + 5 rebounds, Kuznetsov 4 + 6 assists, Drozdov 2 — start;
Reed 21 + 8 rebounds + 4 assists, Starodub 9, Kabatsyura 9 + 6 rebounds, Vitaly Lemishka 3, Ivanov 1, Brechka 0.
Old Lutsk: Lesyk 17 + 9 rebounds + 3 assists – 4 losses, Horobchenko 10, Dupin 5 + 6 rebounds, Mykhailo 4, Musienko 2 — start;
Prozapas 19 + 5 assists, Lavani 11 + 10 rebounds, Bilyaviy 6, Lipovtsev 0.
Source: sport.ua