BC "Prometey" - BC "Rivne-OSVSM". On the eve of the matches

БК "Прометей" - БК "Рiвне-ОШВСМ". Напередоднi матчiв

BC "Prometey" - BC "Rivne-OSVSM". January 22-23. 15:00 and 12:00. 11th paired tour. Women's Superleague. Slobozhanske. SC Slobozhansky. Broadcast - fbu.ua.

Today, on January 21, the program of the 11th paired round of the Women's Superleague will open with one of the variants of the capital derby, where "Dynamo-NPU" and "Kyiv-Basket" will meet. As part of this round, Prometey, the sole leader of the Championship in Slobozhanske will play against Rivne-OSVSM on January 22 and 23.

The opponent of our team currently occupies the sixth place in the standings, which following the results of the regular part of the championship will allow to take part in the playoffs. At the same time, the team from Rivne is four wins away from the fifth team of the league, Odessa "Interkhim-SDYSSOR", while only two winning matches less are in the assets of "Dynamo-NPU". In the second part of the second round, a hot battle for a place in the playoff zone is expected. Chaika-CYSS-Berdyansk did not say their last word. So far, the Berdyansk club has only two victories, but it has every opportunity to double its assets after home matches of this round with "Interkhim" and come close to "Rivne-OSVSM".

It may happen only under the second condition: the defeat of Valery Zhartun's team from "Prometey" in both matches. Of course, the champion of Ukraine is a clear favorite in future matches. In the first round, the team from Slobozhanske defeated Rivne-OSVSM in away match on October 9 and 10 - 98:65 and 91:50. In total, all eight quarters of those confrontations were left for guests.

Both in autumn and in the first matches of 2022, in which "Rivne-OSVSM" lost in Ivano-Frankivsk (57:71 and 62:66), the rival of "Prometey" uses a quite limited rotation: in the second match against "Frankivsk-PNU" Tatiana Gavrilchik spent more than 32 minutes on the court, Victoria Shmatova, Yaroslava Ivanyuk and Lyudmila Spiridonova - more than 30. Tatiana Gavrilchik in this match made her another "double-double" this season - 10 points + 10 rebounds. In October matches with Prometey, she scored 29 points, and experienced guard Victoria Shmatova - 33.  "Rivne" relies on them in the attack.

In general, Rivne-OSVSM is a young and very combative team. Their tournament motivation will surely help them to show all their best qualities against the best team of Ukraine. As for "Prometey", due to the postponement of the EuroCup Women match with the Belgian "Castors Brain", the team has formed a four-day cycle of preparation for the next matches of the Superleague.

On January 22, "Prometey" and "Rivne-OSVSM" will appear on the court of SC Slobozhansky at 15:00, the next day - at 12:00. The course of events in the matches can be watched via online broadcasts on the website of the Basketball Federation of Ukraine. To buy tickets for the game, you need to use the "Online Tickets" section on our club website: prometeybc.com.