BC "Prometey" - MBC "Mykolayiv". January 14. 18:00. Windrose Superleague. 13 tour. Slobozhanske. SC Slobozhansky. Broadcast - fbu.ua.
Today, on January 13, the third round of the Windrose Superleague starts with a match in Ternopil between the local basketball club and "Khimik" from Yuzhny. The next day, the sole leader of the championship "Prometey" will start his program of the second part of the championship with a home match against MBC "Mykolayiv".
The opponent of our team with 4 victories in 22 matches is on the opposite pole of the standings. The management of MBC "Mykolayiv", of course, cannot be happy with this state of affairs, any way. A month ago, the club and head coach Arnis Wetzvagars stopped their cooperation. Oleksandr Tsykalyuk, who had previously worked as an assistant to the Vecvagars, was appointed acting head coach.
So far, under the leadership of Oleksandr Tsykalyuk, the tournament results have not improved: since December 11, the team has lost four matches, including the first in the new year - on January 9, away from Kyiv-Basket. After the match in the capital, Oleksandr Tsykalyuk said: "We have problems in the roster. There is no good replacement in every position. Two players have left us - Bridgman and Kalnichenko. We will change the line-up, change people. It will happen soon. We do not give up and strive to improve our game. "
Speaking about the team's personnel losses, the 35-year-old captain Andriy Kalnichenko has decided to end his career. In 14 matches of the regular season, he averaged 9.1 points and 4.4 rebounds in 48 minutes on the court with 48.9% of three-point shots.
Acquisitions of "Mykolayiv" began with the fact that the other day Terrence Murphy, well-known to the Mykolayiv fans, joined the coaching staff. Terrence took the position of assistant head coach and helped Vitaliy Cherniy, a well-known for Prometey fan.
Of course, in tomorrow's confrontation with "Prometey" the Mykolayiv club won't be the favorite one, it conceded in both matches of a season series - 79:92 and 55:89. However, our team is not in the best psychological condition after yesterday's sensitive defeat from Israeli Hapoel. Prometey head coach Ronen Ginzburg even said after the match that it was his worst game in the Champions League. However, he noted that he knows why this happened and expressed confidence that the team will perform much stronger in Zaporizhzhia.
Before the second match with Hapoel, Prometey will play against Mykolayiv and this match is a great opportunity for the team to return to victory. All Prometey fans wish them this. The Prometey-MBC Mykolayiv match will be broadcast live on the official website of the Basketball Federation of Ukraine on January 14 starting at 6 p.m. To buy tickets for the game, you need to use the "Online Tickets" section on our club website: prometeybc.com.
