MBC "Mariupol" - BC "Prometey-2-DDTU" - 66:70 (19:18, 14:22, 20:14, 13:16). November 20. High League. 7 paired tour. 1st match. Mariupol. Sports Complex Azovmash.

MBC "Mariupol": Lukyanov * (24 + 8 rebounds), Flashner * (5), Kitzello * (7 + 10 rebounds), Orlenko * (8 + 8 rebounds), Skoda * (7 + 4 assists), Bella (2), Budyuk (6), Brechko (7).

BC "Prometey-2-DDTU": Bryniuk * (21 + 10 rebounds), Gorobchenko * (9 + 6 assists), Bublik * (8), Pirohov * (10), Klimov * (10 + 5 steals), Orzul (9), Gorkovenko, captain (2), Gladun (0), Bezyma (1), Melnyk (0).

The first round of leadership confrontation in the first group of the High League championship between MBC "Mariupol" and "Prometey-2-DDTU" ended in favor of our team, and their victory was well deserved. During the first 15 minutes it was quite difficult to give someone a precedence, although Dmytro Markov's wards looked more attractive than the opponent in terms of team play. And in the last five minutes of the second quarter with a score of 27:27 "red and white" managed a good jerk 13:6, which became the first prerequisite for the necessary victory, especially since three players of "Mariupol" got foul trouble (Flashner, Bella, Brechko). In the first 20 minutes, Bohdan Bryniuk scored 13 points and these were far not his last useful actions for his team.

It was Bohdan who put an end to the third quarter with a throw from the middle distance and returned the lead to the guests (54:53) after the situation, when in the 29th minute the experienced 35-year-old center MBC "Mariupol" Volodymyr Orlenko, who was opposed by Bryniuk, led his team forward.

The question of the winner of the team was postponed to the last quarter. After Eduard Kitzello from Mariupol made a long throw, the teams entered the clutch with a score of 62:60 in favor of Prometey-2-DDTU. Our guys spent the decisive minutes perfectly, first of all, in terms of actions in defense. For three minutes they kept their hoop intact, and the opposite one was struck at the right moment by Bryniuk, who overplayed Orlenko in the three-second zone, and Pavlo Horobchenko with a floater. It was these effective throws that largely determined the victory of Prometey-2-DDTU, which allowed them to catch up with Maruipol in terms of tournament performance (7 wins and 2 losses).

Tomorrow at noon time the teams will come out to the court of the Azovmash sports complex in Mariupol again and will determine the sole leader of the group after the first round in the rematch.