"Zaporizhzhia beat Prykarpattia-Hoverla for the third time this season in the Favbet Super League

On Saturday, February 10, the Ukrainian basketball championship hosted another regular season match of the Favbet Super League. In Rivne, Zaporizhzhia confirmed its high class and won its 13th victory in the championship with a score of 68:55, beating Prykarpattya-Hoverla.

The day before, the teams lost their games, with Zaporizhzhia having a more difficult match. Valeriy Plekhanov's team had a few hours less time to recover before today's match than the opponent.

Instead, the Ivano-Frankivsk club led in the opening quarter. In the first five minutes, the handicap of Yevhen Murzin's team reached 7 points (11:4), but they failed to develop this advantage. The quarter was generally ineffective (18:15 in favor of Goverla), but both teams successfully attacked the opponent's basket from the perimeter (2 successful attempts out of 3).

The debut of the second quarter was marked by Zaporizhzhia's complete advantage: a 14:2 spurt by Valeriy Plekhanov's team in the first five minutes of the quarter with 5 losses by the opponent in this period.A minute before the break, the handicap of Valeriy Plekhanov's team reached double digits for the first time in the match (35:24). The Cossacks went into the break as a clear contender for victory.

The nominal guests also started the quarter N3 very confidently. They outscored Prykarpattya-Hoverla in shots from the field, especially from outside the perimeter, and were more confident on the boards. As a result, Zaporizhzhia's advantage in the 26th minute was already 17 points (50:33).

Before the last break, Yevhen Murzin's team slightly reduced their deficit, but in the final 10 minutes, the opponent returned to +17 points and calmly brought the match to victory.

Vitaliy Bykov scored 18 points for the winners, while Maxim Nikitin scored one less.

Ilya Chugunov and Serhiy Startsev scored 12 points each for Prykarpattya-Hoverla.

Super League. Regular championship

Rivne, CYSS-4

Prykarpattia-Hoverla - Zaporizhzhia 55:68 (18:15, 8:20, 14:17, 15:16)

Prykarpattia-Hoverla: Chugunov 12 + 5 rebounds, Startsev 12 + 7 rebounds + 5 assists - 4 losses, Kabatsyura 8, Gorobchenko 6, Lesyk 4 + 7 rebounds - start; Avrakhov 5, Zhulavsky 4, A. Tymofiychuk 2, Lonyuk 2, Muzychenko 0.

Zaporizhzhia: Bykov 18, Nikitin 17 + 7 rebounds, Kholod 7, Buts 2, Sizov 0 + 7 rebounds + 6 assists - 3 losses - start; Morozov 9, Dmitrenko 6, Kabanov 4, Velichko 3, Pokoenko 2.