MBA beat MINSK on the road – 73:60 (25:22, 27:18, 8:10, 13:10).
Game progress
The hosts started with a 7:2 run, but despite Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson and Grigory Motovilov actions, the guests gradually took the lead. Daniil Kasatkin and Vladislav Trushkin three-pointers gave MBA a 12-point lead. MINSK coach was forced to take a timeout, but right after Andrey Lopatin quick long-range shot brought the Moscow team lead to 15 points.
The second half started with another trouble for MINSK – the hosts’ leader Ogungbemi-Jackson got 2 quick fouls. These fouls were the third and fourth, so the hosts best scorer was out of the game for a long time. But MBA also ran out of offensive energy – after good first half, the rivals scored only 18 points in the third quarter.
Key moment
MBA still held a double-digit lead – 60:50. Although it was very difficult to stop Ogungbemi-Jackson, the guests managed to completely shut down his teammates. In addition, the Moscow team had Daniil Kasatkin – a player who responded to the Minsk team leader’s performance. As a result, Vasily Karasev team had no trouble getting a win, which became the tenth for the Moscow team in the season.
X-factor
In the final quarter, MBA managed to completely cut off Ogungbemi-Jackson from his teammates. Despite the guard performance, the rest of MINSK players failed to score a single point in the fourth quarter.
Fact
MBA got the fifth win against MINSK.
Before the game, MBA center Evgeny Minchenko had 10 rebounds to reach 500 for his United League career. As a result, Evgeny stopped 1 rebound away from this achievement and should celebrate the anniversary in the next game.
Leaders
MINSK: Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson (22), Grigory Motovilov (14)
MBA: Daniil Kasatkin (21), Evgeny Minchenko (13 + 9 rebounds), Andrey Lopatin (13 + 5 rebounds), Evgeny Voronov (7 + 5 rebounds + 4 steals).
What’s next
MINSK (0-31): March 17 at home versus Samara
MBA (10-21): March 12 on the road against Uralmash.
