PARMA beat Lokomotiv Kuban in Krasnodar – 82:77 (22:13, 19:23, 12:23, 29:18).

Game progress

The Perm team started the game very confidently. Samson Ruzhentsev and very tight defense helped to get lead from the start. Already in the second quarter, the guests took a double-digit lead – 25:13. PARMA kept the hosts within 10-12 points for almost the entire first half, but three-pointers brought Loko back into the game by the halftime – 41:36.

The second half followed the same pattern for a few minutes, but then the Krasnodar team managed to make a 19:1 run with Patrick Miller and Karvel Anderson leading the team. The hosts started the final quarter with the lead – 59:53.

Key moment

Still, PARMA had an answer to such run. Ruzhentsev led the guests comeback. Soon Evgeny Pashutin team got closer to Loko and then the lead began to change. The situation for PARMA was complicated by Ruzhentsev 5 fouls (before that, the Perm team lost Royce Hamm for the same reason). Still, the guests managed to overcome Loko in the end without top players: Nevels and Aleksandr Zakharov scored crucial three-pointers, but Kirill Temirov, who tried to save the game, missed both of his attempts.

PARMA won the 11th game of the season and continued the way to Top 5.

X-Factor

In December, PARMA led the League in three-point shooting percentage (45.9%). In this game, the Perm team scored above 40% again (9 of 21), and 29 points in the last quarter was made possible by 5 long-range shots.

Facts

PARMA is the only team in the League that Loko has not beat this season yet.

Samson Ruzhentsev scored 22 or more points for the 3rd game in a row.

Leaders

Lokomotiv Kuban: Karvel Anderson (16), Patrick Miller (14 + 7 assists), Isaiah Whaley (13 + 7 rebounds), Antonius Cleveland (12), Kirill Temirov (11), Kirill Elatontsev (4 + 5 rebounds).

PARMA: Samson Ruzhentsev (25 + 7 rebounds), Garrett Nevels (13 + 5 rebounds), Aleksandr Shashkov (12 + 6 rebounds), Royce Hamm (5 + 5 rebounds), Stanislav Ilnitskiy (2 + 5 rebounds).

What’s next

Lokomotiv Kuban: January 11 on the road versus Zenit

PARMA.: January 11 at home against CSKA.