Zenit continues winning streak in Shved’s debut game

Zenit continues winning streak in Shved’s debut game

Zenit beat MBA-MAI at home – 73:50 (23:14, 22:6, 16:13, 12:17)

Game progress
The Moscow team picked up 4 fouls already in the 3rd minute and finished the quarter with 9 fouls, giving Zenit players the right to make 9 free-throw shots. Alexey Shved came off the bench and managed to score his first points for the St. Petersburg team. The guests started to be more careful on defense in the second quarter, but scored only 6 points. Shved made his second three-pointer and gave his new team a critical 25-point lead.

Key moment
The Moscow team managed to equalize the game in the second half, but it wasn’t enough to begin to make a comeback. By the final quarter, only Trent Frazier had reached the 10-point mark among all the players. The guests 10:3 run allowed to win the final quarter, but it was not enough. Zenit took the win with a comfortable lead.

X-factor
MBA-MAI players made 18 of 62 field-goal shots (29%) and 5 of 22 (22.7%) three-pointers. Low offensive efficiency did not allow the guests to compete with Zenit.

Facts
Alexey Shved scored 9 points, making 3 of 4 three-pointers and 3 of 5 field-goal shots in his debut game for Zenit. The guard had 3 rebounds and 5 assists with 3 turnovers in 19.5 minutes.

Maksim Barashkov passed the 500-point mark for his VTB United League career.

The St. Petersburg team defeated the Moscow team by a score difference of more than 20 points for the 3rd time in the season.

Leaders
Zenit: Dwayne Bacon (13), Trent Frazier (11), Sergey Karasev (10), Georgy Zhbanov (10).
MBA-MAI: Evgeny Minchenko (14 + 7 rebounds), Andrey Zubkov (8 + 7 rebounds).

What’s next
Zenit: February 2 on the road against CSKA.
MBA-MAI: February 1 on the road versus Astana.