MBA-MAI defeated Samara on the road – 78:70 (14:18, 17:17, 24:18, 23:17)

Game progress

The hosts started with a 12:3 run, Vasily Karasev made adjustments and the rotation allowed the Moscow team to tie the score. In the second quarter, MBA-MAI stepped up the defense, but Samara went into the halftime with the lead – 35:31.

Key moment

The guests turned the game around in the third quarter. Samara held on until the end of the quarter with Mikhailovskii efforts and even caught up with the opponent. But MBA-MAI made an 11-0 run, and the guests built a comfortable lead and held it until the end of the game.

In the fourth quarter, 7 players scored for Moscow team. Samara lost its 5th game in a row at the start of the season.

X-factor

Samara was let down by turnovers again. The hosts made 17 turnovers (compared to 7 by guests) prevented to fight for the win in this game.

Only Pari NN (17.8) has lost the ball more than Samara (15.8 per game) at the start of the season.

Facts

Mikhailovskii set a new career-high in the VTB League for the second time this season. After scoring 26 points against Avtodor, Samara forward scored 32 points today.

With this win, MBA-MAI tied the rivalry history score against Samara. Now it’s 6-6. Also, the Moscow team started the season with 4 wins in 5 games.

MBA-MAI’s bench players confirmed the best scoring bench of the season status. The guests rotation scored 37 points.

Samara now faces a long road trip. Over the month, the Volga team will play 6 road games in a row.

Leaders

Samara: Nikita Mikhailovskii (32 points + 12 rebounds), Dmitry Cheburkin (19 points + 7 rebounds)

MBA-MAI: Andrey Zubkov (20 points + 6 rebounds + 5 assists), Viacheslav Zaitsev (17 points + 5 assists), Aleksandr Platunov (11 points)

What’s next

Samara: October 22 on the road versus BETCITY PARMA

MBA-MAI: October 26 on the road against BETCITY PARMA.