Uralmash defeated MBA-MAI at home – 85:60 (29:18, 12:12, 25:17, 19:13).
Game progress
From the first possession the hosts turned on defense mode and didn’t let MBA-MAI score points for 3 minutes, starting the game with an 8:0 run. Soon the Moscow team rebooted offense with Andrey Zubkov and Evgeny Voronov. The Yekaterinburg team responded with long-range shots and Javonte Douglas helped to gain a double-digit lead for the first time in the game – 22:11.
MBA struggled to score at the start of the second quarter, Uralmash used this advantage. Jeremiah Martin led the team with ball movement and regularly found the way into the paint, increasing the lead to 17 points. But three-pointers helped the guests clubto cut the deficit by halftime – 41:30.
Key moment
At the start of the second half, MBA-MAI again had trouble making shots. In response, Martin scored 6 points and helped teammates to make a 15:3 run. Daniil Pevnev and Ivan Belousov tried to start a comeback, but it was stopped. Uralmash ended the third quarter with Hayden Dalton three-pointer and had a 19-point lead. The hosts started the final quarter with 10 more points and secured confident win.
X-factor
Ball movement and long-range shots helped the hosts to win. The Yekaterinburg team made 19 assists and scored 44% of three-pointers.
Facts
Rostislav Vergun had his 50th game as Uralmash head coach and Vasily Karasev got his 100th game as the Moscow team coach.
MBA-MAI lost 7th road game in a row. Last time the Moscow team won on the road on October 15 in a meeting with Avtodor.
Hayden Dalton had his best scoring game for Uralmash. The forward got 16 points, 8 rebounds and 26 eff. points.
Leaders
Uralmash: Jeremiah Martin (26 + 6 assists), Hayden Dalton (16 + 8 rebounds), Johnny O’Bryant (13).
MBA-MAI: Makar Konovalov (11), Evgeny Voronov (10).
What’s next
Uralmash: January 4 at home against Samara
MBA-MAI: January 5 at home versus Pari Nizhny Novgorod.
