VTB United League basketball is returning to Minsk, and on March 9, after almost three weeks of a break, our men's team will fight against MBA at the Falcon Club Arena. For more information, see the preview.
Season 2023/24
The Moscow team in group B of the second stage takes the 6th place in the standings. In the last 5 matches, Vasily Karasev's wards managed to win only over Pari Nizhny Novgorod. IBA is among the TOP 5 teams in the League in terms of offensive rebounds and opponent fouls on average per game. Minsk residents, who have recently been joined by Zach Smith, and perhaps Jovan Sljivancanin will be added soon, will have to demonstrate coordinated work on many statistical indicators for the long-awaited victory.
Leaders
The best average statistics in the Russian team are demonstrated by Andrey Lopatin (10.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists in 30 matches in 27.10 minutes on the court) and Daniil Kasatkin (9.2 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists in 25 games, spending an average of 22.40 minutes on the court).
MINSK forward Dmitrii Kuratnik: “We have a match on the home court. We hope that we will be playing in full soon. Zach Smith has already joined the game, we are waiting for Jovan Shlivanchanin to enter the floor. After each game, we try to sort out our mistakes so as not to repeat them. In the fight with the IBA, we will focus even more on defense and rebounds.”
The roster of the opponent:
MBA, Moscow
Guards
7. Alexander Khomenko, 25.01.1999, 189 cm, defender, Russia,
9. Daniil Kasatkin, 25.01.1999, 198 cm, defender, Russia,
18. Evgeny Voronov, 07.05.1986, 192 cm, defender, Russia,
23. Maxim Lichutin, 06.14.2000, 182 cm, defender, Russia,
33. Timofey Yakushin, 16.01.1997, 195 cm,defender, Russia,
38. Makar Konovalov, 06.12.2000, 187 cm, defender, Russia.
Forwards
6. Pavel Ismailov, 02.23.2003, 198 cm, forward, Russia,
8. Gleb Goldyrev, 04.19.1993, 199 cm, forward, Russia,
11. Maxim Barashkov, 07.10.1998, 201 cm, forward, Russia,
16. Vladislav Trushkin, 05.05.1993, 201 cm, forward, Russia,
22. Gleb Sheiko, 19.11.1996, forward, 195 cm, Russia,
28. Andrey Lopatin, 08.27.1998, 207 cm, forward, Russia,
31. Evgeny Valiev, 03.05.1990, 204 cm, forward, Russia.
Centers
14. Evgeny Minchenko, 13.12.1994, 215 cm, center, Russia,
71. Vladislav Sharapov, 11.17.1999, 201 cm, center Russia,
77. Maxim Savchenko, 09.02.2004, 208 cm, center, Russia.
The head coach is Vasily Karasev, Russia.
The game will take place at 15:00 at the Falcon Club Arena. Tickets can be purchased on the website and at points of sale kvitki.by , as well as in the lobby of the arena on the day of the match from 14:00. Let's support our team together!