In the opening match of the regular season of the Favbet Superleague, the Kryvbas team secured a victory over Rivne, which took place in Kyiv.
This is reported by Rivne24
The team, led by Denys Spyridonov, started the game with a confident lead, winning the first quarter by +8. The Rivne players received a decent boost from Sevon Trelor, who played actively at the beginning of the match. However, by halftime, Kryvbas managed to seize the initiative, catching up with their opponents and taking an 8-point lead after two quarters.
After the halftime break, Rivne was unable to turn the situation around: the team continued to show a low shooting percentage, losing the battle on the boards and in the paint.
Kryvbas, having taken the lead at the end of the first half, managed to maintain it until the very end of the match, winning with a score of 67:54.
The best player for Kryvbas was Martin Hill, who scored 18 points, grabbed 9 rebounds, and made 3 steals (Efficiency Rating 22). The team captain, Artem Vodolazskyi, also made a notable contribution, recording 15 points. Kryvbas’s next match will be against Kyiv-Basket, while Rivne will face Niko-Basket.
Superleague. Regular Championship
PS Veneto, Kyiv
Rivne — Kryvbas 54:67 (21:13, 5:21, 11:14, 17:19)
Rivne: Trelor 20 + 4 rebounds – 3 turnovers, Dupri 11 + 10 rebounds, Holovchyk 7, Hines 3, Ryaboy 0 — starter, Tymoshchuk 6, Ponosov 4 – 3 turnovers, Korovyakov 3, Sheptytsky 0, Shepelev 0, Mykhailovych 0, Kravchenko 0
Kryvbas: Hill 18 + 9 rebounds + 4 steals – 3 turnovers, Vodolazskyi 15 + 7 rebounds, Skira 12 + 9 rebounds, Peacock 6 + 13 rebounds, Bibikov 2 — starter, Brechka 7 + 5 assists, Korotchenko 4, Trykalenko 2, Kobylinsky 0 – 3 turnovers, Melnyk 0.