Youth team takes away the victory from Samara

Youth team news

10.10.2023

UNICS-2 exchanged victories with Samara-2 in the away matches of the regular season of the VTB United Youth League, which took place on October 9 and 10 in Samara.

The first game ended with a score of 80:70 in favor of our guys. The opponents broke away by a 9-point distance during the opening quarter, but Andrey Kibenko's team showed character and restored equality by the big break (36:36). The key was the run of UNICS-2 at the start of the 3rd quarter 21:0, which removed all questions about the winner.

In the first match, Vladimir NAUMOV (24 + 5 rebounds + 5 steals) and Roman ILYUK (21) scored 45 points for two in the white-green team. Semen SHARONOV added 10 points, 8 rebounds and 5 steals.

Today, on October 10, Samara-2 took revenge against UNICS-2 with a score of 76:53. After the first half, the home team's advantage was calculated by one point (39:38), but the Samara team's 20:5 spurt in the opening of the final quarter helped them achieve a confident victory. Egor SHAPOSHNIKOV (11 points) and Vladimir NAUMOV (10 + 5 rebounds + 3 steals) submitted to double-digit numbers in the statistics of the guests.

UNICS-2 will hold its next matches on October 20-21 on the home floor of Vasilevo against the current champion of the VTB United Youth League Krasnodar Lokomotiv-Kuban-2.