BC "Sumy State University" - BC "Prometey-2-DDTU" - 76:63 (18:13, 14:21, 21:18, 23:11). October 17. High League. 3rd paired tour. 2nd match. Sumy. Palace of Student Sports of SSU.

Judges: Igor Melashich, Leonid Voynarovsky, Andriy Fedorchenko.

BC "SSU": Koshevatsky * (16), Starodub *, captain (23 + 5 assists + 4 steals), Ignatchenko * (6), Mikhailov * (15 + 7 rebounds), Chesak * (8 + 8 rebounds), Diadchenko (2), Sidorenko (2), Tokar (0), Oksenich (4).

BC "Prometey-2-DDTU": Bryniuk * (13 + 13 rebounds), Gorobchenko * (3 + 3 assists), Bublik * (8), Gladun * (3), Klimov * (14 + 4 assists), Orzul (7), Gorkovenko, captain (6), Pirohov (2), Melnik (7), Bezyma (0).

The second match between the team of Sumy State University and "Prometey-2-DDTU" turned out to be much more difficult for our team than Saturday's confrontation, and, unfortunately, this time the success did not accompany the team of Dmytro Markov. Opponents had a hard time entering the game, allowing a large number of defects in its debut, primarily in attacking actions, which led to numerous losses. However, "Prometey-2-DDTU" completed the starting four-minute period with a score of 6:1 in their favor. And then the hosts of the court were led forward by the playmaker Ihor Starodub. His 11 points in the first quarter helped SumDU in the 8th minute for the first time in the match to take the lead and win ten minutes.

In the debut of the second quarter, Sumy developed their success, bringing the handicap to 11 points (24:13). At that moment, Ihor Klimov's accurate long-distance shot and two "and ones" performed by Vladislav Orzul and Daniil Gorkovenko helped the team just in time, and "Prometey-2-DDTU" came close to the opponent. Before the long break, the accurate hit by the captain of our team from afar allowed them to take a long break, leading the score (34:32).

In the third quarter, rivals took turns to take the lead, but the last word was left for SSU, when 39 seconds before the last break an accurate shot from behind the arc was perfectly performed by Sumy captain Ihor Starodub - 53:52.

Yaroslav Kovalev's team completely dominated in the final ten minutes. Even before the end of the first five minutes, his wards achieved a handicap of 9 points (69:60), and also continued to play with inspiration in the clutch. As for our team, on the contrary, nothing came from their actions, even free throws. As a result, "Prometey-2-DDTU" with a score of 63:76 suffered its first defeat in the High League championship.