BC Prometey (Ukraine) - BC Mersin Yanisehir Belediyesi (Turkey) - 67:86 (19:28, 15:17, 11:15, 22:26). February 24. EuroCup Women. 1/4 finals. 1 match. Plovdiv (Bulgaria). "Power Complex".
BC Prometey: Dubrovina *, captain (7), Atkins * (27), Holmes * (4 + 7 rebounds), Yurkevichus * (6 + 7 rebounds), Datsko * (8), Balaban (0), Babic (9 + 3 assists), Rymarenko (2), Horobets (2), Myronenko (2), Ignatchenko (0).
BC Mersin Yanisehir Belediyesi: Thomas * (13 + 4 assists), Turner * (9 + 4 assists + 3 steals), Hayes * (3), Fagbenle * (18 + 12 rebounds), Hollingsworth * (8), Bonner (16 + 11 rebounds), Enigwe (6), Zellus (10), Atas (0), Baric (3), Yalchin (0), Topuz (0).
The first match of the 1/4 finals of EuroCup Women coincided with the onset of very difficult times for Ukraine. Of course, our girls could not stay away from the circumstances in the country. For all their desire to please our fans with the result, what happens at home could not help but affect their mood and quality of performance. As a result, Prometey lost 19 points to the opponent, and the Turkish club, whose players warmly congratulated our girls dressed in national flags before the match, managed to win all quarters.
Already in the first two minutes, "Mersin" made a starting leap - 8:2. Aziz Akaya's wards successfully used their great players in our three-second zone - Temi Fagbenle and Quanitru Hollingsworth. Five minutes later, with a successful attack from the perimeter, Nikolina Babic reduced the gap of the champion of Ukraine to one possession of the ball (17:20), but failed to develop this local success. The players of "Mersin" responded with their two hits from the arc. Due to these successful throws, the opponent managed to win the quarter with a difference of 9 points.
A large number of unconscious mistakes hindered our team to chance the course of the game - 9 losses in the first 20 minutes. Even before the big break, Mersin's handicap was "+16", and in the third quarter Victoria Bolshakova's team scored only 11 points. In the final ten minutes, "Prometey" "remained in the game" thanks to two consecutive hits from the perimeter by Uliana Datsko, but "Mersin" eventually won a well-deserved victory. At the same time, it is simply impossible to criticize our team for today's failure.
