In the match of the 11th round of the women’s Euroleague the Orenburg “Nadezhda” beat the French “Montpellier” 100:56 on the home parquet.
Yellow-burgundies began quickly and already to the second quater provided a solid advantage in 22 points (31:9). At these moments the guests looked somewhat confused, but still managed to impose a struggle to “Nadezhda”.
The gap in the score, meanwhile, continued to increase and by the beginning of the final quarter it was already 31 points (74:43). The main intrigue at this moment was only whether the yellow-burgundies, for the first time in a long time, will be able to reach the mark of 100 points. The task of this “Nadezhda” ultimately performed with brilliance, typing in the fourth quarter exactly as many points as needed.
Ksenia Tikhonenko made in this meeting the double-double – 17 points and 10 rebounds – just during 21 minutes on the court. With a coefficient of usefulness of 30 Ksenia led the list of the most effective players of the Euroleague week.
The women’s team of BC “Enisey” made a guest victory over the Turkish “Hatay” in the match of the 1/8 finals of the FIBA Europe Cup play-offs – 74:72.
12 points and 5 assists were made by Marina Goldyreva.
