In the home rounds of the VTB United Youth League held on February 6th and 7th at the Basketball Academy Arena, Zenit U21 defeated Uralmash-2 in both matches.
In the first game, the team from St. Petersburg took control of the game from the beginning, beating their opponents with a score of 112:55, a margin of 57 points. The highlight of the game for Zenit U21 was guard Alexander Porotnikov, who scored a triple-double: 16 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds, plus 1 steal and 1 block.
On the second day, the team from Yekaterinburg showed strong resistance in the early stages of the game. The score in the first quarter of the second matchup was very close, ending at 17:15. However, the Blue-White-Sky Blues did manage to pull off another convincing victory (104:60). Forward Ivan Vasiliev became the team’s scoring leader, contributing 21 points, along with 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
After the match against Uralmash-2, the team coached by Roman Knyazev continues to be in second place in the standings with 30 wins from 34 games.
Georgy Mordvinov, Zenit U21 defender:
The decisive factor was our overall teamwork on both offense and defense, which was due to how well we executed the tasks assigned by our coach. The mentality and motivation of the visiting team today are different compared to the first game. Because of this attitude, they played very well on both offense and defense in the first half.
Next week, the Blue-White-Sky Blues will face PARMA-M, also at the Zenit Basketball Academy in St. Petersburg (Severnaya Road, 12). The match on February 10 will start at 17:00 local time, and the match on February 11 will start at 14:00. Come cheer for the team – admission is free!
