The strongest basketball club of Ukraine “Chemist” suddenly on the home parquet lost Finnish “Katya”.
“Chemist” after a difficult victory over the “Venice” seemed a great chance to build on their success in the home match with “Katya”. The team of Vitaly Stepanovski considered the favorite, but was unable to stop the attack Scandinavians.
“Chemist” has never led the score after the break, the hosts tried to make a comeback and reduced the gap to just one point, however, “Katie” organized another leap and went to the last quarter with an advantage of eight points.
At the start the decisive 10-minute period the lead guest increased to 14 points – “the Chemist” due to Smith and Petrov returned to the distance of one precise attack. The chance of rescue was lost, and in the end the match Finns coolly from the penalty not given to “Chemist” to salvation.
Chemist (Ukraine) — Kataja (Finland) 82:88 (18:22, 13:17, 24:24, 27:25)
Chemist: Smith (26), Petrov (19 + 9 rebounds + 4 assists), Ryabchuk (4 + 3 steals), Konev (14 + 7 rebounds), Antipov (10 + 5 rebounds), Tsykalyuk (4).
Katya: Mullings (23 + 8 rebounds + 7 assists + 3 steals), Rannikko (18 + 7 assists), Wesley (13 + 8 rebounds), Johnson (12 + 2 block-Shota), Bradley (8 + 5 rebounds).
Standings: Karsiyaka – 7, Avtodor, Katie – 6, Le Mans, Maccabi Rishon, Chemist – 5, Venice, Oradea – 4
