The women’s basketball team of UMMC Ekaterinburg smashed the hosts of Perfumerias Avenida with 93-67 (27-17, 25-13, 21-16, 20-21) in the 13th round of the Euroleague. Thus, UMMC Ekaterinburg stays on the top with 13 wins, while Perfumerias Avenida is second with 10 wins.
Perfumerias Avenida took the lead in the very beginning, as they even have a 6 points advance. However, their opponents quickly returned the game and improved their shots. Thus as the end of the first quarter, UMMC Ekaterinburg had an advance of 10 points.
The second quarter again started with a little dominance of the hosts, who succeeded to decrease their passive a little, but again lost the initiative and UMMC Ekaterinburg extended their lead to 22 points, which practically made them a sure winner.
During the third quarter, the Russian team did not give any chance to their opponents and continued extending their lead, while in the last part they slowed down the pace and saved their forces for the next match. Thus, the women’s basketball team of Perfumerias Avenida lost to UMMC Ekaterinburg 67-93.
The most valuable player for UMMC Ekaterinburg was Jonquel Jones with 28 pts and 11 rebs, while Allie Quigley added 20 pts and 2 rebs. For the team of Perfumerias Avenida, Katie Samuelson made 15 pts and 3 rebs.
In another match from the Euroleague Women, the team of Venezia lost at home to USK Prague with 75-84 (24-17, 16-31, 15-23, 20-13). USK Prague is third in the group with 9 wins and 4 losses, while Venezia is 6th with 3 wins and 9 losses.
