On February 8, the MINSK men's team will host an away match of the VTB United League against PARMA-PARI in Perm. The last meeting of the rivals took place on December 13. Read more about the changes in the roster of Evgeniy Pashutin's team since that time in our preview.
Season 2022/23
PARMA-PARI leads in the standings of group “B", having won 10 victories in the last 23 matches of the season. In five extreme matches, Permians were stronger than Avtodor (95:94), Enisey (88:75) and Samara (77:74).
Since our last meeting, which also took place in Perm, the club has terminated the contract with the guard Brian Allen. But two legionnaires joined the roster of the Permians at once. In December, Evgeniy Pashutin's team was joined by 27-year-old American guard Aizea Reese, who started the season at BC Samara. In 5 matches, Reese has already managed to be noted as a bright player, spending on average more than 36 minutes on the floor, gaining 15.8 points, making 6.2 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 2.2 steals.
On January 24, the Russian club signed a contract with 30-year-old guard Ryan Boatwright, who also previously played in the VTB United League and started the season at Avtodor (Saratov). Ryan made his debut for the team in the last meeting of PARMA-PARI against Samara. The defender spent 18 and a half minutes on the floor and managed to score 15 points, make 2 assists, 1 rebound and 1 steals.
The leader of the team in scoring is the American guard Justin Roberson – 16.5 on average per game. To them, Roberson adds 3.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.0 steals. The average height of the opposing team is 197.5 cm, the average age is 26 years.
Forward of MINSK Ognjen Pantovic: "It was a tough game at home but there is no time to look in the past, the next game is right around the corner and now focus is completely only on that. A huge thank you to our fans who showed up in great numbers and because of it we are highly motivated to continue to work hard and be better in future!"
The opponent 's pre-game roster:
"PARMA-PARI" (Perm Region).
Guards:
6. Boatwright Ryan (27.12.1992, 180 cm, USA),
11. Kirill Budin (31.10.2001, 183 cm, Russia),
12. Vladislav Perevalov (21.10.2001, 191 cm, Russia)
22. Sheiko Gleb (19.11.1996, 196 cm, Russia),
28. Platunov Alexandr (06.07.1997, 192 cm, Russia),
31. Reese Isaea (13.12.1996, 196 cm, USA),
32. Roberson Justin (08.07.1993, 185 cm, USA),
Forwards:
9. Ongwae Tylor Okari (15.07.1991, 201 cm, Kenya),
25. Pavel Antipov (19.09.1991, 202 cm, Russia),
30. Danila Pokhodyaev (04.02.2001, 204 cm, Russia),
77. Alexandr Kurov (25.09.2000, 205 cm, Russia).
Centers:
10. Dime Pape Malik (06.10.1992, 206 cm, Senegal),
21. Kirill Popov (21.05.1998, 204 cm, Russia),
53. James Joel Njongjo (22.01.1994, 211 cm, USA),
61. Gleb Firsov (17.01.2005, 208 cm, Russia).
The head coach is Evgeniy Pashutin (Russia).
The meeting starts at 17:30 Minsk time. The broadcast of the match will be available on the VTB United League website and the Belarus 5 TV channel. We are rooting for MINSK!