The first stage of the regular season is nearing completion, and on January 24, the VTB United League match between MINSK and Lokomotiv Kuban will be held in the Krasnodar Basket Hall. Read more about the meeting in the preview.
Season 2023/24
Alexandr Sekulic's team occupies the 4th position in the standings, sharing an equal number of wins and losses with Zenit St. Petersburg (16 victories in 23 games). Until the last match, the Krasnodar team confidently continued a series of 7 wins in matches against MBA, Enisey, Uralmash, Zenit, Astana, Avtodor and CSKA. However, on January 19” on the road, Loko could not cope with the pressure of Nizhny Novgorod and lost to Pari NN with a minimal difference in the score – 74:76.
Leaders
The last time the teams met was two months ago. Since then, legionnaires DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, Jaylen Barford and Okaro White have continued to occupy leading positions in individual statistics. Akoon-Purcell scored 17.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists in almost 26 minutes in 17 games. Jaylen Barford averages 14.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.0 steals in almost 24 minutes on the floor in 22 games. American forward Okaro White shows average stats of 11.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists in almost 26 minutes in 23 matches.
As for the Russian players, it can be noted in the Loko squad Andrei Martyuk with average stats of 10.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 22 games in just over 16 minutes on the floor.
The center of MINSK Vadzim Stubeda: We have a difficult match ahead of us, it will be a long journey. We are meeting with the finalists of last season, the opposing team has strong front and back lines. They demonstrate an excellent level of basketball, but we will fight to the last.
The roster of the opponent
Lokomotiv-Kuban, Krasnodar
Guards
0. Jaylen Barford, 01.23.1996, 191 cm, USA,
1. Alexander Shcherbenev, 03.10.2000, 190 cm, Russia,
33. Zakhar Vedishchev, 09.07.2000, 196 cm, Russia,
35. Vladislav Emchenko, 03.10.1999, 194 cm, Russia,
77. Uladzislau Blizniuk, 08.01.1999, 183 cm, Belarus.
Forwards
2. DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, 05.06.1993, 198 cm, Trinidad and Tobago,
7. Kirill Temirov, 01.02.2002, 195 cm, Russia,
13. Dmitry Uzinsky, 07.13.1993, 199 cm, Russia,
15. Okaro White, 08.13.1992, 203 cm, USA,
16. Anton Kvitkovskikh, 03.11.2000, 201 cm, Russia,
19. Jordan Morgan, 09.15.1991, 203 cm, USA,
25. Sergey Shchetinin, 02.28.2004, 201 cm, Russia.
Centers
9. Andrey Martyuk, 06/10/2000, 211 cm, Russia,
12. Kirill Yelatontsev, 12.07.2002, 211 cm, Russia.
The head coach is Aleksandr Sekulic, Slovenia.
The match starts at 20:00 Belarusian time. The broadcast of the match will be available on the website of the VTB United League and Belarus 5. The Internet.