On January 21, the Minsk Arena will host for the first time the home match of our men's team against Runa. Earlier in the season, the rivals had their first duel. Read more about how things have been going for Muscovites since then in our preview.
Season 2023/24
By the end of the first stage of the current season, Erturul Erdogan's team had won 9 victories in 22 matches. Now the Russians are on the 9th line of the standings. In the last five games, the Muscovites managed to defeat only one more capital team, MBA (69:63). Now Runa continues its away series, and after the matches with Enisey and CSKA at the home grounds of the rivals, it will fly to Minsk for the first time. Moreover, in both matches, Muscovites lost ground and lost concentration closer to the end of the match.
Leaders
In individual statistics, Nikola Ivanovich demonstrates the best average score in the VTB United League rookie team - 14.7. To them, the defender from Montenegro adds 2.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.5 steals in 29 and a half minutes on the floor in 18 matches.
Jeremiah Hill averages 14.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.5 steals in just over 31 minutes on the floor. And the center of Runa, Tayus Alex, is now the second player in the League in terms of the number of blocked shots on average per game – 1.5.
MINSK center Aleksandar Zecevic: “We are going to have a difficult game against Runa. The opponent has a pretty well-coordinated team with good players. We've been training hard this week, working hard on a game plan. I think we've become better at interacting both offensively and defensively. We're trying to get to a level where we can play for the whole 40 minutes and finish the fight right, fight to the end. I can say that the chemistry in the team is better than ever.”
The roster of the opponent
Runa, Moscow
Guards
1.Young Cameron, 03.24.1996, 198 cm, USA,
3. Andrey Sopin, 07.07.1997, 186 cm, Russia,
5. Jeremiah Hill, 04.09.1995, 188 cm, USA,
15. Kirill Savin, 12.01.2000, 196 cm, Russia,
18. Nikola Ivanovich, 02.19.1994, 190 cm, Montenegro,
99. Ivan Samoylenko, 08.23.2003, 195 cm, Russia.
Forwards
7. Nikita Malofeev, 12.02.2003, 203 cm, Russia,
8. Artyom Komissarov, 11.12.1990, 200 cm, Russia,
12. Alexa Radanov, 01.02.1998, 201 cm, Serbia,
13. Jewel Morgan, 04.17.1997, 202 cm, USA,
30. Danila Pokhodyaev, 02.04.2001, 204 cm, Russia,
43. Nikolay Zhmako, 09.04.1989, 195 cm, Russia.
Centers
9. Alex Tyus, 08.01.1988, 204 cm, Israel,
11. Boris Mitkin, 12.25.2002, 208 cm, Russia,
21. Egor Vanin, 02.29.2004, 2017 see, Russia,
37. Ilya Popov, 04.04.1995, 210 cm, Russia,
The head coach is Erturul Erdogan, Turkey.
The match starts at 16:30. The entrance to the Minsk Arena will be carried out from 15:00. Tickets can be purchased on the website and at points of sale kvitki.by , as well as in the lobby of the arena an hour and a half before the start of the match (main entrance, grandstand A). Let's support MINSK together!