After the away series, our men's team will continue the regular VTB United League championship at home and will play on January 14 against MBA. Read more about the opponent in the preview.
Season 2023/24
Now Vasily Karasev's wards occupy the 12th place in the standings. MBA scored 7 victories in the 21st match. If earlier in the season Muscovites completed 2023 with a series of 8 defeats in a row, then in 2024 the team entered the fight with renewed vigor and won two victories over Enisey and Pari Nizhny Novgorod.
MBA performs without a strong leader, preferring team basketball. According to individual statistics, the best averages are shown by Evgeny Voronov (10.0 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists in 24.12 minutes), Andrey Lopatin (9.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists) and Evgeny Minchenko (9.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.2 blocks). In terms of the number of block shots per game on average, Minchenko is among the top five players of the tournament.
MINSK defender Roman Shcherbakov: “MBA demonstrates team basketball. There are no pronounced leaders in their squad, so every player is a danger to us. We train according to our schedule, the coach distributes the load correctly, we prepare both physically and mentally. The fighting spirit, we will make every effort to win. We are waiting for everyone on the 14th at the Falcon Club Arena!”
The roster of the team
MBA, Moscow
Guards
33. Timofey Yakushin, 16.01.1997, 195 cm, Russia,
38. Makar Konovalov, 06.12.2000, 187 cm, Russia,
23. Maxim Lichutin, 06.14.2000, 190 cm, Russia,
18. Evgeny Voronov, 05.07.1986, 192 cm, Russia,
7. Alexandr Khomenko, 01.25.1999, 192 cm, Russia,
9. Daniil Kasatkin, 01.25.1999, 198 cm, Russia.
Forwards
28. Andrey Lopatin, 08.27.1998, 208 cm, Russia,
31. Evgeny Valiev, 05.03.1990, 203 cm, Russia,
22. Gleb Sheiko, 11.19.1996, 200 cm, Russia,
16. Vladislav Trushkin, 05.05.1993, 201 cm, Russia,
11. Maxim Barashkov, 07.10.1998, 201 cm, Russia,
8. Gleb Goldyrev, 04.19.1993, 199 cm, Russia.
Centers
71. Vladislav Sharapov, 11.17.1999, 201 cm, Russia,
77. Maxim Savchenko, 09.02.2004, 208 cm, Russia,
14. Evgeny Minchenko, 13.12.1994, 215 cm, Russia.
The head coach is Vasily Karasev, Russia.
The match will take place on January 14 at 15:00 at the Falcon Club Arena. Tickets are available on the website and at points of sale kvitki.by , as well as in the lobby of the arena on the day of the game from 13:30. We also remind the participants of the advertising game to put stamps in booklets in the lobby of the arena near a special stand.