BC Kyiv continued their Superleague march, having defeated Sumykhimprom 87:66 to claim their 15th win of the season.

The home side confidently won the first quarter 29:14. Josh Davis and Manu Markoishvili were scoring at will during the time frame.

Symy managed to slightly reduce the lead in the second, but Kyiv regained the comfortable 16-point lead at the end of quarter #3.

The Superleague vice-champions had no difficulty holding on to the lead and extending their winning record.

Markoishvili scored team-high 20 points, Artur Drozdov added 19, Josh Davis contributed with 14 points and 7 rebounds.

Sumy’s Oleg Kojenets had 23 points.

“I was glad to see my team perform the way the did during the first quarter”, said Kyiv’s head coach Tomo Mahoric after the game, “but I was also dissatisfied with the players’ effort in the second. We lost concentration and allowed Sumy to play the way they wanted. Still, we improved our game after the break, paid more attention to their center Kojenents and started to control the boards”

Meanwhile, Kyiv’s farm team cruised past Sumy’s youngsters 115:61. 

Led by Ruslan Otverchenko (24 points) and Vladyslav Podolian (23 points), Kyiv was ahead by as many as 60 points during the final quarter.