We did not stop the Krasnodar express

Main team news

02.12.2023

In the first half, UNICS made a strong bid to win the away match with Lokomotiv Kuban, achieving a 20-point lead by the big break (46:26). By the middle of the 4th quarter, our team's advantage was double-digit (71:60), but a solid 18:0 spurt by the railwaymen in the key segment allowed them to turn « -11» into «+7» - 71:78 for UNICS in the last minute after Barford's free throws. The final siren recorded a strong-willed victory for the hosts with a score of 82:75.

Lokomotiv Kuban (Krasnodar) – UNICS (Kazan) – 82:75 (12:21, 14:25, 26:16, 30:13).
Lokomotiv Kuban: Akun-Purcell (19), Barford (16 + 7 rebounds), Martyuk (15), Vedishchev (10).
UNICS: Dimitrijevic (18 + 5 assists + 4 steals), Kulagin (17 + 6 rebounds), Komolov (9), Green (8 + 2 rebounds), Baco (6 + 10 rebounds), Labeyrie (5 + 5 rebounds).

Velimir Perasovic's team will play its next match on December 6 in Kazan against Pari Nizhny Novgorod.

POST-MATCH COMMENTS:

Velimir PERASOVIC, BC UNICS head coach:

«Congratulations to Lokomotiv Kuban on the victory. Today they fought to the end, for which they were rewarded. I think the final quarter was decisive, when we stopped playing, started making mistakes and losing balls, and the opponent punished us. After a break, we completely lost the concentration that we had during the first half of the match».