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Zenit-M solved a strategic task in Krasnoyarsk
Zenit-M run by Maxim Uchaykin beat Enisey-2 in the first leg and suffered a loss in the second. As the result our youth team finished regular season in the 4th seed in the VTB Youth League.
March 30: Enisey-2 – Zenit-M: 75-93 (+18)
E: Bykov (17), Zaporozhets (27 + 6 assists + 7 interceptions), Ivanov (9), Zhelezko (7), Startsev (1 selection),– start; Karasev (7 + 3 transfers), Ulitin (1 selection), Rudy (1 selection), Shelkovnikov (played 4 minutes), Shilokhvostov (6), Revyakin (2).
Z: Sorokin (12 + 5 rebounds), Borisov (18 + 5 assists), Ivanov (6 + 7 rebounds + 5 assists), Zemsky (14 + 6 rebounds), Prokopenko (14 + 5 assists) – start; Lenkin (16), Dulkay (1 rebound), Bokarev (2 + 4 assists), Meshkov (2), Tikhomirov (2 + 3 assists), Antipov (15 + 6 rebounds).
March 31: Enisey-2 – Zenit-M: 92-83 (-9)
E: Bykov (10 + 4 rebounds + 4 assists), Zaporozhets (18 + 4 assists), Ivanov (8 + 4 assists), Zhelezko (26), Karasev (8 + 7 rebounds),– start; Ulitin (did not play), Startsev (played 1 minute), Rudy (played 2 minutes), Shelkovnikov (1 interception), Shilokhvostov (17 + 4 rebounds), Revyakin (5).
Z: Dulkay (4 + 3 rebounds), Bokarev (19 + 4 assists), Meshkov (8 + 7 rebounds), Tikhomirov (5 + 5 rebounds), Zemsky (11), Prokopenko (14 + 5 assists) – start; Lenkin (6), Sorokin (did not play), Borisov (9 + 5 rebounds), Ivanov (14 + 9 rebounds + 5 assists), Antipov (15 + 6 rebounds), Gvazava (7 + 3 rebounds).
Maxim Uchaykin, Zenit-M Head Coach:
You can’t be happy with the result if there is a defeat. Nevertheless, we have fulfilled the strategic task by taking the necessary victory. Now we are preparing for the final part of the tournament.
Next game
On April 19, games of the 1/4 finals of the VTB United Youth League will be held in Moscow. Zenit-M’s opponent in the first stage of the playoffs will be Runa-2 Moscow.
