Dnipro Holds Off Zaporozhye in Hard-Fought Home Basketball Victory
DNIPRO (Interstat) — BC Dnipro defeated BK Zaporozhye 92-88 on Saturday, improving to 4-3 this season while Zaporozhye fell to 5-2. Dmitro Martynov led Zaporozhye with 28 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Ihor Dubonenko paced Dnipro with 24 points and two rebounds. Anton Buts added 14 points, eight rebounds and one block for Zaporozhye, Vladislav Nikolaichuk scored 17 with four rebounds and two assists, Volodymyr Koniev had 13 points, five rebounds and three assists for Dnipro, and Jonathan Ileleji scored 17 with two rebounds and two assists. Stanislav Tymofeyenko added 12 points, six rebounds and four assists, Ivan Koldomasov had seven points and nine assists, Yevhenii Sorochan scored eight with five rebounds and three assists, and Maksym Zakurdaev scored 13. Dnipro shot 29 of 59 from the floor, 12 of 28 from three-point range and 22 of 26 from the free-throw line. Zaporozhye shot 31 of 68 overall, 9 of 31 from three-point range and 17 of 18 at the line.