MOSCOW (Interstat) — Dynamo Moscow defeated MBA 82-64 in a women’s professional basketball game Thursday, overcoming heavy odds as a statistical underdog.

The visiting Dynamo, projected with just a 20.6 percent chance to win, controlled the game to improve to 15-16. MBA fell to 17-15. Elizaveta Shabanova led Dynamo Moscow with 14 points and eight rebounds. Vionise Pierre-Louis added 16 points. Evgenia Frolkina scored a game-high 20 points for MBA in the loss.

The teams split their regular-season series, with each winning on its opponent’s home court.