Nadezhda 81, at MBA 62

MOSCOW (Interstat) — Nadezhda avenged an early-season loss with an 81-62 victory over MBA in a women’s professional basketball game Wednesday. Anastasiya Komarova scored 22 points to lead Nadezhda, which used a dominant defensive effort to pull away. Nadezhda forced 21 turnovers, converting them into easy scoring chances while holding MBA to 31 percent shooting from the floor. The visitors were perfect on 23 free throw attempts and assisted on 14 of their 27 field goals. MBA, which had beaten Nadezhda in October, struggled offensively, making only 4 of 25 attempts from three-point range. Victoria Cheren led the home team… Read more...