Samara 82, at MBA 78

MOSCOW (Interstat) — Samara upset MBA 82-78 on Sunday in a women’s professional basketball game, overcoming a massive statistical probability for the home team to win. Julia Poluyanova led Samara with 21 points and seven rebounds. Elena Mikhailova added 14 points and five rebounds. Yulia Savukova paced MBA with 14 points and eight assists. The loss was just the second of the season for MBA, which fell to 5-2. Samara, which was projected to lose with just a 2.9% chance to win, improved its record to 1-6. Read more...