The round started on Saturday in Novosibirsk as UMMC stayed undefeated with an 80-57 win and rested some of their players. On Sunday, Enisey beat Spartak Noginsk 79-70. Kazanochka continues to fight for the playoffs as they won 67-64 at Energia Ivanova. One of the better matchups of the round saw Maria Vadeeva and Spartak Moscow prevail 90-78 over Dynamo Kursk despite Tatiana Vidmer providing significant help to Nneka Ogwumike. An overtime thriller went to MBA as Anna Leshovceva and Ekaterina Sytnyak helped them to the 84-79 win over Dynamo Moscow. Even with all the stars in the game, it was Elena Kirillova who led Nadezhda in scoring as they beat Chevakata 82-62 in Vologda.
January 23, 2016
Dynamo-GUVD vs. UMMC 57-80 DYG Dorovskikh 15 Komarova 14 Langlois 13/7r/6a Alexander 9/15r UMMC Griner 16/7r Toliver 16 Lyttle 13/8r Torrens 12/6a Nolan 0
January 24, 2016
Enisey vs. Spartak Noginsk 79-70 ENI Vorobyeva 15/6r Kiryanova 12 Tarasova 11 Pasynkova 10 Hamson 9/7r SPN Chistyakova 16/6r Korotygina 15 Kuzmina 12/8r
Energia Ivanovo vs. Kazanochka 64-67 IVA Sazonova 18/7a Fedorova 16/8r Marchenkova 11/6r Alexeeva 10 KAZ Boothe 16/14r Pavlova 16 Plohih 13/6r
Spartak Moscow vs. Dynamo Kursk 90-78 SPM Vadeeva 27/7r Meesseman 16/6r/6a Novikova 15 DYK Ogwumike 27/9r Vidmer 21 Harding 11/9a Augustus 8 Jekabsone-Zogota 5 Osipova 2
Dynamo Moscow vs. MBA 79-84 (OT) DYM Fedorenkova 18/6r Grishaeva 16/8r Tikhonenko 14/16r Pimenova 14 MBA Leshovceva 23/10r Sytnyak 23/6r Gorbacheva 14/10r
Chevakata vs Nadezhda 62-82 CHE Petrushina 18/6r Steinberga 12/8r Volkova 11 Jones 5 NAD Kirillova 21 Robinson 17 Bonner 12/8r McBride 6 Cruz 2
Standings:
- UMMC 14-0
- Nadezhda 14-1
- Dynamo Kursk 11-3
- Spartak Moscow 11-4
- Chevakata 9-5
- Enisey 8-5
- MBA 7-8
- Kazanochka 4-11
- Spartak Noginsk 3-11
- Energia Ivanovo 2-12
- Dynamo-GUVD 2-13
- Dynamo Moscow 1-13