A number of games were played before the holiday break. On a Sunday during cup play, UMMC won 92-36 at Noginsk. A full round was then played in the following week. That started on Sunday with Spartak Moscow beat Evelyn Akhator and Dynamo Novosibirsk 72-68. Nadezhda beat Inventa Kursk 93-59. Milana Sumets had a good game for Spartak Noginsk, but they fell to Olga Vorobyeva and Dynamo Moscow 82-72. Unexpected roster news overshadowed what was expected to be the showpiece game of the first half of the season. Angel McCoughtry and Dynamo Kursk are still on their mission to avenge last season’s domestic league ending and they got the 77-68 win over UMMC to put themselves in a position to be considered the favorite to prevail this time. On Monday, Kazanochka beat MBA 70-64. The last game of the year was played on Friday as Nadezhda beat Yulia Garkavskaya and winless Spartak Noginsk 94-66.
December 10, 2017
Spartak Noginsk vs. UMMC Ekaterinburg 36-92 SPN Garkavskaya 10/9r Sumets 4 UMMC Musina 14/9r Meesseman 13 Belyakova 13 Nolan 10 Torrens 6 Sanders 4 Baric 3
December 17, 2017
Dynamo Novosibirsk vs. Spartak Moscow 68-72 DYN Akhator 25/10r Cheren 13/9r Kiseleva 13 SPM Abaiburova 18/8r Simmons 17 Dojkic 12/6r/7a Davydova 0
Inventa Kursk vs. Nadezhda Orenburg 59-93 INK Kozik 13 O. Frolkina 12 NAD Jones 18/13r Cannon 17/8r Shilova 13 Tikhonenko 13 Cherepanova 10
Spartak Noginsk vs. Dynamo Moscow 72-82 SPN Sumets 24/7r Merzlyakova 15 Savina 12 Kubynina 11 Garkavskaya 10/9r DYM Vorobyeva 22/8r Razheva 17/9r Lang 15/9r Allen 11 Chistayakova 10/7r
Dynamo Kursk vs. UMMC Ekaterinburg 77-68 DYK McCoughtry 21 Ogwumike 12/15r Vadeeva 11 Prince 9/6a Petrovic 8 UMMC Torrens 17/9r/6a Griner 16/6r Meesseman 9/6r Belyakova 7 Baric 5
December 18, 2017
Kazanochka Kazan vs. MBA Moscow 70-64 KAZ Hempe 17/9r Finogentova 13 Stolyar 12 Solovyeva 10/8r Psareva 10/7r MBA Kaitukova 18 Sytnyak 13
December 22, 2017
Spartak Noginsk vs. Nadezhda Orenburg 66-94 SPN Garkavskaya 22 Sumets 13/6r Savina 10 Merzlyakova 10 NAD Cherepanova 15/8r Tikhonenko 14/11r Cannon 14/11r Fedorenkova 12 Shilova 10 Ygueravide 10 Jones 8
Standings:
- Dynamo Kursk 9-0
- UMMC Ekaterinburg 10-1
- Nadezhda Orenburg 7-3
- Spartak Moscow 5-4
- MBA Moscow 4-5
- Dynamo Novosibirsk 4-6
- Kazanochka Kazan 4-6
- Enisey Krasnoyarsk 3-5
- Inventa Kursk 3-6
- Dynamo Moscow 3-7
- Spartak Noginnsk 0-9