A partial round started on Saturday out in Ekaterinburg as Nadezhda got their chance to see how close they were to the top teams with a credible 81-62 loss. Sunday started all the way out in Krasnoyarsk with Sonja Petrovic and Dynamo Kursk breezing past Enisey 119-53. Karina Nizamova and MBA beat Spartak Noginsk 70-60. Elizaveta Shabanova and Inventa Krusk beat Dynamo Novosibirsk 75-54.
December 8, 2018
Ekaterinburg vs. Nadezhda Orenburg 81-62 EKA Griner 16/10r McBride 15 Vandersloot 14/6a Petrushina 10 Musina 8 Belyakova 4 Vadeeva 4 Torrens 2 NAD Jones 12/9r Tikhonenko 12 Ygueravide 11/7a Wheeler 9/7a
December 9, 2018
Enisey Krasnoyarsk vs. Dynamo Kursk 53-119 ENI Mavunga 12/6r Hines-Allen 4 DYK Petrovic 25 Charles 19 Stewart 17/6a Anoikina 14/7r Vidmer 12/10r/7a Logunova 12 Xargay 8
MBA Moscow vs. Spartak Noginsk 70-60 MBA Nizamova 23/6r Leshkovtseva 17 Psareva 11/14r SPN Dukhina 12 Lyho 11
Inventa Kursk vs. Dynamo Novosibirsk 75-54 INK Shabanova 23/12r O. Frolkina 13 Kozik 12 DYN Cheren 16/7r Caldwell 12/12r Krymova 12