The various competitions that the teams are involved in caused three scattered partial rounds at the beginning of the season. It all started last Sunday with Dynamo Kursk beating Dynamo Moscow 101-57. Both of last Monday’s games ended up being good ones. Daria Kolosovskaya had an excellent game for Enisey, but Spartak Moscow left Krasnoyarsk with a 74-72 win as the visitors got a strong professional debut from Morgan Bertsch and a first overseas game for Paris Kea. Nadezhda is still waiting for their whole roster to assemble, but needed Karina Nizamova to save them from what would have been an embarrassing result in Noginsk against Marina Karpunina and Spartak, leaving with a 71-68 win. Ekaterinburg is not at full strength yet, but the post duo of Brittney Griner and Maria Vadeeva led the way in a 92-56 win over Dynamo Moscow on Wednesday. Dynamo Novosibirsk is still waiting for their key players to arrive and it showed on Thursday when they lost to Dynamo Kursk 86-22 to open their season. Nadezhda did get their Canadian and another key player, but still battled to beat Enisey 60-52. Paris Kea led Spartak, but MBA continued to be the leading Moscow team as Elizaveta Komarova helped them win 90-80. Sunday’s games brought a surprise as it took three overtimes for Tatiana Vidmer and Dynamo Kursk to overcome pesky Spartak Moscow. Albina Razheva and Nadezhda used a strong second half to beat MBA 82-66. On Monday, Spartak Noginsk barely had any time to get over their disappointment before facing Brittney Griner and Ekaterinburg, losing 99-61.
September 29, 2019
Dynamo Moscow vs. Dynamo Kursk 57-101 DYM Fedorova 16 Brych 10 DYK Vidmer 14/8r Anoikina 14 Ndour 13 Kozik 12 Shabanova 10 Baric 10 Xargay 4
September 30, 2019
Enisey Krasnoyarsk vs. Spartak Moscow 72-74 ENI Kolosovskaya 21 Kuzmenkova 12/8r Koizar 12/6a McCray 0 SPM Bertsch 18/7r Kea 16
Spartak Noginsk vs. Nadezhda Orenburg 68-71 SPN Karpunina 21/6r Sumets 11/8r/7a Korotygina 10 Garkavskaya 10 NAD Nizamova 22/7r/8a Razheva 18/8r Namok 16
October 2, 2019
Ekaterinburg vs. Dynamo Moscow 92-56 EKA Griner 25/9r Vadeeva 23/10r Belyakova 10/8r Vandersloot 10 Musina 8/8r Quigley 6 DYM Fedorova 14/6r Arestenok 11
October 3, 2019
Dynamo Novosibirsk vs. Dynamo Kursk 22-86 DYN Vorobyeva 7 DYK Ndour 15/6r Shabanova 12 Baric 12 Anoikina 11/7r Xargay 9
Nadezhda Orenburg vs. Enisey Krasnoyarsk 60-52 NAD Raincock-Ekunwe 16/13r Nizamova 14/8r Razheva 10/6r Wheeler 3 ENI McCray 16 Koizar 10/7r
Spartak Moscow vs. MBA Moscow 80-90 SPM Kea 20 Bertsch 15/6r Nuritdinova 15 Sema 10 MBA Komarova 20 Leshkovtseva 18 Logunova 16/9r Kaitukova 16/6r Glonti 10/7r
October 6, 2019
Spartak Moscow vs. Dynamo Kursk 94-103(3OT) SPM Ogun 16 Nuritdinova 15 Sema 14/21r Repnikova 13 Kea 10 Bertsch 10 DYK Vidmer 21/15r Bonner 17/10r Kirillova 15/6a Anoikina 14 Baric 11/7a Xargay 5
Nadezhda Orenburg vs. MBA Moscow 82-66 NAD Razheva 21/9r Raincock-Ekunwe 12/9r Turner 12 Shilova 11 Wheeler 6 MBA Leshkovtseva 17 Logunova 15/7r Psareva 13/8r
October 7, 2019
Spartak Noginsk vs. Ekaterinburg 61-99 SPN Korotygina 19 Dorosheva 14 ENI Griner 23/12r Musina 18/10r Belyakova 13 Vandersloot 12/9a Quigley 10 Vadeeva 9/9r Faulkner 9