The first round of the year was played midweek and started on Wednesday with the Siberia rivalry game as Julie Vanloo and Enisey Krasnoyarsk edged Dynamo Novosibirsk 73-71. MBA rolled past Yulia Poluyanova and their Moscow neighbors Dynamo 108-77. Spartak Moscow welcomed back a former player, but lost to Nadezhda 80-57 in Orenburg. Hind Ben Abdelkader led Nika, which has yet to field its full strength team, to an 84-55 win over Spartak Noginsk in Syktyvkar. On Thursday, Ekaterinburg took it a little too easy on Samara in the first half, but recovered after the break behind Brittney Griner and Allie Quigley to win 97-77
January 5, 2022
Dynamo Novosbirsk vs. Enisey Krasnoyarsk 71-73 DYN Alexander 15/10r Zvereva 15 Wells 13/6r/6a Stolyar 12 Charles 7/6r ENI Vanloo 27 Pashkovskaia 11 Shchetina 10
MBA Moscow vs. Dynamo Moscow 108-77 MBA Stolyar 19 Kaytukova 16/7a Maiga 15 Kirillova 14 Krymova 13 DYM Poluyanova 21 Mangakahia 13 Savina 11/6a
Nadezhda Orenburg vs. Spartak Moscow 80-57 NAD Gatling 17/12r Hiedeman 13/7r Namok 11 Zhedik 10 Elonu 8 SPM Thompson 17/10r Fedorova 10 Kea 10
Nika Syktyvkar vs. Spartak Noginsk 84-55 NIK Ben Abdelkader 24/7r Stevens 17/12r Psareva 14/13r Cherepanova 13/10r SPN Lykho 11
January 6, 2022
Ekaterinburg vs. Samara 97-77 EKA Griner 30 Quigley 20 Vadeeva 15/15r Bentley 9 Vandersloot 4 Belyakova 2 SAM Baptiste 16/6r Grant-Allen 11 O’Neill 11 Kurilchuk 11
Standings:
- Ekaterinburg 12-0
- Dynamo Kursk 11-1
- MBA Moscow 9-3
- Nika Syktyvkar 8-4
- Enisey Krasnoyarsk 6-6
- Dynamo Novosibirsk 6-6
- Nadezhda Orenburg 6-6
- Spartak Moscow 5-7
- Dynamo Moscow 4-8
- Samara 4-8
- Southern Federal University 1-11
- Spartak Noginsk 0-12