The National Youth National Team suffered a 64-61 defeat by the host North Macedonia in the premiere tournament hosted in Gevgeli.
Alexandros Samonturov of Panathinaikos, Nikos Plotas of Promethea and Vangelis Zougris of Peristeri were the top scorers for the Greek team with 12 points. Tomorrow (16/7) Greece faces Montenegro at 18.00 and the day after tomorrow (17/7) at the same time against Bulgaria.
The home team had the upper hand for most of the match. They led early in the match with 12-4 (7’25”) with Zorba giving the first lead to the Greek team (14-16, 14’35”). The scenario was repeated with 27-20 (19’25”) becoming 35-35 (26”) and again in the third period with 45-39 (30’30”) becoming 47-47 (32′) . With one minute remaining, Plotas scored 60-59 and Bilalis scored 61-61 with 11” on the clock. Bosalewski hit a three to make it 64-61.
Ten minutes: 12-8, 27-22, 42-39, 64-61
Greece (Kantzouris): Bilalis 4, Plotas 12, Samonturov 12, Kaliontzis, 2, Kalatzis 5 (1), Dimos, Konstantinidis 2, Efstathiou, Lagos 8, Zorbas 4, Springtzios, Zougris 12
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