Clear Tsmoki, get the difference and Peristeri hopes

Peristeri is alive in the qualifying game, which prevailed 80-70 over Tsmoki Minsk in the closed “Andreas Papandreou” and overturned the difference with which he had lost in the first round.

So, Manolopoulos’ team went up to 2-2 in the 7th group of the FIBA ​​Europe Cup and is now favored in a possible draw with the Belarusians.

Leading the way for the “princes of the West Bank” is Petaway, which stopped at 20 points with 6/11 three points. Moreira (12 points, 7 rebounds), Saloustros (10 points, 6 rebounds) are also close to performance.

Warner (27 points, 5 assists) and Clark (16 points, 4 assists) were distinguished for the guests.

The match

Tsmoki started the game better and led 10-2 in the first four minutes, at a time when the players of Peristeri are unable to “connect” with the opponent’s basket. The increase in Haggins’ performance brought a partial score of 15-1 for the hosts, who closed the first period with +6 (17-11).

Manolopoulos ‘team continued in the 2nd ten minutes from where it stopped in the 1st and with a series of 13-0, it shot up to +19 (30-11 in 15’). The visitors woke up and reduced somewhat with Warner and Clark performing, but the first half ended with the “West Bank Princes” having a double-digit difference (36-25).

Peristeri entered better in the 3rd period, that’s why he gained “air” of 13 points (42-29 in 23 ‘). The answer of the Belarusians came after half a minute: with Clark leading them, they ran 9-2 and approached (52-46 in 28 ‘). Nevertheless, the hosts reacted immediately and closed the quarter with +10 (60-50).

Manolopoulos’ players controlled the rhythm in the 4th period and did not allow Tsmoki to approach. With Petaway executing, the “princes of the West Bank” ran 9-2 and went away with +16 (77-61 in 37 ‘) laying the foundations for their dominance. In the last minutes nothing changed and somehow we reached 80-70, which gave the 2nd victory to Peristeriotes.

The quarters: 17-11, 36-25, 60-50, 80-70.

See here the statistics of the match

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