Panathinaikos stepped on PAS Ioannina and is going at full speed for the first cup of the season!

Qualifying for his grand final Final Four of the Women’s Cup celebrated on Friday afternoon (24/03) o Panathinaikosprevailing 81-62 of the battle PAS Ioannina in the Closed of Zofria, in the first semi-final of the day!

After a balanced first quarter, Eleni Capoyannis’ team dominated the match, imposing its own pace against an admittedly competitive team like that of PAS, as a result of which it reached the coveted qualification, which is the fourth in its history in the organization.

Now, the “greens” are waiting to find out their opponent in Sunday’s grand final (26/03, 14:00), which will result from the game Eleftheria Moschato-Niki Lefkada, where they will claim the second Cup of their history and first since the distant… 2000.

Leading for the winners was Emily Potter with an impressive double-double with 24 points and 17 rebounds, closely followed by Carter (16p., 5r.) and h Christinaki (14p., 3r.). For the team of Yiannis Margaritis, who competes in A2, stood out Briggs (17p., 11r.) and Ewondo (18p., 8r.), which were found in an excellent evening.

The match:

THE PAS Ioannina entered the match quite strongly, where with baskets by Briggs and Egwobo he had the upper hand in the score from the beginning, leading with 8-5 at 4′. In fact, the typical guests continued to find solutions through the “drawing room”, by going at +5 and 12-7 in five minutes.

His answer Panathinaikou it was immediate, with Potter and Christinaki bringing the match to a tie (12-12), with the Greek forward shortly afterwards giving the first “green” lead with a three-pointer from the top (15-12). The good image of PAS, however, did not allow Panathinaikos to build a difference, thus closing the quarter with score 22-20.

With a quick 8-2 run by… hand Emily Potter the second period began for the “greens”, with the American center dominating under the basket for the 30-22 of the “clover” at 13′.

The players of Yannis Margaritis, however, reacted immediately, reducing the difference to 4 for 35-31 at 17′. Somewhere there, Panathinaikos stepped on it foot on… accelerator and with Christinaki’s “four-pointer”, as well as Potter and Pavlopoulou’s baskets, he went to the locker room in front with the biggest difference up to that point and the 45-33.

Eleni Kapogianni’s team entered the third quarter with tremendous energy and mood, just as the first half ended. With the two American women, the Carter and Potter to make… a breakthrough in the executive part, Panathinaikos increased the difference at +17 for 57-40 at 25′.

Marini and Briggs gave an offensive “breath” to the Ioannina team (57-45), which not only showed reaction and soul in its game, on the contrary, it gnawed away at the difference, reducing it to nine with a three-pointer by Sarigiannidou (60-51)with the quarter ending with score 62-51.

In the fourth and final period, Panathinaikos showed that it did not want to get involved in any further incidents. With the Sotiriou and Potter to lead the “green” attack and achieve six points each, Panathinaikos jumped the difference to +17 for the 72-55 in the middle of the decade.

The game was essentially decided, with the “clover” increasing the difference even more in the remaining minutes, with the final horn of the match finding Panathinaikos the winner with a score of 81-62.

The quarters: 22-20, 45-33, 62-51, 81-62.

See here the match statistics.