Maroussi again in the Basket League after 11 years

In the Basket League after an eleven-year hiatus returns the Maroussi. The team of Giorgos Scarafigas put on a show of strength in the second semi-final of the Final 4 of the Elite League Henry Dunan crushing Panerythraikos 80-68. So on Sunday (3:45 p.m.) he will claim the championship title against Triton, who earlier defeated Psychiko, at the indoor Liosion.

THE Spyros Kapsalos with 20 points and 6 rebounds he was the big star for the winners who “cleaned up” the game with a partial 32-14 in the third quarter. Very good too Orpheus Stasinos with 14 points and 5 assists. For the Eritrean team, they stood out Costas Efstratiou and Sotiris Oikonomopoulos with 16 and 12 points respectively.

The match

With Kapsalos in front, Marousi quickly took a lead, 11-4, and although Panerythraikos came close (16-13), they ended the quarter at +6, 19-13. The “red and white” lost Moraitis to injury in the second period and saw their opponents escape with 31-20 thanks to a three-pointer by Stavrakoukas. The players of Dimitris Houchoulis, however, reacted impressively and led by Efstratiou reduced the point with a 10-0 (31-30). However, with a three-pointer by Michaloutsos, the “yellow and black” ended the half with a six-point lead, 39-33.

Giorgos Scarafigas’ team came back from the locker room energetically and with three-pointers by Kapsalos and Theodoros restored the double-digit difference (44-34, 51-39). Economopoulos’ three-pointers could not stop Amarousi’s lead, which with consecutive baskets by Papageorgopoulos reached +17 (60-43), 2:48 before the end of the third period. The dominance continued, Xydas and Stasinos provided scores and the distance reached +24 (71-47), at the end of the third period.

After trailing 32-14 in the third quarter, the fourth took on a procedural nature, with Panerythraikos cutting it to 73-59 with five minutes left, but never really threatening an upset.

Ten minutes: 19-13, 39-33, 71-47, 80-68

Referees: Tsarouha, Tsonos, Tiganis

Marousi (Skarafigas): Kiousis 2, Papadimitriou, Koutsonicolas, Stasinos 14, Theodorou 8 (2), Xydas 9 (2), Kapsalos 20 (2), Kamarianos 3 (1), Papageorgopoulos 8, Michaloutsos 5 (1), Stavrakoukas 9 (1), Woods 2.

Panerythraikos (Houchoulis): Pappas 4, Kallianiotis 5 (1), Papadimitriou 4, Kostopoulos 8 (2), Moraitis, Kambouridis 9 (1), Arnokouros 4, Economopoulos 12 (2), Stamatogiannis 1, Mataliotakis 5, Efstratiou 16.

See here the statistics of the match