He endured in Marousi and PAOK “saved”.

In a match that went through “forty waves”, PAOK defeated the newly formed Maroussi 80-75 behind closed doors in Agios Thomas for the second matchday of the Basket League and achieved its first victory in all the official competitions of this season. leaving the “yellows” at 0-2 in the league.

The “two-headed” controlled the match in the first half, Maroussi took the lead in the third period, but in the fourth, Fridrickson, Harrison and 14 offensive rebounds gave the players of Fotis Takianos a solid lead.

The Icelander had 22 and the American 19 points, supported by Beliauskas with 11 points. For the hosts, Giannopoulos stood out with 19, Briscoe with 15 and Radulitsa, Peno with 13 points.

The match

PAOK’s many options at the start of the match, with McNeese as the first “violin”, gave the “two-headed” a +3. With Juston as the star, Maroussi went on a 5-0 run for the newcomers’ 12-8 lead. The many choices of the “black and white” balanced those of Juston for the home team and a 3-0 run by PAOK brought the score to 16-19 at the end of the first quarter.

PAOK started with a 5-0 run in the second period and reached 16-24 and 18-26. Tsairelis scored 21-28 in the poor defense of Giorgos Scarafigas’ players and that’s where the wrong choices of the “black and white” started for the 26-28 of the “yellows”. The tall players of the home team excelled in defense and attack and maintained +2 for the home team, despite the efforts of the regional PAOK team.

Briscoe’s three-pointer made it 40-35, but PAOK’s 4-0 run ended the first half at 40-39. The hosts had 10/21 two-pointers and 13 rebounds and the visitors 6/12 three-pointers and 19 rebounds.

The two teams were tied at the start of the third period, with Yiannopoulos making the difference for the newcomers, after, together with Radulitsa inside the two rackets, they brought 52-47 in a bad offensive match with his players “two-headed” to not be able to find the solutions from the region during this time. PAOK responded with a 4-0 run for 52-51, but the regional shots of the home team kept them at +2 to +4 and Brisco finished at 59-55 in the quarter.

PAOK began to find solutions with its regional players and especially with the now accurate Harrison, with the “two-headed” players constantly winning fouls on the three-pointer and hitting the shots, maintaining the +4, while Radulitsa could not to threaten and Yiannopoulos was trying alone with the long shots, since the tall Scarafigas could not score inside the opposing racket against McNeese. Harrison, consecutive offensive rebounds and three-pointers brought PAOK to +5 and the “double-header was taking advantage of the home team’s bad choices, so MVP Fredrickson’s three-pointer made it 69-76 at 2′.03”.

Hill’s indirect three-pointer cut it to 72-76, Flatten missed a three-pointer and Yiannopoulos cut it to 75-76 at 1’12”. Fridriksson missed a two-pointer and Yiannopoulos missed a three-pointer. McNeese on 0/6 shooting was called for two and hit a layup, making it 75-78 with 21 minutes to go. Fredrickson stole the ball and McNeese made the final 75-80 and gave the first win of the season to the “doubleheader” this season.

The quarters: 16-19, 40-39, 59-55, 75-80

The statistics