Withstood the Colossus counterattack and made the impressive Lavrio 2/2!

Great start to it Laurel!

His team Costa Mexa defeated him with a score of 79-76 Colossus of Rhodes in an amazing match, making it 2/2 in Basketball League after the victory against AEK in the first matchday. Rodites fell to 1-1.

The Laurel he had a great first half and was at +13, however Colossus answered and went ahead in the last minutes (74-76). You climb and Moore they made big baskets for 78-76, Poley missed a crucial three-pointer and the hosts got the pink card.

The first scorer of the match for the winners was the impressive again Xavier Castanedawhile 13 had o Jericol Helms. From the visitors, Brajkovic had 26 points and 13 rebounds, while Polley scored 15 points.

The match

THE Colossus came in stronger starring him Utomi and took an early lead 6-10. Gradually, the home team with Hellems picked up the pace and equalized at 14-14, with the match taking the form of… point for point and the first period ending at 22-20 in favor of Lavrio.

The Laurel improved his image in the first minutes of the second quarter, leading to an 11-0 run, led by Castaneda, for 31-20. Kolossos tried to get a reaction and reduced to 6 (33-27) with Koloveros, however Lavrio with protagonists Ruck and Castaneda closed the first half strongly, with the biggest difference of the match (50-37).

The Rhodesians made a great reaction in the third period and gradually started to get closer. With their leaders Brajkovic and Poley, the visitors started the second half on a 9-0 run, quickly cutting it to 50-46. Hellems again sent the difference to 7 (53-46), but o Poley he was “hot” and reduced to a point (53-52). Lavrio answered with its own good interval for 61-52 thanks to Papadaki, Kastaneda. The period ended at 65-56.

The Rhodians had not said their last word, as the protagonist was Andreas Petropoulos they quickly cut it to 67-64 in the fourth quarter. Their reaction continued with Poley and Brajkovic, as a result of which they went ahead (69-70), before the Serb sent him to +2 (71-73). THE Zaras answered with a big three-pointer for 74-73. With the match at 76-76, o Khalid Moore made a big basket for 78-76. Polley missed a crucial three-pointer and the match ended at 79-76.

The quarters: 22-20, 50-37, 65-56, 79-76

Detailed match statistics here