He won gold in the “battle” of staying in the Stoiximan Basket League Maroussi!
Giorgos Limniatis’ team won 85-74 Colossus of Rhodes for the 11th matchday of the Greek league, in a game that after the first period she dominated, she left no room for her opponent and made her own a pink card that can prove to be decisive later on.
Protagonist for the hosts o Haris Yiannopoulos with 25 points, 5/12 three-pointers and 8 rebounds, while his worthy supporter was Isaiah Briscoe who scored 20 points on 6/10 shooting, 7/10 field goals and 10 assists. On the side of the losers o Andrew Goudlock scored 19 points on 3/7 3-pointers.
In this way the Maroussi moved up in the standings with a 3-7 record. Doubly bad for the team from the Dodecanese, since in addition to falling to 4-6, they were left out of the running for a ticket to the Final-8 of the Cup.
The beginning of the match was competitive, with the two teams being close to the score (9-10 at 6′), while the first period ended tied at 16-16. The rest, however, belonged to the hosts who had an excellent day Yiannopoulos and Briscoe!
In particular, Giorgos Limniatis’ team ran a 27-9, which pushed the difference to +18 at the end of the first half (43-25). The home team didn’t stop there, even going to +22 (50-28), which effectively sealed the case of the pink card.
However, Kolossos reacted, was accurate offensively and dropped the difference to single-digit levels (68-59), while reaching -5 (79-74), but in the final the fatigue was evident and the Maroussi took the win 85-74.
The quarters: 16-16, 43-25, 64-52, 85-74.
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Source: Sport Fm
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