He won the derby with PAOK and Prometheus of Patrons will spend the New Year in 3rd place!

New Year in the third place of the Stoiximan Basket League will be done by Prometheus of Patras!

Elias Papatheodorou’s team returned to winning ways and good performances after two straight defeats in the league, winning PAOK in “Dimitris Tofalos” and taking the victory with 80-73for the 12th matchday of the competition!

A big star for the Patrinos, who went up to 8-4, was Anthony Cowan Jr with 22 points and 9 assists, with Reynolds and Etsenike to follow with 14 points. The good news for Prometheus, however, was his return Hunter Hale into action in record time, with the American guard finishing the game with 9 points.

For the Thessalonians who saw their record fall to 6-6, stood out the Fredrickson (13 points, 9 assists), Alston (12 points) and Harrison (10 points, 7 rebounds).

The match:

THE Prometheus he entered the match very strongly and with his “weapon” his very good defense took the lead with 10-3 in 4′. From the middle of the period onwards, the PAOK revved up and with Beliauskas in the foreground scoring 7 points, “gnawed” the difference, reducing it to 17-15 at 7′. With Stephens scoring three points in the final minute, the Patriots closed out the period at +4 for 20-16.

Hitting the racket with consecutive baskets, the Thessalonikians took the lead for the first time in the match with 24-23 at 13′. However, this was also the only advantage of the guests in the match, since with the consecutive three-pointers of Hale and Cowan, and also the six points of Etsenike in the following minutes, Prometheus increased the difference at +7 (37-30) at 18′. Hale and Smith each hit a three-pointer in the final, sending the teams into the locker room with score 40-33.

More in a while…

The quarters: 20-16, 40-33, 60-51.

See here the statistics of the match.