Surprise in his first semi-final “UNICEF Trophy” did the Magarida!
His team George Mantalo he put on a great performance and shut him out I was talking with a score of 81-72, qualifying for the final (06/01, 18:00) of the tournament, where he will face the winner of the other pair between Panioni and Glory of Lefkada (05/01, 20:00).
After the first period which was very competitive, the NE Megaridos dominated the floor and took a double-digit lead, without being threatened at all in the final despite his great effort Steve Bart to turn the game around by himself with 28 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.
Among the winners, the leader was Petros Geromichalos who made a big appearance with 26 points (6/10 two-pointers, 3/8 three-pointers), while a great game was played by Christian Bradford with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.
We remind you that the winner of the “UNICEF Trophy” will get the 8th ticket for the Final 8 of the Greek Cup (February 15-18), where all the top seven ranked teams in the Stoiximan Basket League after the completion of the first round will take part, i.e. Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, Prometheus, PAOK, Aris, Peristeri and AEK.
The quarters: 21-22, 42-32, 62-54, 81-72
Megarida (Mandalos): Bradford 22 (1/7 three-pointers, 5 rebounds, 7 assists), Gatzias 3 (1), Zaraidonis 6 (8 rebounds), Tsochlas 4, Kallinikidis, Arnokouros 11 (7 rebounds), Stewart 9 (3/3 three-pointers, 5 rebounds ), Mantikos, Geromichalos 26 (3/8 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 3 blocks, 4 fouls)
Milonas (Karagiannis): McKissick, Skordilis 15 (7 rebounds), Petridis 7 (1), Melissaratos 8, Motsenigos 2 (4 steals), Bart 28 (2/8 three-pointers, 6 rebounds, 4 assists), Dobrogiannis, Zoumpos (5 rebounds), Dimakos 7 (1/5 three-pointers, 6 rebounds), Kanonidis 5 (1/4 three-pointers, 3 rebounds)
Source: Sport Fm
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