He took a deep breath beating Pylaia and is now even dreaming of a sixth in Marousi!

Footprint in 2024 in the most spectacular way for Maroussi!

Giorgos Limniatis’ team looked into his eyes PAOK throughout the match, and thanks to his excellent fourth quarter, he celebrated a great double with a score of 85-79 in Pylaia for the 13th matchday of the Stoiximan Basket League!

In fact, this was also the first double of the Northern Suburbs team on the “double head of the north” after 16 whole years, since the last time Marousi passed through Thessaloniki was on February 2008!

Leading the way for the winners, who had five players in double figures, was Briscoe with 18 points and 8 assists, with Jewston (17 points, 8 rebounds) and Radulica (13 points, 10 rebounds) following in performance for Marousi, which rose to 5-8 and 8th place.

For PAOK on the other hand, this was their third consecutive defeat and sixth in their last seven games in all competitions, showing that they are going through a competitive crisis lately. Harrison stood out for Thessaloniki with 17 points and 5 assists.

The match:

THE PAOK entered the match stronger and with Harrison and Margaritis scoring the first points of the match, they led 7-4 at 3′. After its sluggish start, the Maroussi, revved up the offense and with Hill and Briscoe in the lead ran a quick 9-2 run to pull ahead (9-13) at 6′. The “two-header of the north” then responded with a 9-0 run of his own to close out the first period at +7 for 21-14.



In fact, with the hook of Tsairelis and the layup of Beliauskas at the beginning of the second period, the Thessalonikians took the lead for the first time with +11 for 25-14 at 12′. With consecutive baskets by Jewston and Briscoe, the guests reacted immediately, reducing to 3 (29-26), while a little later, four points by Woodard brought the match to the balance at 16′ (30-30). In the last minutes of the period, Fotis Takianos’ team found easy points on the “drawing board”, with McNish to dominate the racket and send his team to the locker room with the advantage of 42-38.

The derby continued in third period, where PAOK tried to build a good and safe difference early on, with Marousi however having the answers and bringing the match to their own devices. It is indicative that the Northern Suburbs team with a 10-2 run in the middle of the quarter took the lead for 54-52 at 26′, at the time when the Thessalonians were struggling to find the way to the opponent’s basket. Finally, two big three-pointers Fredrickson and Gilmore towards the end of the period, they allowed PAOK to close the quarter in front with short head (60-59);

With a three-pointer by Schiza and a two-pointer by Margaritis, the home team led 65-59 at the beginning of the fourth and last period. At that point, Amarousiou’s impressive counterattack began, which, with many protagonists on both ends of the floor, not only turned the situation around, but took the lead with +8 for 77-69 at 36′! Despite all the efforts made by PAOK in the final, the visitors withstood the counterattack and got a great double with final 85-79!

The quarters: 21-14, 42-38, 60-59, 79-85

See here the statistics of the match.