He stepped on the Laurel and… the Colossus covered it!

With a… history Perantes and their worthy supporters Goudlock and BrajkovicColossus won comfortably 88-73 the Laurelcovering the -3 of his loss in the first round.

So the Rhodians went up to 5-8 in the standings of the Stoiximan Basket League, while the Mexa team fell to 4-9.

Perantes finished the match with 16 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists and became the first player in Colossus history with a triple double. Goudlock was the leader with 20 points, while at 19 points Brajkovic stopped.

Among the losers, stood out De Julius with 17 points.

The match

Strong start from Kolossos, who was in control early on, going first to +8 (17-9) and then to +13 (26-13), in the 8th minute. In the last two minutes, Lavrio went on a 4-0 run (26-17), at the end of the first period.

The picture of the game was the same at the beginning of the second quarter, with Goudlock again sending the Rhodians to +13 (41-28), at 16′. However, the next few minutes belonged to the visitors, who, led by Thornton and Murato, closed the half with a 9-0 run (41-37).

With a 4-0 run, Kolossos entered the second half (45-37), with Lavrio reacting with Moore and Godika and bringing the match to the basket (49-47), at 25′. The home team’s response was emphatic, with Goudlock and Kamariano sending them back to +12 (64-52), with Horchler making it 64-54 in the third period.

With a three-pointer by Horchler, the guests entered the fourth period, but a “party” followed by Perantes and Sitou, who pushed the Rhodesians on a 12-0 run, for +19 (76-57), in the 34th minute. Then, Goudlock took action for Segura’s team, which escaped to +22 (83-61) and took the victory with the final 88-73.

The quarters: 26-17, 41-37, 64-54, 88-73

See the match statistics here