With many solutions after the end of the first period, Prometheus swept Maroussi in Agios Thomas 95-70 for the 14th game of the Stoiximan Basket League and remained in the top three of the standings with a 9-5 record, leaving the “yellows” at 5- 9 and in ninth place.
Ilias Papatheodorou’s players reached +10 at the start of the second period and +14 at the end of the first half and gradually increased it in the second half, reaching +30 just before the end of the match.
Hale with 19, Coffey with 15, Cowan with 12 and Reynolds with 11 points led the Patrinas. For the home team, Radulitsa saved with 14, Briscoe with 12 and Hill with 11 points.
The match
Prometheus found many offensive solutions at the beginning of the match and maintained +2 to +3. Maroussi went on a 6-0 run with Hill as the star to get to 11-7 and with another 4-0 run to make it 17-11 with Briscoe playing offensively. Marousi found the solutions inside the racket and with 4-0 reduced to 20-19 at the end of the first period.
The three consecutive three-pointers of Patrina, led by Hale, brought an 11-0 run and 20-30 for the players of Ilias Papatheodorou. Prometheus with a 4-0 run reached +12 in the “yellow” counterattack attempt. Hale continued his “crescendo” and put together a 6-0 run to make it 29-45 and halftime 31-45 with a partial score of 11-26 in that period. Maroussi had 7/12 two-pointers, 5/5 shots and 13 rebounds and Prometheus had 10/16 two-pointers, 4/5 shots and 19 rebounds.
Prometheus was up +17 at the start of the third period and despite a 4-0 run by the home team, Prometheus went on a 5-0 run to get up to +18 with a lot of offensive tackles, with the difference between +15 and +18 in that time with the many rebounds of the visitors and the surprises of Papatheodoros’ team. George Limniatis’ 5-0 players dropped to -13 with their regionals, but there Reynolds led a 6-0 run for 46-65 at the conclusion of the quarter.
The two consecutive 3-pointers by the Americans of Prometheus made it 48-71 at the start of the fourth period and the difference now went up and down to +20 to +23 for the Patrinos, after they found the solutions in the defense applied by the home team. Coffey brought +24 and Cowan +25 and +27, Bazinas brought +30 and the difference remained close to +25 until the final 70-95.
The quarters: 20-19, 31-45, 46-65, 70-95
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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