On track for the eighth round of the Basketball Champions League Prometheus via… Hungary!
By Anthony Cowan to lay the foundations and him Hunter Hale the… signature in the end, the Patrinos won 74-65 the Hapoel Holonin neutral Sobatelli, rising to 2-1 in the 12th group of the BCL!
The team from Achaia dominates in rebounds, having 46 of which 15 were offensive.
Top o Cowan with 18 points, with Hale to add 16p. and Jones 10p. Stephens and Coffi each had 10 rebounds.
On the other hand, the Israelis retreated to 1-2while the first scorers were Dawson and Argy with 18 points each.
The match
The match was a derby from the start, with Holon making a mini-breakout and going +5 (13-8) and Prometheus leveling with Cowan (13-13) at 8′. In the last two minutes, the Patrinos had no similar continuity, with the hosts closing the third period with a 4-0 streak (17-13).
In a very poor quality second quarter, with many missed shots on both sides, Holon maintained its lead and distance (27-21), until 16′. In the remaining time, Prometheus was held by the defense, but also thanks to its offensive rebounds, it closed the first half in the basket (27-25).
With a 5-0 run, the Patrinos entered the second half, taking the lead (27-30), which they maintained (31-34), until the 25th minute. There, the Israelis went on a 5-0 run for their own lead (36-34). However, Prometheus’ reaction was immediate, where with the protagonists of Cowan and Etzenike, he went ahead again, while with a three-pointer from Hale, he reached +8 (42-50), in the 29th minute. But, in the last attack, VanVine made it 45-50 of the third period.
With Cowan and Hale as protagonists, Prometheus entered the fourth quarter “furious” and escaped to +13 (45-58), in the 33rd minute. Then, Holon responded and with individual scores of 12-3, reduced (57-61), at 35′. Hale and Etzenike gave the Patrinos a breather for +9 (57-66), but the Israelis came back again, reducing to three points (63-66), in the 38th minute. However, huge and extremely difficult baskets followed from Hale for +8 (63-71), with 51.7” to go. The visitors took out the next defense, with Jones’ three-pointer “signing” the victory, which came with the final 65-74.
The quarters: 17-13, 27-25, 45-50, 65-74
See the match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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