Derby boss o Olympic!
The “red and white” won with a score of 74-61 Panathinaikos in hall 5 of the SEF, they covered the difference of the first game and became absolute favorites for home advantage in the playoffs A1 Women’s Basketball!
His players Thanos Niklas they were much superior in the first half and led by 15 points (40-25). Nevertheless, with her as a leader Jonesthe “greens” returned to the match and made it a derby (50-49), although in the end they couldn’t stand it in the fourth period and suffered the first defeat them at championship but also in “eternal” matches this season.
Top of the winners was the terrible Christine Vitola, who had a big performance with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists. Terrible too Eleanna Christinaki with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, while helping when needed Angeliki Nikolopoulou with 8 points and 8 assists.
For the “greens”, he stood out with 14 points Jasmine Joneswhile Alain had 10 and 13 Anna-Niki Stamolambrauin her return to SEF as an opponent.
The match
THE Olympic came in very strong and with Vitola as the star, quickly led with a score of 4-0, while two shots from Tobin made it 6-0. Jones put him on Panathinaikos on the board, but Tobin at the end of the attack made it 8-2. Jones was again taken aback, while Stamolambrau hit the first triple of the match for 8-7. Cvitkovic put Panathinaikos in front for the first time (8-9) with a nice hook, forcing Thanos Niklas to take a timeout. Olympiacos found a score after almost 4 minutes with the Vitola, while Williams made a foul shot for 13-11. Christinaki with a nice personal energy formed the 15-11, while the Pavlopoulou scored in transition to make it 15-13. Jones hit a three-point buzzer beater and the first period ended 17-16.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Christinaki hit a three-pointer for 20-16, while Spyridopoulou made the first +8 of the match (24-16) from mid-range. THE Sotiriou unstick him Panathinaikos with a shot at the end for 24-18, but Nikolopoulou responded with a very nice personal energy for 26-18. The very good period of the home team continued, as with excellent defenses and baskets from Tobin and Christinaki escaped to +12 (30-18). The “greens” stayed for 7 minutes with a basket in the period, before Pavlopoulou reduced it to 30-20 with a difficult effort, but Christinaki hit an indirect three-pointer and wrote 33-20. THE Hairistanidou and Vitola exchanged shots from mid-range for 35-22, while the Vitola hit from the line for 37-22. Stamolambrou made an important three-pointer, Williams made a basket on defense and the half ended 39-25.
In the second part, Stamolambrau cut it to 40-27 in the upset, while Williams made a shot to make it 41-27. Jones made a very difficult basket (41-29), while Alleyne hit one from the line for 41-30. Tobin then went to the line and made both shots to make it 43-30 before Alain down from close to 43-32. Nikolopoulou from mid-range made it 45-32, but the “greens” countered with Allen and Jones, reducing the difference to single digits after an hour (45-36). After the timeout, Vitola gave a solution to Olympiakos with a three-pointer, while the Alexander and Jones continued the reaction of the guests, reducing to 48-41. THE Pavlopoulou extended the streak of the “greens” even more by bringing them within striking distance with a three-pointer (48-45), while the Jones answered Karlafti for 50-47. Alleyne scored at the end of the third period to make it 50-49.
With the beginning of the fourth quarter, h Christinaki took on Olympiakos and scored 4 straight points for 54-49, while a little later she got an offensive rebound from her own missed shot and scored 58-49. THE Cvitkovic temporarily reduced, but Spyridopoulou responded immediately, while Nikolopoulou scored a foul goal for 62-51. Vitola brought the match back to +13 (64-51), while Alain immediately reduced and Jones made it 64-55. THE Williams won shots and made one for +10 (65-55), while Vitola made a tapa on one side and hit a three-pointer on the other, writing 68-55. Nikolopoulou with another basket increased the difference to 71-55, while from then on there was no time for Panathinaikos to react despite consecutive three-pointers from Alexandri and Stamolambrou.
The quarters: 17-16, 39-25, 50-49, 74-61
Detailed match statistics here.
Source: Sport Fm
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