A breath from the Final 4, Panionios

THE Panionios defeated Papagou 89-56 behind closed doors at “Krisos Persis” in Nea Smyrni, made it 2-1 in the playoffs series and is one win away from qualifying for the Final 4 Elite League Henry Dunan.

2-1 was also made by Eleftheroupoli which had a lot of difficulty in winning 71-69 against Ermis Schimatarios.

For the playouts, Panerythraikos took a step to stay in the division, as it defeated Ayandas Evosmou 69-64 in overtime (also 58-58).

The second games of the three-win series will take place on Sunday in the reverse venues.

Detailed results:

Panionios-Papagou 89-56

Referees: Katrachouras-Tsonos-Teftikis (Dinos-Samartzis)

Quarters: 24-8, 44-24, 65-42, 89-56

Panionios (Lykogiannis): Skandalos 6 (2), Milendigevic 12 (2), Papadionisiou 4, Harris 11 (2), Chalaris 6 (2), Kaklamanakis 9, Vougioukas 11, Paziotopoulos 5, Vafiadis, Davis 19 (3), Gikas 6 (1).

Papagou (Karakostas): Griffin 6, Karakostas 13 (1), Kyrilis, Stamatiou 8 (1), Touliatos, Kois 11, Kasapidis, Matsangos 2, Williams 6, Tzougarakis 2, Sandramanis 8, Gargalis.

Eleftheroupoli-Hermis Schimatariou 71-69

Referees: Simeonidis-Bakalis-Eleftheriadis (Brigos)

Quarters: 18-14, 36-31, 55-45, 71-69

Eleftheroupoli (Papadopoulos): Allen 18, Gathrait 11 (1), Kambouridis 16 (2), Iatridis 4, Mastoros 13, Kourtidis 3, Tsellos 4, Kalogerias 2.

Ermis Schimatariou (Economou): McKissick 4, Gravas 6, Ioannou, Kostopoulos 8, Bolatoglou 2, Margelis 7 (1), Tsoukuemeka 16, Geromichalos 18 (2), Zorbas 8, Mitsibonas.

Panerythraikos-Aias Evosmou 69-64 (k.a. 58-58)

Referees: Karpanos-Marinakis-Geranios (Papantos)

Quarters: 13-25, 22-32, 41-41, 58-58, 69-64 (overtime)

Panerythraikos (Houchoulis): Tsrnits 9 (1), Nikolaidis, Kallianiotis, Papadimitriou 9, Koufopoulos 7 (1), Tsurgiannis, Brewer 15 (2), Bazinas, Samonturov 2, Kouroupakis 5, Athenaiou 22 (4).

Aias Evosmou (Boutskos): Etienne 14 (2), Victor 10, Ambatzas 2, Konstantinidis 5 (1), Papadopoulos 7 (1), Naoumis 14 (3), Petrakis, Petanidis 7, Garezos 2, Malelis 3 (1).