Eurobasket U18: First victory for the National Youth Team – With Belgium in the “16”

Her first win in Eurobasket U18 took the National Youth.

Greece prevailed with a score of 95-87 against Denmark, generally showing a good competitive face, and will face in the round of 16 of the Tampere tournament the Belgium on Wednesday (31/7), aiming to qualify for the quarterfinals.

The national team was very superior throughout the match and got away with it +25 at half time (29-54). In the end, the Danes tried to fight back and cut back, but were never able to claim victory.

The leader of the “blue and white” team was with 19 points Panagiotis Pagoniswhile from 15 they had Neokles Avdalas and Lefteris Liotopoulos. Good appearance with 11 points for Andreas Patrikis, while Spartalis had 11 and Alexakis 10.

With this result, National Youth ended in Third Place of its group with a 1-2 record. Somehow, he’ll deal with it Belgiumwho finished the first round with a record 2-1 and in second place of the group with which the “blue and white” crosses.

The match

The Greek team entered the court with changes to their starting five and their Liotopoulos, Amposi, Avdalas, Pagoni, Patriki to attend the jamball. The game started as a derby (5-6 in 3′, 10-12 in 5′) but Greece gradually took the reins. Patrikis provided solutions to the draw, the defense was consistently effective and the result was quickly reflected in the score with Spartalis leading to +8 (15-23, 9’10”).

Amposi, Pagonis and Avdalas they helped make the difference a double-digit value (21-32, 12’45”) with the players coming off the bench providing important solutions on both sides of the floor. 26-35 (13’45”) became 26-45 (18′) with five consecutive points by Liotopoulos, while seven consecutive points by Avdala made it 29-54 at halftime. In the first twenty minutes three players were in double figures for the Greek team, Avdalas (15), Pagonis (11) and Patrikis (10) with only three mistakes in the twenty minutes.

THE Joseph Nikolaidis he saw his players play as a team, distribute the ball, continue to press the ball and reach +30 (33-63, 24’25”) and continue until 33-68 (25’20” ) also offering a spectacle. THE Denmark played more freely, Greece relaxed in some places and the result was that the distance was reduced (52-72, 29’40”).

The Danes continued (61-78, 33’20”) and came even closer (67-80, 35?). THE Alexakis gave an answer (67-82, 36’50”) and Handzis, with his first points with the blue and white in an official tournament, made it 67-85 (37’10”) with the game ending with the final 87-95.

The quarters: 17-25, 29-54, 52-72, 87-95

Denmark (Figueira): Braikia 9 (1), Moeller 17 (6/6 2-pointers, 1/2 3-pointers, 2/2 shots, 9 rebounds, 3 assists), Christensen 6 (1), Norgaard 4 (2/7 2-pointers), Eriksen 21 (5 /7 2-pointers, 2/2 3-pointers, 5/5 shots, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, 6 turnovers), Dahlgard-Dus 8 (4/5 2-pointers), Novovic 12 (1/6 2-pointers, 2/2 3-pointers , 4/5 shots), Johansson 3 (1), Pedersen 2, Wagboe 3 (1), Moller 2

Greece (Nicolaidis): Vlassis, Prekas, Rozakeas 2, Spartalis 11 (2/8 two-pointers, 7/10 shots), Amposi 4 (2/10 shots), Avdalas 15 (6/6 two-pointers, 1/3 three-pointers, 5 steals), Komnianidis, Patrikis 14 (7/9 two-pointers, 6 rebounds), Alexakis 10 (6 rebounds), Liotopoulos 15 (3/4 two-pointers, 3/6 three-pointers), Handzis 5 (1), Pagonis 19 (4/7 two-pointers, 2/4 three-pointers , 5/11 shots, 10 rebounds, 2 assists)