The National Children’s National Team qualified for the quarter-finals of the Eurobasket U16 of Heraklion. The representative group comfortably prevailed 68-55 against Poland in the “Two Aorakis” for the “16” of the competition and got the “ticket” for the eight, waiting there for one of Lithuania and Turkey.
Greece led 8-2 with Skliros, Stamoulos and Hatzilambros and their good defense. Poland fell to 8-7 and went on a 6-0 run to make it 8-13 at the end of the first period.
In the second period, the offensive rebounds helped the representative group and Barbagiannis, Tsoni to help offensively. Hatzilambrou led 22-19 and 24-22, with Chaidemenos leading 35-29 at the end of the half.
Greece reached 45-29 in the 23rd minute with Skliros and Hatzilambros as protagonists. Fouls helped Poland cut it to 45-36. Thomakos, Barbagiannis and Tsonis made it 54-36 in the 28th minute.
A 12-0 Pole run to start the fourth quarter made it 54-48. Cartonas answered for 57-48 and Tsonis for 59-48 (33?). Cartonas with five points of his own brought +14 and Tsoni’s steal helped Hatzilambros to write 66-54 and “clean up” the match before the final 68-55.
Ten minutes: 11-13, 35-29, 54-43, 68-55
Greece (Kalampokis): Tsonis 8, Venetidis, Chaidemenos 9(1), Papanikolaou, Hatzilambrou 16 (2), Skliros 11, Cartonas 11 (3), Thomakos 2, Barbagiannis 9 (1), Asimenios, Stamoulos 2, Pagoulatos
Source: Sport Fm
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