One… Prentiss Hubb show in Ano Liosia and AEK with the right in the BCL!

One… Prentiss Hubb show in Ano Liosia and the AEK Betsson BC started this year’s European trip on the right foot!

With the 25-year-old American point guard performing incredible appearancethe “Union” fairly prevailed with a score 80-71 of Maccabi Ramat Gan in the “Sunel Arena”, in the premiere of the two teams in the Basketball Champions League!

Despite the fact that this was the first official game of the year, his team Dragan Sakota presented a very good competitive, but also intellectual face, having the upper hand in the score almost throughout the match. In the finale, however, Hamp had to come forward, who with two big threes -one, in fact, was also a goal foul- in the last 87 seconds, he pulled his team from +4, giving them the pink game card.

In fact, the American ace finished the match with 28 points (7/12 sq.), 4 rebounds and 6 assists! A very good appearance was also made by Hunter Halewho had 16 points (4/8 sq.) and 4 rebounds, as did Grand Goldenwho had 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Next game for the “yellow and black”, this coming Saturday (05/10) in Thessaloniki and “Alexandreio” against Marsat the Stoiximan GBL premiere.

The match:

OR AEK Betsson BCwhich started with Hamp, Hunter, Nezipoglu, Kouzeloglou and Golden in its starting five, entered the match very strongly and with a three-pointer by Hamp (after his own steal) and two points by Nezipoglu and Golden, it took the lead with 7-0 in 2′. Then, the Maccabi Ramat Gan “marked” the racket of “Union” and with Stevens and McCollum as protagonists, managed to “gnaw” the difference and even go ahead for the first time with 13-14 at 6′.

A basket of the excellent in the first quarter Golden, combined with the two back-to-back 3-pointers by Hunter and Hampthey again gave the lead to “Union” for 21-19 at 8′. Gallinat and Golden “traded” shots for 23-21, with Bryce and Hamp in the final quarter, forming from the line of the… charity 26-23 of the period.

With a goal-foul by Gallinat, the visitors tied the score at 26-26 at the start of the second period, with Gray answering for 28-26 with his first “yellow and black” basket. Maccabi Ramat with a short 5-0 run overtook for the second time in the match (28-31) at 13′, before a offensive outburst for AEK!

In particular, Kuzminskas and Bryce made it 33-31, with Hamp (16 points in the half) and Hale making three consecutive three-pointers -two by the first- for +9 (42-33) at 17′setting “fire” in the Klisto of Ano Liosia. The second, in fact, continued to easily find the way to the opponent’s basket and with five personal points, sent the difference for the first time to double digit value (47-37) at 18′before the visitors went on a 5-0 run in the final minute to cut it short at 47-42 at halftime.

With him Pretty Hub to continue with… broken brakes from the first half and to achieve his fifth three-pointer in the match, AEK early-early 50-42 early in the third period. The Union’s third foul on a three-pointer by the Israelis though(!), allowed Maccabi Ramat Gan to cut it to 50-45, before the Golden and with good defenses and two big baskets, makes it 56-48 at 24′. In the next phase, Galinat reduced to 56-50, with Hunter Hale that he also enters the three-point equation for AEK and shapes 59-50 at 25′!

Somewhere there came the competitive downfall for both teams, however, as neither of them could score easily, with the points coming in by the dropper. Indicative that in the last five minutes of the quarter the individual score was 2-4(!)with AEK benefiting from this special case, closing the period at +7 and 61-54.

The scene of many missed shots and mistakes continued in her first five minutes fourth and last periodwhere the score was 65-59. In fact, Maccabi Ramat Gan then managed to “gnaw” in the final 80-71! the difference, getting closer to 4 (69-65) in the 37th minute and 5 (73-68) a minute later. At that point he came forward “executioner” Hamp, and with two difficult three-pointers -in one he also took a foul and scored four points- he managed to “clean up” the case of victory for AEK, which prevailed with the final 80-71!

The quarters: 26-23, 47-42, 61-54, 80-71.

The statistics of the match.