Maroussi continues strongly in Europe! His team Nikos Vetoula comfortably passed by a score of 82-70 from her Baku Sports Palace Sambah and did 2X2 at FIBA Europe Cupproving that it is the big favorite for winning the first place in the group and directly qualifying for the “16”.
After a mediocre start for the northern suburbs side, the hosts, coached by Rimas Kurtinaitisfound themselves at the beginning of the second quarter at +10 (35-25). Somewhere there, came the reaction of the “yellow and black”, who closed the first part with a partial score of 16-5, as a result of which they took a 40-41 lead before halftime.
In the replay, the story was completely different, since the Maroussi began to dominate the playing field and comfortably maintained his lead until the end of the match, even building a high margin, after +19 with Norrkapping in the first matchday of the competition.
The first scorers for the winners were Cameron Reynolds and Haris Yiannopouloswho “loaded” the opponent’s basket with 20 points. The leader of the match was Elvar Fridriksson with 16 points and 9 assists, while Dennis Rodman made an appearance Ishmael Sanogowith 11 points, 11 rebounds and 6 steals!
For Marousi, there is a home match against Dove for the championship (19/10), while in the next matchday of the Europe Cup he will face Charleroi in Belgium (23/10).
The quarters: 27-25, 40-41, 53-62, 70-82
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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