Peristeri stayed with the “ah” in Turkey and without a victory in the BCL

Despite battling throughout the match, Peristeri lost 77-79 to Manisa in Turkey in matchday three of the BCL’s eighth group and went without a win in three matches in this year’s competition, with the Turks reaching the top of the group .

The match was a derby for the longest time, Manisa reached +11 in the third period, but the Peristeri Americans equalized in the fourth period, Kofi made it 76-77, but the Pope’s three-pointer was not fouled on the Greek-American guard and the technical penalty he received brought the defeat of the “cyanokitinos”.

The leaders of Manisa were Ehontas with 19 and Besson with 17. For the Greek team, Kofi stood out with 14, Carberry, Eddy with 13 and Papas with 11 points.

The match

Peristeri’s back-to-back 3-pointers at the start of the contest with Poulianiti’s “level” hands, who scored two of them, gave them an 11-4 lead against the poor perimeter defense of the Turks. Coffey’s fourth in a row made it 14-6, with the Blues getting the rebounds and executing. The offensive versatility of the Turks, however, then brought a 10-0 run for 19-16 to the poor defense of the players of Giorgos Limniatis, who responded with a 4-0 run for 21-23 at the end of the first period.

With a 7-0 run at the start of the second period with offensive polyphony, Manisa led 28-23, but the peripheral shots of the “blue and yellow” kept them f0 -2 to -3, since the players of Giorgos Limniatis could not come close with claims in the Turkish racket. Youngmur’s 3-pointer made it 35-30 for Manisa, but Peristeri was down 35-33. A 4-0 run by Manisa made it 39-33 for the home team and Sonshirma’s 3-pointer made it 42-36. Peristeri with a 4-0 run went down 42-40, but Ehontas brought it 44-40 at the end of the half. Manisa had 12/21 two-pointers, 5/5 shots and 17 rebounds and Peristeri 7/15 three-pointers, 3/8 shots and 14 rebounds.

Ehontas spearheaded a 7-0 run by Manisa that made it 51-40 for the home team and he himself made it 53-43, with Manisa holding +8 to +10 early in the third period in that span with many different attacking options against a team that did not have a fixed solution in attack. With Kofi as the protagonist, Peristeri lost 57-56, but with a 3-0 run, Manisa led 62-57 at the end of the quarter.

Apaydin’s three-pointer made it 65-57 at the start of the fourth period and 67-60 in the effort of the “blue and yellow” to reduce the score. There, Carberry led a 6-0 run by Peristeri for 67-66 and Carberry tied the game at 69-69, with Manisa maintaining a +1 to +2. Zougris reduced it to 74-73 and Harris to 76-75 at 59”. Coffey made it 76-77 in the 38th minute, but Besson with a layup made it 78-77 in the 30th minute. Poulianitis missed a two-pointer at 6”, but Kofi got the rebound and was fouled by White.

Pope missed a three-pointer, but it appeared he was fouled and, after protesting afterward, received a technical penalty, with Pope ejected. Sonsirma’s shot made it 79-77, which was the final score.

The quarters: 21-23, 44-40, 62-57, 79-77

The statistics