A huge opportunity to make his first win in Women’s Eurocup he lost Panathinaikos! The Greens were defeated 63-62 in Holargos by Lublin and dropped to 0-3 in the tournament, despite appearing to have the win firmly in hand just seconds before the final.
Indeed, her players Vasileias Guzini was leading by a score 62-59 about 30 seconds before the end of the match. Nevertheless, a basket by Miskinene reduced the score for the guests (62-61), while her mistake followed Jazmine Jones after the throw-in, which gave the ball back to Lublin.
Somehow, the Polish team managed to find a winning basket with Zebar at 3.8″ to write 62-63. Panathinaikos had one more chance to win the match, but the Chatzileontis it was cut in the last shot and the “greens” suffered a crushing defeat in a match that looked like theirs. Somehow, the “clover” fell to 0-3, with the Lublin to have 1-2 and the Yairis and Ange to be 2-0 and play each other.
Leading for Panathinaikos was Lilianna Karakasidou with 20 points with 8/13 two-pointers, with Jazmine Jones to add another 13, to have 5 rebounds and 5 assists, but also to make the fatal mistake at the end. Elizabeth Dixon (5/8 dp.) stopped at 12, who had a double-double with 14 rebounds (7 offensive). Adriana Cvitkovic added 10 points.
On the Lublin side, the leader was Laura Miskinene with 15 points, making a double-double with 10 rebounds, with the Batab Zebar to have another 12 points and 10 rebounds and the basket that decided the match. At 11 p.m Suzana Kulinska and at 10 p.m Magdalena Smikevic.
The quarters: 19-24, 34-34, 52-47, 62-63
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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