The match of the year in Rhodes! Aris managed to get an incredible victory with 85-84 against Colossus of Rhodes in the closed of Kallithea, with Tyler Woodbury to sign the final result with a two-point buzzer beater and give the second consecutive victory to the Thessalonians for the championship!
But before the “Emperor” reached victory in such dramatic fashion, one preceded it epic upset from -19since the “yellows” were behind in the score with 54-35 shortly after the second half started. The team of Yannis Kastritis showed reserves of soul and made the match a derby, while in the last stages it happened… come and see!
Specifically, with Aris now taking the lead, o Tyler Nelson made a big three-pointer and put the Rhodians ahead again with a score of 81-80. THE David DeJulius answered with his own long shot for 81-83, but Andrew Goudlock scored from the corner marked and seemed to give the victory to Colossus with 4.1 on the clock.
Somewhere there, the… from machine appeared for the guests Tyler Woodburywho became the owner of the ball and managed to execute from a medium distance, giving to Mars the valuable double, which the team also needed for psychological reasons after a difficult start to the season. Thessaloniki are now at 2-2, while Kolossos fell to 1-3.
For the winners, he had 25 points and 5 assists De Julius12 points o Landers Noley11 along with the same number of rebounds by Lefteris Bohorides and 11 points by Manolis Hatzidakis. From Kolossos, 16 points were scored by Goudlock, 14 by Sotiris Billis and 13 by Odiz Toni and Tyler Nelson, but they were not enough for their team.
In the 5th matchday, o Colossus will face her Carditsa away from home (2/11, 18:00), while Aris will host the Dove (2/11, 17:00).
The quarters: 23-15, 43-28, 67-58, 84-85
Colossus (Georgos Sigalas): Goudlock 16 (1), Odiz 13 (1), Koloveros 6, Tsairelis, Danusevicius 3, Nelson 13 (4), Slaftsakis 6 (2), Okoro 3, Petropoulos 10 (2), Billis 14 (1), Kouroupakis.
Aris (Yiannis Kastritis): Toliopoulos 9 (1), Lazevski 6 (2), Bohorides 11 (3), Woodbury 8, Roberts 3, Noley 12 (2), DeJulius 25 (1), Hatzidakis 11, Vissariou, Hodge.
Source: Sport Fm
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