Lavrio overthrew and Peristeri came second!

Although trailing by -14 at the start of the fourth period, Peristeri finally defeated Lavrio 84-82 at “Andreas Papandreou” in the match that completed the fourth matchday of the Stoiximan GBL and with a 3-1 record found itself in second place in the standings, leaving the East Attica team without a win and with a 0-4 record to fight for their stay.

The players of Costa Mexa had a stable lead for almost the longest period of the match, but at 53-67 at the beginning of the fourth period they received consecutive series of three-pointers from the home team and found themselves at -5 and Sherman missed the last three-pointer that would give the win.

Leading players of Giorgos Limniatis were Carberry with 21, Zougris with 16, Papas with 14 and Patton, Eddy with 11 points. For the visitors, Muratos stood out with 21, Sherman, Vaughn with 16 and Slater with 11 points.

The match

Peristeri found the solutions at the beginning of the match and took a 4-0 lead with the right choices in the basket of the players of Costa Mexa, but Lavrio put the ball correctly in the opponent’s basket and, with Sherman and Wahab as protagonists, made it 8-0 run and led 8-4. The “blue and yellow” responded with 4-0 and tied with his Americans, but the visitors with their own 5-0 run reached 8-13 and with a new 7-0 run led by Murato they reached a double score, 10-20 , and the Greek forward himself brought 13-23. Slater made it 14-26, but the home team’s 4-0 run made it 18-26 at the end of the first quarter.

Gondikas led 18-28 at the start of the second period, but Peristeri responded with a 6-0 run and the right choices in the opponent’s basket kept +4 to +6 for the Eastern Attica team. A 6-0 run for the players of Giorgos Limniatis tied the game at 36-36, with the many rebounds that the home team collected and with the surprises that came out during this time. Lavrio managed to maintain +2 and Vaughn brought the score to 40-42 at the end of the half. Peristeri had 2/9 three-pointers and 15/18 two-pointers, while Lavrio had 12/16 two-pointers, 4/13 three-pointers and 13 rebounds.

Tp Lavrio took advantage of the failure of the Peristeri players from the three-pointer, where the “cyano-yellows” “broke” them, and with a 6-0 run reached 40-48 with the right choices and the right circulation inside the home team’s basket. The three-pointers of the Mexa players brought +11 for Lavriotes. Peristeri responded with a 7-0 run with Zougris as the protagonist for -4, but the three consecutive three-pointers by the visitors brought the score to 53-65 at the end of the quarter.

Godikas led 53-67 at the start of the fourth period, but there the home team responded with a 6-0 run led by Zougris for 59-67. Muratou’s three-pointer brought the score to 59-70, but Carberry “woke up” and made a 12-0 run almost by himself for the “blue and yellow” 71-70. Vonn carded 71-72 and the lead began to shift during this time. Carberry and Eddy’s three-pointers brought +4 and +5 respectively for Peristeri and Kofi took the offensive initiatives. Sherman’s three-pointer cut it to 82-80 at 24”. Pope hit two shots to make it 84-80 at 21, but Sherman cut it to 84-82 at 15. Papas missed two shots at 8” and the ball was given to Lavrio, but at 5” Sherman missed the last three-pointer.

The quarters: 18-26, 40-42, 53-65, 84-82

The statistics