The Maroussi she did not manage to overcome her obstacle Norrkapping for his 4th matchday European Cup and suffered his second defeat of the tournament by a score 74-71on his debut Ilias Zouro on the team bench.
Kourfaios for the Greek team was Reynoldswho scored 31 points with 6/9 three-pointers, while for the home team the Shane Hunter he scored 19 points and was instrumental in his team’s victory.
The Maroussi controlled the match for three quarters, but a blackout in the final minutes of the match was enough for Norrkapping to reverse the situation. Better start with him too Radulitsa main exponent on offense took a 6 point lead (3-9). However, with Tyus putting up 7 points and a 10-0 run it became 13-9 before 15-12 in the first period.
Then the Reynolds began his offensive crescendo and although the score remained very low at halftime, Marousi went to the locker room 26-29 first.
With two of his three-pointers Reynolds and a Stowe Marousi basket made it +10 (36-46) for the first time, but the Green kept his team close with four straight points to make it 44-50 in the third period.
The Maroussi thanks to the amazing Reynolds remained ahead (54-63 at 35′) and everything showed that he would win the match. The last minutes, however, were nightmarish and Norrkapping went ahead 69-63, going on a 15-0 run!
The match went to the shots and the Maroussi he had one last chance. THE Fredrickson took over to set up the offense with 9 seconds left, but was fouled (suspected foul by Tyus), lost the ball and Hampton shaped the final score.
With this defeat his team Zouro yielded to 2-2a record that her current opponent also reached with this dominance.
The quarters: 15-12, 26-29, 44-50, 74-71
See detailed match statistics HERE.
Source: Sport Fm
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