A “stormy” Karditsa from the second period and then swept Kolossos 98-73 in “Yiannis Bourousis” of the Thessalian city and achieved its first victory in this year’s Stoiximan GBL and “caught” in the rating “sea” of Rhodes in the effort of both to escape from the last positions.
Nikos Papanikolopoulos’ men went on an 18-0 run in the second quarter to extend the lead to +21, and then never looked back and maintained a steady double-digit lead.
The protagonists of Thessaly were Allen with 22, Watson with 19, Lewis with 14 and Christidis, Diplaros with 13 points. For the Rhodesians, Goudlock, Toni with 15 and Danusevicius with 11 points were rescued.
The match
The two teams alternated at the beginning of the match with the correct choices of both on the opposing rackets. Lewis’ two consecutive 3-pointers brought the 6-0 run and the +4 for Thessalians, but the 4-0 of the Kolossos with the foreigners brought them the tie, but Slaftsakis starred in a 6-0 run for the +4. Horkler starred in a 6-0 of Karditsa for the home team’s +2 and, with Diplaros’ personal 5-0 run, we reached 23-19. The “Sea” responded with a 4-0 run for 25-25 in the first period.
Karditsa maintained +4 at the start of the second period and Allen’s three-pointer brought +5. An 18-0 run with Christidis “raging” brought +21 for the Thessalians and with the support of Allen offensively. There, the players of Nikos Papanikolopoulos “stuck” offensively and lost the rebounds, so the islanders with a 9-0 run, with Goudlock “awakening”, brought the 50-38 at the end of the half.
Tony’s 3-pointer at the start of the third period ended the 12-0 run by Giorgos Sigalas and cut it to 50-41. Thessalians responded with an 8-0 run for +17, but Goudlock continued his “violin” with two consecutive three-pointers to reduce the score to 58-47. The offensive polyphony of Thessaly brought the 6-0 series and +17 for Karditsa and Watson’s indirect three-pointer “cut off” the Kolossos’ counterattack for 67-52 at the end of the quarter.
The Americans from Karditsa went on a 9-0 run at the start of the fourth period and reached +24 the difference. The Greeks of Kolossos with a 4-0 streak dropped to -20 and with a new 5-0 streak to -18. Horkler starred in a 6-0 run for Karditsa’s 87-63 lead and, with the margin up and down +21 to +24, Danuseviciots finished the match at 98-73.
The quarters: 25-23, 50-38, 67-52, 98-73
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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