He fought heroically but Aris didn’t make it! His team Yannis Kastritis lined up with significant absences against Veniceclaimed the victory as much as he could, but was finally defeated with a score of 81-74 in “Alexandrio”, experiencing a fourth consecutive loss in the Eurocup.
Somehow, the “yellows” they fell to 2-8 and they saw the six move even further apart. On the other hand, Italian team rose to 5-5 and has a much better chance of continuing its course in the tournament and in the next phase.
Although the visitors led by a score of 23-43 midway through the second period, the Mars made a heroic counterattack, re-entered the match and managed to even preceded halfway through the fourth quarter (70-69). Nevertheless, the “yellows” in the final succumbed to fatigue and saw Venezia take a significant lead and reach victory.
Kastritis’ team fought without them Vasilis Toliopoulos, Lefteris Bohorides and Trey Woodbury. Somehow, the Thessalonians relied on 4 players, who scored almost all of the team’s points, namely Darrell Willis (25 p.), Landers Noley (17p.), Sharif Cooper (19p.) and Nate Lazewski (8 p.). Together, they scored 69 of the home team’s 74 points!
Among the winners, the former center of AEK Betsson made a great appearance with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Emphiondou Campengelewhile 19 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists were scored by Tyler Ennis. 12 points for the pivot in the final Jordan Parks.
In the 11th game o Mars will play away from home with Turk Telecom (11/12, 18:30), while the Venice will welcome her Tsedevita Olympia (11/12, 21:00).
The quarters: 18-30, 40-47, 58-62, 74-81
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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