Step on him Mars and caught him in the rating the Laurel!
The team of Costa Mexa celebrated on Saturday afternoon a great victory at home, winning with score 93-84 of the “yellows” for the 9th matchday of the Stoiximan GBL, after a beautiful and strong game with several fluctuations in the score!
With the versatility of the attack as an ally, but also the “clear mind” at the critical points of the match, the home team reached their fourth victory in the league this year, rising – albeit temporarily – to 3rd place in the standings!
Leading the way for the winners was Vaughn with 21 points, with Murato (14 points, 8 assists, 7 points), Godika (12 points, 5 points) and Forrest (11 points, 7 points) following in performance.
For the Thessalonians, who fell to 4-5, the improbable appearance of Sharif Cooper, with the incoming guard finishing the game with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists!
The match:
The Laurel it was the one that entered the game more strongly and with the protagonists of Forrest and Griffin it led 12-6 in the 3rd minute. After his sluggish start, o Mars found his footing and with Noley, Cooper and Lazewski went on a quick 7-0 run to overtake (12-13) a minute later. From then on, the two teams went hand-in-hand on the scoreboard, with the visitors taking advantage of the details and closing the quarter in front of the scoreboard with minimum value of difference (24-25).
Gondikas and Hatzidakis exchanged baskets at the start of the game second period for 26-27, with Tsami and Vaughn with a quick 5-0 to make it 31-27 for Lavrio. Fillios, with an indirect three-pointer, reduced the score to a point (31-30) for the Thessalonians, before the Rashad Vaughan take his “weapon” and with eight personal points, shoot the difference at +11 for 43-32 at 17′! In the remaining minutes of the first half, Aris managed to gather the difference, mainly with the inspirations of Cooper, sending the two teams to locker room with a score of 45-41.
As in the first half, so also in the replay, Costa Mexa’s team entered the third period very strongly and thanks to a 6-0 run, they again increased the difference to double digits (51-41) in the 22nd minute. The reaction of the “yellows” came after the middle of the quarter, who thanks to their improved defense, as well as Cooper’s big baskets, not only collected the difference, but also equalized at 60-60 in the 29th minute. However, a three-pointer by Koniaris and a two-pointer by the excellent Vaughn in the last attacks, allowed Lavrio to close the quarter at +5 and 65-60.
Naturally, in the fourth and final period bodies fell in Lavreotiki. With two back to back 3-pointers by Noley, Aris reduced to 67-66 at 32′, with Murato and Vaughn answering for the hosts and 74-68 two minutes later. In fact, Lavrio then even reached +9 with six consecutive points Wahab (80-71)a difference that he maintained until the end of the match, since despite all the efforts of Yannis Kastritis’ team to return to the match, this was not possible. Somehow, Lavrio celebrated a great victory with score 93-84.
The quarters: 24-25, 45-41, 65-60, 93-84.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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