It was late to “wake up” and Kolossos was left out of the BCL

Trailing -20 at the start of the third period, Colossus was unable to turn things around and lost 75-86 to Saint-Quentin in Rhodes in Game 5 of the BCL’s third group, leaving them with an 0-5 record in the group, was definitively left out of the “16” even through the play-ins, with the French with a 2-3 record claiming the second place in the sixth and final matchday next week.

The French gained a double-digit difference from the beginning of the match, they reached +20, the counterattack of the Rodites brought -5, but the excessive effort of the home team brought the corresponding fatigue and their effort for their final elimination was left in the middle.

Leading the winners were Robinson with 23 and Schwartz, Traore with 14 points. For the “seamen”, Goudlock stood out with 23 and Galvanini with 16 points.

The match

Kolossos found the solutions at the beginning of the match and led 5-3 in the general failure of the two teams during this period. Schwartz went on a 5-0 run to make it 5-8 and St. Quentin maintained a +1 to +3 lead in that span. Oleiniczak brought +6 for the French against a poor defense that also lost rebounds and Pfister brought the double score, 9-18. Tsairelis with a personal 5-0 run reduced the score to 14-18, but Schwartz’s three-pointer made it 14-22 at the end of the first quarter.

Traore’s three-pointer “cut off the legs” of the Rodites in their attempt to reduce at the start of the second period and that of Oleinitsak +15 in the zone defense of Makis Giatras. The French maintained +12 to +15 during this period. Traore and Pfister brought +16 and Robinson’s three-pointer +17 for 30-47 at the end of the half.

Robinson’s three-pointer at the start of the third period made it 30-50 and it looked like the Colossus would be out of the BCL. My Sinha three-pointer brought +23 for the visitors, who were constantly finding solutions, unlike the players of Makis Giatras who expected everything from the few more offensive rebounds they collected. Galvanini marked the counterattack with a 6-0 run for -17. Goudlock “woke up” and helped himself to a 10-0 run for -10, but a 5-0 run by Saint-Quentin made it 53-67 at the end of the quarter.

Koloveros trailed 55-67 at the start of the fourth period and the two consecutive three-pointers of the “Sea” reduced the score to -8 in the last attempt to counterattack against a loose defense of the visitors. Hatzinikola’s three-pointer reduced the score to -7 and Goudlock completed a 5-0 run for the Greek team’s 66-71 lead. Saint-Quentin held +6 to +8, but a 4-0 run by Saint-Quentin brought it to +12 and Robinson kept it at that level in the final two minutes for the 75-86 final.

The quarters: 14-22, 30-47, 53-67, 75-86

The statistics