Karditsa “levelled” Aris and continued her streak

In full control, Karditsa swept Aris 96-69 in Alexandrio for the tenth game of the Stoiximan GBL and reached six straight league wins and fourth place with a 6-4 record, leaving the “yellows” at 4-6 and in the low places.

The players of Nikos Papanikolopoulos started “shooting in bursts” from the beginning of the match and led with +14 at the end of the first half, reached +28 in the fourth period and “sealed” their superiority at +27.

The leaders of Thessaly were Watson with 20, Allen with 16, Horchler with 14, Lewis with 12 and Kamberidis with 11 points. For the Thessalonikis, Noley scored 19, Hodge scored 18 and Roberts scored 12 points.

The match

Led by Watson, Karditsa led 9-2 and 13-4 in Alexandreio against a sluggish defense that didn’t score well on the perimeter. Kaselakis’ three-pointer brought +10 to Thessalonians, who controlled the rebounds and launched quick attacks. Lazewski’s three-pointer cut it to -6, but Allen made it 11-19 at the end of the first quarter.

Allen’s three-pointer made it 11-22 at the start of the second period and a 4-0 run in the “yellow” racket made it 12-26 for the players of Nikos Papanikolopoulos and the amazing percentages compared to the bad ones of the home team that they had “broken” from 6.75. The Americans of Aris took matters into their own hands at this point for the 4-0 streak and -10 for the players of Yannis Kastritis. Watson brought +13 and Diplaros’ three-pointer +15. Karditsa now maintained +12 to +14, Diplaros continued its “crescendo” for +15 and the half ended at 29-43.

Aris had 8/16 two-pointers, 1/14 three-pointers and 17 rebounds. Karditsa had 11/19 two-pointers, 4/12 three-pointers and 20 rebounds.

The foreigners from Karditsa with a 7-0 run reached the difference to +20 at the beginning of the third period and with a new 4-0 run they responded to the counterattack of Aris in their racket, after the “yellows” continued to miss three-pointers. Allen’s 3-pointer brought it back to +20 for the Thessalonians, who had the opportunity to take the easy rebounds off their racket and continue to quickly attack the Thessalonians’ slow comebacks. Thus, Kamberidis made it 43-66 and 46-68 at the end of the quarter.

Horkler’s 3-pointer made it +25 at the start of the fourth period. Aris was still finding the solutions on the opponent’s racket for the 4-0 run and -21. Horkler’s 6-0 run put Thessaly up +27, but Hodge took matters into his own hands for a 4-0 run and -23. The consecutive three-pointers of the “yellows” brought a series of 8-0 and t0 -16 for the hosts who now found accuracy from the 6.75 line and showed a “pulse”. However, the defensive weaknesses of the Thessalonians allowed the many offensive options of the Karditsians to go on a 12-0 run and lead by +28, correctly putting the ball into the opponent’s basket and effectively completing the “modest” ceremony, with the match ending in 69-96.

The quarters: 11-19, 29-43, 46-68, 69-96

The statistics