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Superior throughout their home clash with Thessalonica, who again lined up with significant absences, Union celebrated the win with 102-89performing very well offensively and having a big night Halewho finished the match with 29 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds!
Thus, AEK Betsson took their fourth consecutive victory in Greece and Europe, improving their record in 7-5 in the Stoiximan GBL, while at the same time defeating Aris at home for the first time since October 2021. On the other hand, the team of Yiannis Kastritis, which returned from -20 to -4 at the end of the third period, but at the end ran out of steam, suffered its fourth straight defeat in the league, falling to 4-8.
Apart from Hale, a very good performance for AEK was made by Kuzminskas (16π) and Grey (14p), while for the losers they stood out Noley (21pts, 7 rebs), Woodbury (18pts, 7 rebs, 4 assists) and Willis (15 points, 9 rebounds in his debut with the jersey of Aris).
The match:
With Hamp, Bryce, Netzipoglou, Kouseloglou and Golden, Sakota chose to start the game for AEK Betsson, while Kastritis, who did not have Toliopoulos, Bohorides, Banks and Roberts available, chose Cooper, Lazewski, Willis, Woodbury and Hodge.
The match started with Aris coming in more focused and with AEK not managing to score in the first 2.5 minutes of the match, giving the Thessalonikians the right to take a 10-3 lead, thanks to consecutive three-pointers from Woodbury and Hodge. The Union found a rhythm and responded with Bryce and Netzipogloureducing to 8-10, while Aris “froze” offensively and went without a basket for almost 4 minutes, allowing the home team to go on an 11-0 run, taking a 14-10 lead. Aris responded with an 8-1 run of their own to take the lead again, 18-15, but it was AEK who finished the first period better, taking their biggest lead of the match (23-18) thanks to his three-pointer Hale with expiration!
AEK’s streak reached 10-0, with Gray making it 25-18, Noley answered on behalf of Ares, but o Kuzminskas scored for three, putting Union up +8 (28-20). THE Hale with his shots he made the first double-digit difference of the match (30-20), while he reached his 6 points in a row, for 34-22! With Aris completely blocked aggressively and with him Netzipoglou to take the baton from Hale in the attack of AEK, the difference in favor of the home team jumped to +17 (39-22)! Sakota’s team continued to have a very good pace offensively, with Kuzminskas, Netzipoglou and Gray making it 49-29 at 27′, the Cooper reached 4 personal fouls before the end of the first half, but Aris managed to cut it to 54-42before the two teams went to the locker room, with AEK having scored 31 points in the second quarter, having a total of 11/16 two-pointers and 7/11 three-pointers.
The third period began with Aris reducing its lead to single digits after an hour (54-46) with baskets by Lazewski and Noley, while a little later the Woodbury made it 59-50, reaching 13 personal points, while AEK entered without concentration, making consecutive mistakes in their attacks and allowing Aris to get closer to – 4 (64-59), thanks to a three-pointer by its star player, Woodbury. THE Hump gave Union solutions, putting it at +7 (66-59) with consecutive points, the Noley “warmed up” scoring a series of points for 70-66, before o Hale with difficult basket of form it 76-70 at the end of the third quarter.
At the beginning of the fourth period, Hale he hit a big three-pointer, reaching 22 personal points and giving AEK a double-digit lead after the hour (81-70), while Noley reached 19, reducing it to 81-72. Entering the “final stretch” of the match, Sakota’s team maintained their margin of safety, eventually reaching a comfortable victory with 102-89since Ares appeared to be running out of strength in the finale.
The quarters: 23-18, 54-42, 76-70, 102-89
The match statistics
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Source: Sport Fm
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