With two historical milestones was combined the victory of AEK Betsson over Aris with 102-89 for the 12th round of the Stoiximan GBL.
THE Hunter Hale with the 29 points he scored, three short of his personal record, he set a new record for an AEK player in 39 home games with Aris in the years of the professional league (from the 1992/93 season onwards). The American guard surpassed the 28 points scored by Ibrahim Kutluai in the corresponding game of the season 2000/01.
However, the 29 points of the 27-year-old ace do not constitute a total record in the derby between the two teams in Athens. This was held by Juan Dixon with 31 as a Mars player in the corresponding game of the 2009/10 season. Hale even “touched” the top scoring performance among AEK players in a total of 78 derbies for the “yellow and black” in the Stoiximan GBL. He was one point shy of Horace Jenkins’ (30) performance in the 2003/04 regular season game in Thessaloniki.
At the same time, “Enos” scored not only its first 100 points in this year’s championship, but also the first in a derby with Aris since April 7, 2001. At that time, it won 110-56. In the history of the “yellow and black” games in Athens, these were the only “100s” that were scored. However, there were two more that took place in Thessaloniki and they were in the same game! It was the 1st quarterfinal of the 2004 playoffs, in a match that took place in Thessaloniki, when AEK Betsson prevailed over Aris Midea with 107-101.
Source: Sport Fm
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