Mythical twist for the spirited Pigeon! The team from the western suburbs prevailed with a score of 73-68 Marseven though he found himself at -20 early, after an agonizing game at “Andreas Papandreou”. Somehow, he climbed to 7-9 and dropped the penultimate Thessalonians to 5-11!
His team Yannis Kastritis entered the match very strongly and took an early lead with +20 (7-27). It is characteristic that at some point the Mars ran off a 17-0 individual score, turning 6-7 into 6-24, taking a strong winning lead.
Nevertheless, from the second quarter onwards, Peristeri gradually began to “gnaw away” at the difference. The home team’s strongest outburst came early in the fourth quarter, when they went on an 11-0 run in about two minutes to take their first lead (56-53).
The finale was… grandiose, since Aris stayed in the game and managed to get closer to the point (69-68). Tobin Carberry made a very difficult shot with 9 seconds left (71-68), while the fatal LJ Figueroa missed all alone for three, missing a chance to send the match into overtime.
Great match from Jarrell Eddy for the winners with 18 points (4/9 3-pointers), 7 rebounds and 3 assists. He had 15 points Ahmed Hill and 11 o Tobin Carberry. Vangelis Zougris collected 9 rebounds and Stelios Poulianitis handed out 6 assists for the winners who had on the bench Alexis Falekasas the head coach of the “blue and yellow” Giorgos Limniatis remained bedridden due to infection.
For him Marstried with 16 points o Lefteris Bohorideswhile Sharif Cooper scored 12 and Vassilis Toliopoulos scored 11. The next matchday, the Thessaloniki team goes to its home ground Amarousiou (1/2, 17:00), while Peristeri welcomes him Panathinaikos (1/2, 20:15).
The quarters: 12-27, 27-34, 45-53, 73-68
PIGEON (Alexis Falekas): Coffey 9 (1), Poulianitis 4 (1), Brown, Carberry 11 (1), Eddy 18 (4), Papas 6 (1), Hill 15 (2), Stavrakopoulos, Riley 2, Yankovic 4, Zougris 4
ARIS (Yiannis Kastritis): Toliopoulos 11 (2), Bohorides 16 (4), Willis 9 (1), Roberts 6, Figueroa 8 (1), Cooper 12, Hatzidakis 1, Lazevski 5, Fillios, Hodge
Source: Sport Fm
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