“Clean” Panionios in the second half and Mars took “breath”

With a score in the third period 24-11, Aris defeated Panionios 80-72 for the 18th Stoiximan GBL match and with a record of 7-11 took a “breath” in trying to get away from the last positions, leaving the “blue” In the first six, the rest of the results are waiting.

The match was a derby in the first half, but in the second the “yellows” dominated and in the desperate effort of the Neosmyrnians in the final minutes they went with their apt shots.

The top of Nikos Vetoula’s team were Wilis with 18, Toliopoulos with 16, Figero with 13 and Woodbury with 11 points. For the “cyanos”, Brown with 22 and Ray with 12 points stood out.

Starring Cooper and Figaro, Mars led +6 in the middle of the first quarter and +7 then, reaching 24-20 at the end of the first period.

The “cyanostrians” made a 9-0 series and led 26-24 in the middle of the second period, until Mars equalized 31-31. The failure from the region brought 37-38 to the completion of the first half.

The “yellows” started with a 9-2 lead in the third period and led 46-40. Brown took action for Panionios for 49-47, but Toliopoulos starred in a 12-0 series for the Thessaloniki who reached +14 and 61-49 in the completion of the thirty minutes.

Mars led +15 at the start of the fourth period, but Davis took the situation aggressively for the team of Aris Lykogiannis and reduced to -6. Toliopoulos made it 74-65, but Panionios with a 2-7 score reduced 76-72, but in the last minute the hosts of the home side made the final 80-72.

The quarters: 24-20, 37-38, 61-49, 80-72

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