He returned where Hercules belongs!
After a great battle in Karditsa’s closed, “G. Bourousis’, the old man made a terrible second half, and a fourth quarter, crushing me score 94-75 the megarida And she secured her rise and return to the big “lounges” of Greek basketball after three years and the 2021/22 season!
Characteristic of the passion and soul deposited by George Sigalas’ players, with the support of hundreds of their fans, was the impressive 50-32 score in the last 20 minutes, which made the difference!
Top for winners who had five players with double -digit points was the Mastrogiannopoulos with 18 points, with their Gnom (16p, 6p, 5s.), Jar (16p, 6p), Pappargea (15p, 5p) and Papantoniou (11p, 2s) to provide valuable help.
For the team of Megara, who missed two opportunities in Karditsa’s Final 4 to claim their maiden rise to the first category, the Dimitris Geromichalos With 21 points and 4 rebounds.
The match:
Quite balanced was the start of the match, with the two teams keeping up in the score in the first six minutes for its small lead Megarida 13-12 thanks to the excellent appearance of D. Geromichalu. From that point on, the typical guests raised vertical turns in their performance and with the twin of D. Geromichalou and Gatzia reached +9 (24-17), closing the first quarter. at +7 and 26-19.
In fact, with a quick 8-0 series thanks to Sylla’s gathered three-pointers, the team of Megara fired the difference at +15 and 34-19 at the beginning of the second period, dominating completely in the parquet. However, the Thessaloniki did not give up, on the contrary, they began counterattack with a three -point storm! It is noteworthy that with the three three-pointers of Tsiakma, one of the Foufana and one by Papantoniou, the “Old” reduced to 2 (34-36) to 26 ‘, before Mastrogiannopoulos, Fofana and Kavadas take the bat and with baskets to the racket, send them both teams. Score at 44-43!
As in the first quarter, So in the third, The game was extremely balanced, with Kotas, Dimitris and Petros Papamihalos scoring for Megarida and Mastrogiannopoulos, Kokoreli and Kavada for Hercules for 50-49 in favor of the typical home side and A little later for 52-51 in the 26th minute. And while the match was on the razor cut, Paparhegas with five consecutive points in the last two minutes, but also with two shots of Fofana in the end, Hercules left a little in the score and closed the season at +6 for 61-55.
With the hundreds of Hercules’ friends having gone into the equation of the race, lifting the … foot of Karditsa, the team George Sigalas entered the speed and psychology in the fourth and final periods. With Papantoniou taking it on him and scoring six consecutive points, the Thessaloniki went to +14 and 71-57 at 33 ‘, while two minutes later, Mastrogiannopoulos wrote for the first time for the first time +16 for 77-61! A difference that proved to be irreversible to Megara in the last five minutes of the match, with the Hercules to celebrate the victory and the coveted rise with the final 94-75!
The quarters: 19-26, 44-43, 61-55, 94-75.
See the statistics of the race here.
Source: Sport Fm
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