Great victory and… congrats to Maroussi! The North Suburban team edged Aris Betsson 108-103 at St. Thomas indoor after two overtimes and nearly three hours of play, took its first pink leaf in this year’s Stoiximan GBL (1-2 record) and left without victory the Thessalonikis after three league games!
The Maroussi dominated the floor for three quarters and led by as much as +16 (65-49). Nevertheless, with his three-point heroics Bryce Jones and a buzzer beater of his Arnoldas Culbocathe “Emperor” reached the tie (83-83), sending the game to overtime.
There, the visitors had a golden opportunity to win the game, with Jones going to the line with about 2 seconds left to tie the game at 96-96. Nevertheless, the American also missed on two shotswhile o Ronnie Harrellwho took the rebound, he didn’t manage to score from mid-range either.
Somehow, the game was led to second overtime. There he was Jordan King who made the longest foul field goal for 104-103 1 minute before the end of the second extra five minutes. Two well-aimed shots from him followed Daryl Maconwhile a bad pass by Steven Enoch doomed Aris Betsson to defeat.
For the winners, he played a great game Jordan Kingwho finished the game with 31 points and led his team in scoring. His contribution is great Daryl Macon with 23 points, while 18 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists were scored by Maxim Salas. He came close to a double-double with 11 points and 9 assists London Perantes.
From Aris Betsson, who came close to an epic upset but remained without a domestic pink card, 22 points and 14 rebounds were scored by Steven Enochwhile 19 points and 7 assists had o Bryce Joneswho missed crucial shots at the end of the first overtime. 19 points were scored by Arnoldas Culbocawhile an unimaginable appearance was made by Ronnie Harrellwho did not score in almost 42 minutes of participation, but collected 17 rebounds and handed out 8 assists!
In the next matchday, the Maroussi has a day off, while o Aris Betsson will be looking for his first win against Panioniofrom which he will be hosted in Glyfada (25/10, 18:15).
The match
The two teams matched the score from the start of the game, with the home team going on a 9-0 run midway through the second period and running away with +12 with Perantes to make it 34-22. Maroussi went to the locker room with +9 (46-37) and continuing to have absolute control reached +16 in the 28th minute with Macon to make it 65-49. At that point, however, Aris Betsson’s counter-attack began, as in the next 7 minutes he only received shots and with individual 15-4 shots he reduced the score to 69-64 at 35′. Marousi escaped again with 74-65, but Aris Betsson with Jones’ three-pointer tied the game at 80-80 at 24”. Macon with 3/3 shots made it 83-80 at 5.5” but the Kulboka with a three-pointer in the final, tied the game at 83-83 and sent the game into overtime.
In the extra five minutes, Macon and Jones scored for the two teams that continued to go together in the score. In the 44th minute, Enoch’s dunk made it 93-96, but O Reynolds tied again at 51” (96-96). With 2.5” left in the final, Jones won the foul, but was 0/2 shooting with Harrell unable to score after a foul and the game going into 2nd overtime.
There, the two teams continued to be tied (101-101 at 48′), with King to give Maroussi a 104-103 lead with a foul goal a minute before the end. After consecutive missed shots by both teams, o Macon he went to the shots at 11.8” and with 2/2 he made it 106-103. At 9.3” the guests made a mistake, while at 6” again Macon with 2/2 made it 108-103.
The quarters: 19-18, 46-37, 66-53, 86-86 (cit.), 96-96 (para. 1), 108-103 (para. 2)
Detailed match statistics here.
Source: Sport Fm
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