Karditsa fought, but could not withstand the superiority of Mersin, which lost 73-81 in Turkey to its rival in the third game of the first group of the BCL and fell to a 1-2 record, giving the home team the opportunity to climb to 2-1 and the top of the group.
Nikos Papanikolopoulos’ players took the lead in the first half, but they conceded many runs in the replay and he does not have the solutions to “turn around” the situation.
For the winners, the top scorers were Olaseni with 17, Paco Cruz 14, Combs with 13 points.
For Thessaly, Jefferson stood out with 20, Horchler completed 12 and Madsen with 11 points.
The match:
Karditsa led 9-4 with Jefferson as the protagonist at the beginning of the match and with his own personal streak Karditsa reached +8. Mercy went on a 5-0 run to cut it to 20-23 at the end of the first period.
At the start of the second period, Bendil equalized and Cruz gave the Turks the lead. Karditsa with Jefferson’s personal streak reached +4 and 37-41 at the end of the half.
At the start of the third period, Mersin with an 8-0 run reached +4 when Karditsa did not score for three minutes. Jefferson took matters into his own hands again for a personal 8-0 run and the lead for Nikos Papanikolopoulos’ team. Cowan brought +8 to Mersin and the quarter ended at 64-56.
The two teams remained scoreless for more than 2′ in the fourth quarter, but Cowan’s three-pointer made it +11 and the new three-pointer made it 70-56. Diplaros reduced to -8, but the accurate shots of the home team maintained the double-digit difference for the Turks and the failure of the Thessalians’ long shots shaped the final result.
The quarters: 20-23, 37-41, 64-56, 81-73
Source: Sport Fm
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