He won him 88-77 in Thessaloniki for the 13th Greek Basketball League, with George Bartzokas’ team reaching 12 wins in the league. A quarter, the first, was resisted today by Aris Olympiacos, in Alexandria, for the 13th Greek Basketball League race. “He spoke”, along the way, with his quality, prevailed 88–77 and reached his 9th consecutive league victory. ADVERSE Top in his success were Sasha Vezenkov (22 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal), Alec Peters (18 points, 4/5 3-point, 3 assists). Thursday, in a row, defeat for the Thessalonians, for whom he fought more D’Moy Hodge (23 points, with 5/7 3 points, 5 steals). With hitters Woodbury, Roberts, Hodge, after 8-8 in the three-minute race, Mars became a “boss” on the floor with +7 (17-10) at 8’. Distance that “upgraded” to +8 (36-28) at 13’. With pressing defense, forcing the homeowner to fall into mistakes and driving offensive spikes Vezenkov, Olympiacos “wrote” a partial 5-16 and took the lead in the score at 19″ with +3 (41-44) Difference which, at the beginning of the third period, sent to +6 (21’ 42–48) and 28’, with the catalytic contribution of Papanikolaou, Fournier, to +17 (51–68). CORVERSE The “yellow blacks” with Toliopoulos (1/1 three-pointers), Cooper (2/2 shots), reduced to 12 points (56-68), just before the end of the third quarter. The “reds”… replied with a partial 3-13, having Peters “bombing” from 6.75, they escaped by +22 (59-81) to 32’ and “cleaned” with the match. The quarter: 22-16, 42–46, 56–71, 77–88. Mars (Yannis Kastrite): Cooper 17 (1), Willis 4, Woodbury 10 (2), Roberts 10, Hodge 23 (5), Toliopoulos 10 (1), Kazamia, Hatzidakis, Giuzelis 3 (1), Purlid, Bessari, Figueroa. Olympiacos (George Bartzokas): Wakap 2, Fal 5, Vezenkov 22 (2), Dorsey 3 (1), Fournier 11 (1), Williams -Gos 4, Larentzazis 7 (1), Vildosa, Papanikolaou 12 (1), Peters 18 (4), Mensa 4.
Aris – Olympiacos 77-88: The Pirates passed through Alexandria
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