Mars – Colossus Rhodes 83-74: Finally win for the Thessalonians in the Greek Basketball League

He was with his back on the… wall until half the third quarter, but Mars made the total overthrow and won the Rhodes Colossus 83-74 in Alexandria, for the 15th Greek Basketball League race. Mars thus put an end to the six defeats streak he had in the Greek Basketball League (record 5-10) and acquired “air” two wins from the Rhodes team, which remained in the last place of the score (3-12). CORVERSE The Thessalonians dominated the racket (48 to 34 rebounds), had 5 players with a two-digit number and top of all Sharif Cooper (16 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal). Daral Willis (15 points, 7 rebounds), Vassilis Toliopoulos (15 points), Trey Woodbury (11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal), Lefteris Bohoridis (10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists). Cost Colossus 16 mistakes, missed shots (7/19). He stood out more on his behalf, mostly in the first half, Gabriel Galvanini (14 points, 5 rebounds). He had to do stitches for the islanders, for an injury he cut just before halftime, over the right eye, London Perandas. CORVERSE The victory came for the Thessalonians thanks to their impressive image from the middle of the third period, where they came back with nine points. But the sequel belonged to them after even leading 15 to reach the precious victory, having 14 more rebounds (48-34). The quarters: 24-27, 40-43, 58-58, 83-74 ARIS (Yiannis Kastritis): Cooper 16 (2), Willis 15 (1), Woodbury 11 (1), Roberts 6, Hodge 4, Toliopoulos 15 (2), Hatzidakis 2, Giouzelis 2, Bohoridis 10 (1), Filios, Figeroa 2. KOLOSSOS RODOU (Andreas Gavalas): Goudlock 6, Billis 5 (1), Galvanini 14 (3), Perandas 7 (1), McGlin 3, Slaftsakis 9, Jackson 4, Coloveros 5, Tsairelis 9, Petropoulos 12 (4).