Prometheus reached its first victory in the Top-6 of the Basket League with its dominant performance once morest Aris, which it won 84-51.
The Patrinoi were superior at the start of the match, however, the team of Giannis Kastritis balanced the pace of the match and took the initiative of the movements on the floor. The hosts took advantage of the guests’ 12 mistakes in the first half and entered the locker room with a three-point lead (30-27, 20′).
At the restart, Prometheus extended its lead to 16 points with 3-pointers by Hale and Reynolds (43-27, 27′) and escaped to 32 points at the start of the fourth quarter (73-41, 32′), comfortably reaching its 14th victory of in the season.
For the winners, Hamilton emerged as the leading scorer in his debut with 15 points and 3/3 3-pointers, Etzenike stopped at 14 points, Reynolds recorded 13 points, while Pope scored 12 points on 3/3 3-pointers.
For Aris, Sanogo rose to the occasion with 8 points and 6 rebounds, with Blumbergs adding the same number of points with 7 rebounds.
At 27-12 the points from the opponent’s mistakes, 28-22 the points on the racket, 13-12 the points from second chances (offensive rebounds), 14-8 the points from surprise, 41-26 the points from the substitutes two groups.
Referees: Papapetrou-Katrachouras-Christinakis. The 10 minutes: 13-13, 30-27 (d.), 64-39, 84-51.
PROMETHEUS (Papatheodorou): Reynolds 13 (3/4 3-pointers), Koniaris 2, Chrysikopoulos 3, Hale 8 (2/4 3-pointers, 4 rebounds), Cowan 5, Plotas, Bazinas 6 (2/2 3-pointers), Hamilton 15 (3/5 2-pointers, 3 /3 three-pointers), Papas 12 (3/3 three-pointers), Kofi, Etsenike 14 (3 rebounds), Karagiannidis 6 (3 rebounds).
ARIS (Kastritis): Toliopoulos 6 (2 rebounds, 2 errors), Bloombergs 8 (2/6 three-pointers), Bohorides 4 (3 assists), Reed, Slaftsakis 4, Stark 5 (1/4 three-pointers), Katsivelis 5 (1), Sanogo 8 (6 rebound), Persedis 4, Harrell 4 (5 rebounds), Bankston 3 (5 rebounds), Kalogieros.
Prometheus’ team stats: 15/31 2-pointers, 13/23 3-pointers, 15/27 shots, 33 rebounds (24 defensive – 9 offensive), 18 assists, 7 steals, 4 blocks, 11 turnovers, 24 fouls.
Aris’ team stats: 13/33 2-pointers, 4/23 3-pointers, 13/18 shots, 41 rebounds (23 defensive + 18 offensive), 10 assists, 22 turnovers, 5 steals, 3 blocks, 26 fouls.
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