Aris – Ionikos Nikaia 79-75: Cowan and a run of 8-0 trashed Koloveros’ great performance

Schizas, Sidiroelias, Kelly were out of the game but Aris fought for forty minutes. He defeated Ionikos (79-75) for Game 15 of the Stoiximan Basket League and took a big step to avoid getting into adventures regarding his whereabouts in the major category of Greek basketball while the Nice team struggled but threatened In the end he stayed strong (79-75) in the first game without Eugene German, who made an impressive debut in Turkey on Sunday (13/2).

An 8-0 streak in the final turned the game around, with Aris rising to 6-8 (5-3 h and 1-5 a) and Ionikos falling to 3-11 (1-5 h and 2-6 away). home). Anthony Cowan was the MVP of the winners, Joseph Koloveros the revelation of the losers, taking 23 points from Daniel Hamilton, who made an excellent debut in the Greek championship. Aris scored 21 points from his opponent’s 10 errors and 38 from the racquet, Ionikos had 12 points from 15 rebounds and seven of the hosts’ nine errors.

The race

Both teams started the game poorly. In the first five minutes, they had 2/14 shots and 1 assist for 7 errors (Ionikos 3-6), with Aris getting a technical penalty at a really bad stage. The yellow-blacks came together on technique on their bench, Lockett and Cowan fired from the periphery and a 12-2 gave them a seven-point lead (15-8 in 9′) late in the season, with Ionikos responding impressively and takes a lead early in the second thanks to a partial 9-2 by one (20-19), catching Hanlan and ending the first twenty minutes by three (34-31) with the American 1 point (0 /6 shots , 1/2 shots) and an assist in 18:32.

The hosts went into the second half 12-4, regaining the lead (43-38 in 24′) after technical penalties rained down on both benches, with Kouros Segura suffering heavy complaints from the referee and scoring the yellow-blacks +11 (50-41) find rhythm through their defense. Cowan’s shots kept the difference in double digits, but the Nikaians fought hard, collecting the goal quickly and going 32-71 in 37′). A small, fast 4:0 from Aris equalized to 75:75 and the final became a thriller for strong nerves.

Godokas missed at 67″, Cowan laid up at 53″ for 77-75, Ionikos squandered the next attack and Hanlan gave Juston the +4 assist at 12.2″. Koloveros missed a three and Aris took the win an exciting game until the final.

THE REFEREES: Pitsilkas, Zacharis, Kaldiris

THE TEN MINUTES: 17-11, 31-34, 61-52, 79-75

MARS (Kastritis): Cowan 25 (5/9 two points, 4/8 three points, 3/5 shots, 6 assists, 4 steals), Netzipoglou, Williams 13 (2/6 two points, 3/6 three points, 7 rebounds , 3 assists, 2 steals), Hanlan 13 (3/6 two points, 1/9 three points, 4/5 shots, 3 rebounds, 3 assists), Kottas 4 (5 rebounds), Juston 10 (5/7 two points , 8 rebounds, 2 assists), Kamaras 3 (1), Petanidis, Locket 11 (1 three points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists)

IONIC (Segura): Mustafa 7 (5 rebounds), Koloveros 17 (4/6 two points, 1/5 three points, 6/6 shots, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Arsenopoulos 8 (2), Gondikas 6 (2/8 two points, 9 rebounds), Moses 6, Hamilton 23 (2/2 two points, 5/11 three points, 4/5 shots, 9 rebounds, 3 assists), Hatzikyriakos, Tzolos 6 (2), Parker, Giuzelis, Langford 2

Statistics of the Mars group: 21/41 two points, 10/29 three points, 7/11 shots, 37 rebounds (26 defensive – 11 offensive), 18 assists, 9 steals, 3 blocks, 9 errors

The group statistics of Ionikos: 15/31 two points, 10/31 three points, 15/16 shots, 47 rebounds (32 defensive – 15 offensive), 10 assists, 4 steals, 4 blocks, 10 errors

The next games of the two teams: In the 16th game, Aris on Rhodes plays Kolossos (5/3), while Ionikos hosts Panathinaikos (5/3).