Basketball
Kanan and Peters threw fire at the Olympiakos 100 in Maroussi
Alec Peters and Isaiah Kanan were in great spirits on Sunday evening (November 19th). The two Americans combined for 48 points on 12/16 three-point shots to lead Olympiacos to a comfortable 111-83 road victory over Amarousios.
With the victory of Isaiah Kanan and the sewing of Alec Pieterse, Olympiacos triumphantly passed the closed doors of Agios Thomas and defeated Amarousiou with an impressive 111-83 in the 7th game of the Stoiximan Basket League. The points scored by the Red and Whites actually set a new season record in the league.
The American forward had 25 points (5/7 three-pointers), 8 rebounds and the American guard had 23 points (7/9 three-pointers) and 4 assists, which left the red and white team’s stamp.
Before the game started, Marousi recognized both Giorgos Bartzokas and Andreas Gatzoulis for their offer to the club.
It should be noted that one of the referees of the match was Stefanos Maglogiannis, who returned to his duties after a year since he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon during a match between AEK and Ionikos last November.
The race
Maroussi knew the task was difficult against one of Europe’s top teams, so they went into the game without stress, hoping to get as much as possible. As a result, the team from the northern suburbs was directly competitive throughout the first third (21-24, 10′), but also up to the 14th minute (32-32) thanks to 12 points (4/5 twos, 0/2 threes) – Pointer, 4/4 shooting) from Isaiah Briscoe, who matched Isaiah Kanan’s 14-point awesome (1/2 2-pointers, 4/4 3-pointers).
When Briscoe went to the bench for a few breathers, the Red and Whites managed to get a difference of 9 points (33-42, 16’40”). Finally, the Red and Whites went into the locker room with +12 (41-53 , 20′), with excellent accuracy on both 2-point throws (13/19) and 3-point throws (7/13). Kostas Papanikolaou, who was the defensive image of his team from the start, also contributed to this lead on changed when he entered the floor at the start of the second period of the game.
With Isaiah Kanan making 3/4 threes and Alec Peters adding another, Giorgos Bartzokas’ team increased the deficit to 20 points (54-74) at 26:25. The situation was now irreversible for Giorgos Limniatis’ team, especially after Briscoe was sent off at the start of the fourth period.
THE REFEREES: Agrafiotis, Maglogiannis, Eleftheriadis
THE DECADES: 21-24, 41-53, 62-81, 83-111
MAROUSI (Limniatis): Hill 14 (4/7 3-pointers), Juston 10 (2/3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 turnovers), Briscoe 20 (6/8 2-pointers, 0/2 3-pointers, 8 /9 shots, 6 assists, 5 errors), Radulitsa 8, Nikolaidis 5 (1), Stavrakoukas, Hardy 4, Stasinos 5 (3 assists), Bogris, Iordanou, Giannopoulos 11 (2/6 threes), Lukovits 6
OLYMPIC (Bartzokas): Walkap 8, Kanan 23 (1/2 2-points, 7/9 3-points, 4 assists), Lountzis 6 (4 rebounds, 4 assists), Lorentzakis 9 (1/3 3-points, 3 rebounds ). , 4 assists, 3 errors). , 2 steals), Sikma 10 (7 rebounds), Tanoulis, Papas 4
Amarousi’s team statistics: 16/27 2-pointers, 10/29 3-pointers, 21/26 shots, 27 rebounds (20 defensive – 7 offensive), 14 assists, 16 fouls, 8 steals
Olympiakos team statistics: 25/34 2-pointers, 16/32 3-pointers, 13/16 shots, 31 rebounds (24 defensive – 7 offensive), 24 assists, 10 turnovers, 7 steals, 2 blocks
The next games of the two teams: On matchday 8, Marousi travels to Patras to face Apollon (11/26, 8:15 p.m.), while Olympiacos will play against Vassilis Spanoulis’ Peristeri bwin in SEF (November 27th, 8:15 p.m.).
Source: sport 24
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