Basketball
Apollo defeated Lavrio and smiled at Christopoulos’ debut on the bench
Apollonas won 71-60 at home against Lavrios, with Yiannis Christopoulos making his debut at right on the Patrina bench.
Yannis Christopoulos made his debut on Apollo’s bench with a win. Patrinoi beat Lavrio 71:60 and celebrated its second victory in 10 games in the Stoiximan Basket League, after the victory in the championship premiere against Karditsa.
Christos Saloustros with 10 points and 9 rebounds, Rashad Vaughn with 13 points and Chad Brown with 7 points and 10 rebounds were the winners. On the losing side, Khalid Moore posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
15-7 points from opponent’s mistakes, 36-24 points from the stick, 9-8 points from second chances, 21-10 points from surprise, 33-28 points from substitutes.
THE REFEREES: Poursanidis, Katrachouras, Louloudiadis
THE DECADES: 14-9, 34-23, 51-34, 71-60
APOLLONA’S PATRAS (Christopoulos): Giuzelis 6 (2), Vaughn 13 (2), Salustros 10 (2/4 three-pointers, 9 rebounds), Brown 7 (10 rebounds), Muratos 2 (8 assists), Washington 7, Blaylock 8 (2/ 7 three-pointers, 8 rebounds), Skordilis 10, Vissariou, Osborne 8 (7 rebounds), Kafezas, Kogionis
LAURIO (Mexas): Moore 10 (10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 fouls), Castaneda 13 (3), DeJulius 4 (5 rebounds, 7 assists), Gromovs 7 (7 rebounds), Zaras 5 (1/7 three-pointers), Thornton 6 (1/6 threesome), Tsamis 4, Flaten 5 (1/7 threesome), Papadakis 6 (2)
Apollon Patras team statistics: 18/34 2-pointers, 8/25 3-pointers, 11/19 shots, 40 rebounds (29 defensive – 11 offensive), 18 assists, 11 fouls, 9 steals, 3 blocks
Lavrio’s team statistics: 12/23 2-pointers, 8/34 3-pointers, 12/18 shots, 37 rebounds (26 defensive – 11 offensive), 17 assists, 16 fouls, 7 steals, 1 block
The next games of the two teams: Next week (December 16-17) the All-Star Game will take place in Karditsa. On the 11th matchday, Apollonas will play in the SEF against Olympiakos (December 24th, 3:00 p.m., ERT3) while Lavrio Aris is welcomed (December 23, 8:15 p.m., ERT3).
Source: sport 24
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