Varese reached the semifinals of the qualifying tournament in Belek, Antalya, with a basket from former Herakles and Aris player Olivier Hanlan, winning 73-71 over FMP.

However, the star of the game was former NBA player Willie Cauley-Stein, who scored 13 points (6/8 2-pointers, 1/2 shots), collected 10 rebounds and blocked six shots of his opponents, all without mistakes and with only a foul. in 27:47, but also with 26 points in the ranking.

The 30-year-old 6-foot-13 center played in the NBA for the Kings, Warriors, Mavericks and Sixers, averaging 8.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and nearly a block per 22 in 422 games Minutes of play. In the semifinals of the tournament, Varese will face Sole, which again won against Antwerp 76:72.

On Wednesday morning (September 27th) the annual consecration of the AEK took place in the closed Ano Liosion under the direction of the Panosiologiato Archimandrite Fr. Panteleimon Papasynefakis in the presence of the Union’s administrative head, Makis Angelopoulos.

The General Leader of the “Queen”, Dimitris Mavroidis, presented His Eminence with the team’s collectible polo shirt in the purple Byzantine color after the ceremony. Father Panteleimon, in his capacity as General Director of “SYNYPARXIS”, presented Mr. Angelopoulos with the album “Travelling… from today to today”, created by unaccompanied refugee children and cared for by the church organization “SYNYPARXIS” in Greece.

It seems unlikely, but it is very true. Patriot from Slovakia hosted AEK Larnaca as part of the Basketball Champions League qualifiers and failed to score a single point in the entire first period of the game, while receiving 20 points from the Cypriot team in the same period.

To be precise, Michael Mazin’s team had 0/13 shots in the first quarter of the game, i.e. 0/5 two-pointers and 0/8 three-pointers. Of course, this also deprived her of the opportunity to win the game, as the final score was 66-74 in favor of AEK Larnaca.

THE DECADES: 0-20, 22-45, 43-53, 66-74