Prometheus conquered London with Cowan as leader

With a double, Prometheus left home for the London Lions (89-93) in the game for 16/6 two-pointers, 5/7 three-pointers, 7/8 shots) and 11 assists while he was in 36’54” still had 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 errors that left him down.

Somehow Yiannis Christopoulos’ team is fifth in Group B along with Paris as both have ten wins and six losses.

The race

With Tomislav Zubtic scoring 9 quick points, the London Lions found themselves just short of the 9 minute mark with a double digit lead (25-15).

Prometheus managed to equalize by the 12th minute (27:27). The home side again got away with 8 points (39-31, 14’30”), but the Patrinos leveled the game again (48-48) before Zubtic caught the timer and wrote 50-48 at the end of the first part.

Standout numbers included the London Lions’ 5 blocks and Prometheus’ 10 more rebounds (22v12), which translated into 9 more second-chance points (12v3). .

After the break, Yiannis Christopoulos’ team greatly increased their performance and became the boss. In fact, Prometheus, who only had 3/11 threes in the first 20 minutes, finished the third quarter at +9 (65-74, 30′) with 7 accurate shots in 10 attempts from the region. The deficit was up to 14 points (57:71, 27′) in favor of the guests, but Zumptach brought him below the psychological limit of 10 points with six of his own points.

The Greek team appeared to be in complete control of the situation and with Anthony Cowan on 24 points, they found themselves at +11 (74-85) midway through the last third. The London Lions didn’t give up, closing to 4 points (85-89) 1’37” before the last horn sounded. Two shots from Dustin Hogg followed, a quick nail from Mige Oni and another basket from Sam Decker, who went 89-91 with 15″ left on the clock. It was Joe Thomason who put the icing on the cake and made it 2/2 out of the charity streak 11″ before the final after Hruban and Sharma missed their shots in the final.

THE REFEREES: Difala, Yuras, Baena

THE DECADES: 25-19, 50-48, 65-74, 89-93

London lions (Schmidt): Zubcic 24 (4/6 2-pointers, 4/8 3-pointers, 4/7 shots, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 turnovers), Best 5 (1), Soluande, Decker 19 (1/7 3 pointers, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 2 turnovers), Nelson, Sharma 9 (9 rebounds), Hruban 4, Ward-Hibert, Taylor 13 (1), Oni 15 (1/2 3-pointers, 3 rebounds). , 5 assists, 2 turnovers), Komagoum (3 rebounds)

PROMETHEUS (Christopoulos): Cowan 26 (2/6 2-pointers, 5/7 3-pointers, 7/8 shots, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals, 3 turnovers) Dangubic 5 (1/3 trebles, 4 rebounds, 3 fouls) , Muratos 2 , Simpson 9 (1/6 trebles) , Hogg 8 (8 rebounds, 4 steals) , Kulboka 14 (3/9 trebles, 7 rebounds), Condit 6, Tsairelis 10, Thomason 13 (3/5 threes, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 fouls)

London Lions team statistics: 27/48 2-pointers, 8/28 3-pointers, 11/16 shots, 43 rebounds (19 defensive – 24 offensive), 19 assists, 7 steals, 12 fouls, 5 blocks

Prometheus team stats: 16/34 2-pointers, 13/32 3-pointers, 22/25 shots, 39 rebounds (25 defensive – 14 offensive), 20 assists, 6 steals, 11 turnovers, 1 block

The next games of the two teams: On Matchday 17, Prometheus hosts Paris (22/03, 19:30) and London Lions host Turk Telecom (22/03, 21:30).