Aris celebrated its third away win in the EuroCup on Tuesday evening (December 19th) when it won the 12th game of the competition with 95:85 against Turk Telecom.

The yellow and black team improved to 5-7 and took a big step forward as they now have two wins in as many games against the Turkish team, which in turn fell to 3-9. The next opponent is Slask in Alexandrio, a game that Aris will have to endure to get even closer to the round of 16 of the EuroCup.

Vassilis Toliopoulos was once again Aris’ leader in both execution and creation, with Roberts Blumbergs showing how important he is to this year’s squad and Gallinat – Harrell following suit. Full performance from Jonathan Starc, who looks significantly higher quality and, above all, fitter than his predecessor Marcus Carr. The Thessalonians were efficient on the two points and made few mistakes, they used their fouls correctly and achieved the result.

Turk Telecom was badly misled from three-point range, except for Stephen Enoch in the first half and Tyrone Wallace (30 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, but also 5 turnovers) had no one else on a good night and is now find themselves in a difficult situation with regard to their future in the organization.

THE REFEREES: Garcia, Radojkovic, Haliko

THE DECADES: 21-24, 41-46, 59-66, 85-95

TURKISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS (Ernak): Guler 3 (1), Saibir 6 (4 rebounds), Youngmur, Palmer 10 (2/5 2-points, 0/6 3-points, 6/12 shots), Wallace 30 (6/7 2- Points) pointers, 4/9 3-pointers, 6/6 shots, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 turnovers), Akiel 2, Ulubai 15 (3/4 2-pointers, 2/9 3-pointers, 3/3 shots ), Sab, Enoch 12 (5/7 2-pointers, 2/2 shots, 9 rebounds), Ulusoy 7 (1 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 6 assists), Bicher

MARS (Castritis): Slaftsakis, Stark 19 (5/6 2-points, 2/3 3-points, 3/4 shots), Toliopoulos 20 (3/5 2-points, 4/10 3-points, 6 rebounds, 9 Assists), Bloombergs 12 (3/3 twos, 1/1 threes, 3/3 shots, 2 assists, 3 steals), Fillios, Bohorides 8, Persedis 3 (1), De Souza 4, Harrell 10 (2/4 twos , 2/4 threes), Bankston 7, Galinat 12 (3/8 threes)

Turk Telecom team statistics: 21/29 2-pointers, 8/32 3-pointers, 19/25 shots, 33 rebounds (19 defensive – 14 offensive), 18 assists, 5 steals, 3 blocks, 14 turnovers, 20 fouls

Mars Team Statistics: 21/34 2-pointers, 13/30 3-pointers, 14/19 shots, 32 rebounds (18 defensive – 14 offensive), 17 assists, 8 steals, 5 blocks, 12 turnovers, 27 fouls

The next games of the two teams: On matchday 13, Turk Telecom will play in Germany against Ulm (December 26th, 8:30 p.m.), while Aris Slask will host Alexandria (December 27th, 8:00 p.m.).

KAE Aris announced its collaboration with Marcus Carr on Thursday (December 14th) at 12:00 p.m. The Canadian guard did not perform as expected despite the time he received from Yannis Kastritis and eventually left Thessaloniki after Jonathan Stark took over.

“We sincerely thank the Canadian guard for his contribution to the team and wish him all the best for the rest of his career.” the team said in its statement.

In 11 games with the Aris jersey in the EuroCup, Carr recorded 7.7 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1 steal and 1.4 turnovers, while in 10 games in the Stoiximan Basket League he recorded 7.4 points, 1 .5 rebounds and 1.8 assists.

The owner of the Gran Canaria trophy continued his unbeaten streak in the EuroCup and reached absolute 10/10 by defeating Aris with a convincing 93-65.

Yannis Kastritis’ team fought as best it could and performed admirably in the first part, but had to bow to the superiority of Jakas Laković’s team due to the time.

Roko Prkatsin was the one who stood out for the Spaniards, scoring 13 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 error in 28’43” of participation. On the yellow-black side of Thessaloniki, Vassilis Toliopoulos scored 18 points, but in In the first part there were 16.

12-0 points due to surprises, 25-9 points due to opponent’s mistakes (ss. Aris fell to 23) and 8-14 points due to second chances.

THE REFEREES: Paterniko, Semes, Celik

THE DECADES: 29-17, 49-38, 72-50, 93-65

GRAN CANARY (Lakovic): Klajic 6, Slaughter 11 (3), Bassas 4 (1/2 three-pointer, 4 assists), Albicci 5 (1/2 three-pointer, 7 assists, 3 turnovers), Prkacin 13 (8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 Steals), Brusino 6 (1/8 3-pointers, 4 assists, 3 steals), Salvo 11 (2/3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Pelos 7 (1), Landesberg 10, Lopez 2 (3 steals), Lammers 11 (4 rebounds, 3 fouls)

MARS (Castritis): Slaftsakis, Toliopoulos 18 (3/4 twos, 2/6 threes, 6/6 shots, 4 errors), Carr 6, Katsivelis 2, Bloombergs 7 (1), Fillios 3 (1/1). Threes, 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 errors), Persedis 5 (1), De Souza 10 (5 rebounds), Harrell 2 (4 rebounds, 3 errors), Kalogiros 2, Bankston 2, Galinat 8 (2/6). 2 points, 1/4 3 points, 1/1 shooting, 5 rebounds, 4 fouls)

Gran Canaria team statistics: 22/36 2-point shots, 9/25 3-point shots, 20/25 shots, 34 rebounds (9 offensive – 25 defensive), 25 assists, 14 steals, 11 fouls, 2 blocks

Mars Team Statistics: 19/39 2-pointers, 6/20 3-pointers, 9/11 shots, 32 rebounds (11 offensive – 22 defensive), 8 assists, 6 steals, 23 turnovers, 2 blocks

The next games of the two teams: On matchday 11, Aris hosts Lietkambelis in Alexandrio (12/12, 8:00 p.m.), while Gran Canaria travels to Germany to face Ulm (12/12, 8:00 p.m.).