Tough, efficient and victorious Aris, who caught Lietkambelis 4:7

Aris celebrated its fourth win in eleven EuroCup games on Tuesday evening (December 12) when it beat Lietkambelis 69-60 in a terrible derby in Alexandria.

The yellow-blacks (2:3 at home and 2:4 away) did not make up the 10-point lead with which they were defeated in Lithuania (84:74), but are still within reach of qualifying for the next one Thanks to their fighting spirit, they secured victory.

The Lithuanians fell to 4:7 (3:2 at home and 1:5 away), who finished the game with a very poor ratio on two points, had 12 assists for 23 errors and had few players in good shape.

Vassilis Toliopoulos with 16 and Ronnie Harrell with 18 points were the first scorers for the yellow and black, who had Jonathan Stark in the 12 but did not use him. Dimitris Katsivelis was left out.

Former NBA player (with the Detroit Pistons) Davydas Sirvidis led Lietkampelis with 16 points on 3/3 two-pointers, 2/4 three-pointers and 4/5 shots in 29 minutes.

THE REFEREES: Aliaga, Udyanski, Majic

THE DECADES: 18-16, 35-24, 47-44, 69-60

MARS (Castritis): Slaftsakis, Toliopoulos 16 (2/4 two-pointers, 2/8 three-pointers, 6/7 shots, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 errors), Carr 3 (1/5 shots, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals ), Bloombergs 5 (1), Fillios, Bohorides 2 (1/6 shots), Persedis, De Souza 8 (4/5 twos, 8 rebounds), Harrell 18 (3/5 twos, 4/10 threes, 3 rebounds, 5 steals), Bankston 4 (2 blocks), Gallinat 13 (3)

LIETCAMBELIS (Canac): Lelevicius 2, Stuknis 2, Slavinskas (6 rebounds), Maldunas 1, Varnas 12 (3/8 two-pointers, 1/6 three-pointers, 3/5 shots, 5 rebounds, 4 fouls), Bircevic 8 (2), Orelik 9 (3/5 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 turnovers), Popovich 10 (5/10 2-pointers, 5 rebounds), Sirvidis 16 (3/3 2-pointers, 2/4 3-pointers -Throws, 4/5 shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 fouls)

Mars Team Statistics: 15/28 2-pointers, 10/35 3-pointers, 9/10 shots, 31 rebounds (24 defensive – 7 offensive), 13 assists, 10 steals, 4 blocks, 11 turnovers

Lietkampelis’ team statistics: 13/32 2-pointers, 8/19 3-pointers, 10/16 shots, 39 rebounds (31 defensive – 8 offensive), 12 assists, 4 steals, 1 block, 23 fouls

The next games of the two teams: On matchday 12, Aris will play in Ankara against Turk Telecom (December 19th, 7:00 p.m.), while Lietkambelis will host Ulm (December 19th, 7:00 p.m.).