Prometheus – Burg 84-77: He still lives

Prometheus celebrated his third victory in the EuroCup and defeated Burg on Wednesday evening (February 2nd) in Tofalos with 84:77. The Patras team improved to 3-8 (2-4 h and 1-4 a), while the French fell to 4-8 (3-2 h and 1-6 a).

Kendrick Ray with 18 points, Dario Hunt with 18 points and six rebounds, Dimitris Agravanis with 17 points and 8 rebounds, Travis Simpson with 17 points and Nikos Gikas with 10 assists were the ones who drew away from the home team at 25, 12/18 two points, 1/4 shots, 6 rebounds, 4 assists) at the top of the score.

The race

Prometheus went on for a good ten minutes, equalizing inside and outside game, finishing the ten minutes at +3 (22-19) with 3/4 three points and six assists for three errors, maintaining the lead early in the second period with Hunt and Simpson (31-24 in 14′) and showed the French until half-time that he wanted to win and wasn’t performing well.

Zouros used an eight-player rotation, with Andrits assisting, Agravanis and Hunt standing out, and Gika being the creator, while Rashid Suleimon was the one who fought for Burg the most. Not much changed in the third period, the two teams staying close with Prometheus not losing the lead and the 60-55 from 30′ giving him a slight winning advantage. Ray’s two shots (81-73) secured the win for Patras, although Jacqueline Williams responded with two quick baskets to close the gap to four.

THE REFEREES: Viklitski, Juras, Petek

THE TEN MINUTES: 22-19, 39-34, 60-55, 84-77

PROMETHEUS (Zouros): Ray 18 (3/8 two points, 3/6 three points, 3/6 shots, 4 assists), Grand 6, Gaddy 2, Hunt 18 (8/10 two points, 2/3 shots, 6 rebounds ). ), Agravanis 17 (3/7 two points, 2/3 three points, 5/7 shots, 8 rebounds, 2 assists), Gikas (10 assists), Rogavopoulos 6 (2 three points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists), Simpson 17 (5/6 three points) ), Andrich

CASTLE (Lenam): Buba, Suleiman 15 (5/6 two points, 5/6 shots, 4 rebounds), Shasang 7 (1), Benitez 10 (5/8 two points), Courby 7 (1), Jones 5, Williams 25 (12/18 two points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists), Rousseau, Julien 8 (2)

The group statistics of Prometheus: 17/36 two points, 12/24 three points, 14/22 shots, 35 rebounds (24 defensive – 11 offensive), 27 assists, 5 steals, 2 blocks, 14 errors

Burg’s team stats: 28/46 two points, 4/16 three points, 9/13 shots, 30 rebounds (22 defensive – 8 offensive), 16 assists, 10 steals, 1 block, 14 errors

The next games of the two teams: In the 13th game, Prometheus plays Bursaspor in Bursa (8/2 at 19:00), while Gran Canaria Castle hosts (8/2 at 21:00).