Great victory for Marousi in Thessaloniki over Aris with 73-67! A result that gave him his second consecutive win in the league (after last week’s success against Apollon Patrons) and his 7th overall in the season.
Nikos Vetoula’s team dominated the racket (47 rebounds, 15 of which were offensive) and had Miroslav Radulica leading the way on the floor. The Serbian center… signed his team’s dominance, finishing the game with a double-double (19 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block).
Robert Woodard (10 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks) also finished the match with a double-double for Marousi, while Alexandros Nikolaidis (10 points, 5 assists), Glen Cosi ( 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals).
Second defeat in a row for Aris in the championship (previously the “mistake” in Patras against Prometheus), which cost him the offensive failure (7/11 shots, 21/45 two-pointers, 6/30 three-pointers).
Vassilis Toliopoulos (18 points, with 1/10 three-pointers, 6 assists, 4 steals) was the first scorer for the Thessaloniki team, for whom it is difficult to finish in the top four of the Basket League standings.
The offensive action of Toliopoulos, Bloombergs gave Aris a lead of 5 points (18-13) in the 7th minute. Marousi “answered” with individual scores of 4-15, with the executioners of Nikolaidis, Juston, Briscoe, Woodard and took the reins in the match at 12′ with +6 (22-28). A difference that he maintained until the end of the second period and in the 21st minute, with consecutive two-pointers by Radulitsa, he “increased” to +10 (37-47).
Keeping control of the game, seconds before the end of the third quarter, Marousi escaped with +12 (48-60). Aris came within 4 points (58-62) in the 33rd minute, but the visitors did not lose focus. Two minutes later they again went to +9 (36′ 60-69) and “cleaned up”, essentially, by winning the victory.
The quarters: 22-21, 37-43, 50-60, 67-73
Aris (Yiannis Kastritis): Toliopoulos 18 (1), Bloombergs 8 (2), Bohorides 4, De Souza 2, Harel 10 (2), Slaftsakis 2, Sanogo 4, Katsivelis 8, Persidis 3 (1), Kalogiros, Bankston 2, Reed 6.
Marousi (Nikos Vetoulas): Kozi 10 (1), Stasinos 2, Juston 10, Radulitsa 19 (1), Woodard 10 (1), Bogris, Briscoe 4, Nikolaidis 10 (1), Giannopoulos 8 (2).