Huge victory in Thessaloniki for Marousi, who, led by Miroslav Radulitsa, knocked Aris to the canvas (73-67).
The appearance of the season was made on Sunday night (10/3) by Marousi, who defeated Aris 73-67 in Alexandrio, in a match for the 20th matchday of the Stoiximan Basket League.
The team from the northern suburbs rose to 7-13 (3-7 at home and 4-6 away), with Nikos Vetoula seeing amazing stubbornness from his athletes and Miroslav Radulica breaking both rackets.
The Serbian center finished the game with 19 points (7/15 2-pointers, 1/1 3-pointers, 2/2 shots), 12 rebounds, 3 assists, a block and 23 points in the rating system, all in 32 minutes of action. Also great was Robert Woodard, who destroyed the competition in rebounding.
Aris fell to 11-9 (6-4 home and 5-5 away), with Yannis Kastritis seeing his team’s top two players, Vassilis Toliopoulos and Ronnie Harrell, fall well short before Glen Cozi scores the basket from mid-range for 63-71 that decided the match definitively.
A tepid start for Eric Reed, who finished the game with six points (3/5 2-pointers, 0/1 3-pointers), three rebounds and one assist in 13 minutes. The American replaces the injured Jonathan Stark – Robert Galinat.
19-5 the points from the opponent’s mistakes, 38-32 the points on the racket, 11-10 the points from second chances (17-15 the offensive rebounds of the two teams), 8-11 the points on surprise, 25-22 the points from the substitutes.
THE REFEREES: Karpanos, Maglogiannis, Milapidis
THE DECADES: 22-21, 37-43, 50-60, 67-73
ARIS (Kastritis): Toliopoulos 18 (6/10 two-pointers, 1/10 three-pointers, 3/3 shots, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, no mistakes in 37:02), Blumbergs 8 (1/6 two-pointers, 2/ 3 3-pointers, 4 rebounds), Bohorides 4 (2/6 shots, 8 rebounds, 4 assists), De Souza 2, Harrell 10 (1/7 2-pointers, 2/6 3-pointers, 2/6 shots, 3 rebounds, 2 steals) , Slaftsakis 2, Sanogo 4 (6 rebounds), Katsivelis 8 (4/6 two-pointers, 0/3 three-pointers, 3 assists), Persedis 3 (1), Kalogiros, Bankston 2, Reed 6 (3/6 two-pointers, 5 rebounds)
Maroussi (Vettoulas): Kozi 10 (2/6 2-pointers, 1/2 3-pointers, 3/4 shots, 3 rebounds, 2 steals), Stasinos 2, Juston 10 (3/4 2-pointers, 4/8 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 5 assist, 2 steals, 2 blocks), Radulica 19 (7/15 2-pointers, 1/1 3-pointer, 2/2 shots, 12 rebounds, 3 assists), Woodard 10 (3/6 2-pointers, 1/3 3-pointers, 1/3 shots, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks), Bogris, Briscoe 4, Nikolaidis 10 (1 three-pointer, 4 rebounds, 5 assists), Giannopoulos 8 (2)
Aris’ team stats: 21/45 2-pointers, 6/30 3-pointers, 7/11 shots, 39 rebounds (22 defensive – 17 offensive), 16 assists, 9 steals, 2 blocks, 11 turnovers, 23 fouls
Amarousiou’s team stats: 19/41 2-pointers, 6/16 3-pointers, 17/27 shots, 47 rebounds (32 defensive – 15 offensive), 20 assists, 5 steals, 6 blocks, 18 turnovers, 16 fouls
The next matches of the two teams: In the 21st matchday, Aris will play in Peristeri (16/3 at 17:15), while Maroussi will host AEK Betsson (16/3 at 19:00).