2024-03-27 09:46:27
Kolossos did its duty, won 89-85 against Maroussi and in the evening (20:15) awaits the victory of Karditsa over P.A.O.K. to finish sixth and qualify for the Basket League playoffs. If Stathis Nerantzakis’ team wins in Karditsa, then A.E.K. will finish in 6th place. and in the 7th, Kolossos, who will play in the playoffs in this case. The “Sea” completely controlled the pace in the first half, when they led even with +21, but then they relaxed and gave the right to Marousi to become extremely threatening. In fact, in the last quarter, the game became a derby, but with a decisive three-pointer, Billis gave the “kiss of life” to Kolossos and made it 83-78, 1.05′ before the end of the match.
Kolossos made an excellent start in Kallithea and checked the pace of the match with the good morning… The “sea” had a greater motivation for the victory and this was shown by the energy they produced in contrast to Marousi, which did not make its presence felt in the parquet. Kouros Segura’s team started 7-0 and spearheaded by Polley escaped with a double-digit number (12-2 in 4′)… With a new 9-0 run(!), Kolossos escaped with 21-2 (7.30′ ), doing whatever he wants on the court… Marousi got closer to 21-4 and 23-7 in the first quarter, which he completely dominated.
In the second quarter, the image of the match did not change… With the “sea” having polyphony in scoring, the Rhodes team escaped with +21 (33-12) and was not in any real danger until the end of the half. Maroussi made a small reaction and reduced with Briscoe to 36-22 (17′), but Kolossos… restored order (41-22 at 18′). With Nikolaidis leading the way, the visitors managed to reduce the score to 44-29 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Maroussi initially balanced the game and reduced it to 44-31 (21′), with Kolossos responding and making the score 49-33. However, Marousi responded and with Nikolaidis leading the way, they got closer to 51-43 (24′), but Kolossos always found solutions when the visitors became threatening. With Goudlock scoring at will, Kolossos escaped again with 59-47 and managed to close the third quarter with 70-52, after an unsportsmanlike foul by Radulitsa.
The last quarter was not the only formal procedure, since Kolossos remembered its bad self… The Rhodesians led by +17 (73-56), but Marousi managed to reduce it to 73-60 and 77-66 with Juston in the 34th minute. . The laziness of the “seamen” dropped the difference to a single digit number (78-69 at 35′) and things became even more difficult afterwards. With consecutive three-pointers, Marousi reduced the score to 78-75 (37′) and even with Hill’s three-pointer to 80-78 (1.21′ before the end). At the most crucial point, the… leader of Colossus was there. Billis made it 83-78 with a “bomb” three-pointer (1.05′ before the end) and everything went their way for the 89-85 victory. Kolossos made the easy… difficult (conceded 33 points in the last quarter), but got what it deserved and now awaits the victory of Karditsa. Sitou and Goudlok were the leaders of the “sea” with Sotiris Billis putting his signature in the victory of Kolossos. Nikolaidis, Juston, Briscoe and Hill stood out from Marousi.
The quarters were: 23-7, 44-29(d), 68-52, 89-85
Referees: Tsarouha- Tiganis- Bakalis
KOLOSSO RHODES (Segoura): Goudlock 21(1), Utomi, Koloveros 2, Brajkovic 8, Papagiannis, Petropoulos 6(1), Billis 4(1), Kamarianos 3, Sitou 19, Papadakis 3(1), Polei 12(2 ), Perantes 11(1).
MAROUSI (Vetoulas): Kozi 5(1), Hill 14(3), Stasinos, Juston 16, Bogris, Briscoe 18(6), Filippakos, Radulitsa 7, Nikolaidis 18(2), Woodard 7(1).