Ionian Nicaea-Apollon Patras 79-75 – Basketball – Greece
The streak of five defeats was ended by Ionic!
The Nice team kept him without a basket Apollo of Patras in the last 4:30”, prevailing 79-75 and going up to 2-5 in the Basketball League.
Leading and decisive for the whole of Mexa was Hawkins with 21 points, with Blackhead to add another 17p.
In the 2-5 is now also the team of Achaia, with Tyler to be the top scorer with 17 points and to be followed by Griffin and Karabelas with 15 p. anyone.
The match
A dynamic start from Apollo, who with his three-pointers escaped to +7 (6-13) and maintained it (10-17) until 5′. The reaction came from Lacey with Ionikos approaching the basket (20-22). The Patrinos responded with a series of shots outside the 6.75m. for +8 (23-31), with the basket and foul by Simmons makes it 26-31 in the first period.
With Nunes and Parks, Ionikos took the lead (36-35) at the beginning of the second quarter. Afterwards, the Nice team was in control and with Hamilton’s three-pointer it went even further to +6 (46-40), at 17′. In the last minutes, Apollon again found shots from the perimeter and thus the score at the end of the first half was tied (48-48).
The two teams were together at the start of the second half, with a mini-outbreak by Hawkins sending Ionian up +6 (62-56) in the 25th minute. Then, Apollo turned up the heat and got closer to the basket (69-67), at the end of the third period.
With Taylor as the protagonist, the Patrinos made the turnaround and went to +4 (71-75), in the 36th minute. However, from that point on, Vetula’s players were very off target, with the hosts going on a 6-0 run to take the lead (77-75) in the 39th minute. In the final seconds, Griffin missed a 3-pointer, with Hawkin collecting the rebound, drawing the foul and 2/2 from the line to make the final 79-75.
The quarters: 26-31, 48-48, 69-67, 79-75
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