The Sports Association of Glaukos Esperos AOPA defeated SK there with great comfort in Ioannina and showed that they want to remain in National League 2, which they will achieve next Sunday if they also win in the indoor gym at Krya Iteon in Patras.
The team of Nikos Vournas was stormy at the start of the match and reached +18 (11-29 at 13′), while controlling the game afterwards, despite the home team’s attempt to reduce the score. The team from Patras appeared determined, passionate, intelligent and accurate from afar, as a result of which they put on one of the best performances of the year, giving a thunderous “presence” in the battle of survival at the crucial moment.
The game was uneventful at the start, as expected (6-5 in the 3′ and 8-7 in the 5′), but a two-minute outburst by the guests after the 5′ with a 9-0 run brought +8 for the team from Patras (8-16 in 7), which closed the first period with a lead of 10 points (10-21), playing wisely in attack and with passion in defense.
The Patras team entered the second 10 minutes very strongly and with a new 10-0 streak (from 9′ and 11-21) reached +18 (11-29) at 13′. The home team, however, responded with a 10-0 run of their own to cut the deficit to 6 (26-32) at 16:30, with Union going into the break with a 7-point lead (33-40) with Panopoulos and Bardakas in double figures. .
The Union entered the replay strongly and with 3 three-pointers (2 from Koutras and 1 from Rokanas) reached +16 (33-49) at 22′ and +18 at 25′ (38-56), with the Patrinos maintaining the big difference and to close the 3the period at +15 (47-62).
In the last ten minutes, the visitors tried to use their defense to maintain the difference (51-66 in the 33′, 53-66 in the 35′, 53-68 in the 37′ and 55-68 in the 39′), which they succeeded in order to reach with 71-55 the golden double that keeps them alive.
Referees. Koimtzoglou-Kontogiannis-Sitarides. The 10 minutes: 11-21, 33-40 (d.), 47-62, 55-71.
SC IOANNINA (Papadopoulos): Kouloumpis, Velonis, Polyzos 5 (1), Radivogenich 7 (1), Mantzios 8 (1), Goudouvas 4, Daskalos 5 (1), Bartzokas 14, Petsitis, Tsigenopoulos 12 (1).
AE GLAVKOU ESPERO AOPA (Vournas): Tzimis 3 (1), Rokanas 7 (2), Panopoulos 13, Argyropoulos, Koutras 12 (3), Bogris 5 (1), Bardakas 21 (2), Seretis, Kremits 10.
Union coach Nikos Vournas said the following after the game: “We got energy and played the way you should play in these games that are judged categories. I think our opponents were caught off guard by the defense we played at the start of the match, a defense which then gave us a tempo in attack. Sunday will be another game, a game without tomorrow for both teams. We have to keep our heads down and work on the mistakes we made today.”
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