The U-18 Panathinaikos team made a huge step towards conquering the U-18 ESKA championship title. It rallied Filathlitikos 69-40 in the packed-to-the-rim “Apostolos Nikolaidis” stadium to lead the finals’ series 2-to-1. If the U-18 clover team grasps the next encounter too (April 9, 21.45) at the Zofrafos indoor arena they will be crowned champions.
The clash was a derby up until the first few minutes of the second half. Panathinaikos after a good start started to lose ground and actually found itself trailing by 2 at the end of the first half (23-25). Second half of the game however was a whole different ball game. The Greens picked up the pace, found a great ally in three point range and rebounds, managing gradually to create an advantage. It is indicative that the partial score in the last quarter was 23-1 for Panathinaikos, team to finally prevail 69-40.
Referees: Somos, Karavitis
Quarters: 16-10, 23-25, 46-39, 69-40
Panathinaikos (Papadopoulos): Stojanovic 4, Giannikos 4, Jivelekas 5 (1), Dafalias, Soropanis, Giouzelis, Charalampopoulos 18 (1), Erebenazie 13 (2), Theodorou 5 (1), Nikolakopoulos 12 (4), Diamantakos 6, Anagnostakis 2
Filathlitikos (Zivas): Oruci, Popivchak, Karteroliotis 7 (1), Nkwonia 1, Adetokoubo, Angelou, Smirlis, Adetokoubo G. 19 (1), Kelaidis 3 (1), Sergienko 8, Kaberidis 2, Frangos
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