By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Completing the field of the Basketball Champions League Quarterfinals, Promitheas takes down AEK Betsson, 79-67, in Ano Liosia Olympic Hall on Wednesday.
Following items thrown on the court and on the bench of the visitors, the Gameday 6 affair was interrupted for several minutes with 7:13 left in the fourth quarter.
Responding to a late run by the hosts reducing the deficit to one point, Hunter Hale scored all the points in a 9-0 run to restore a safe advantage in crunch time. The 26-year-old guard finished with 29 points in Athens. Jaime Echenique produced a 14-point, 11-rebound double-double.
The team coached by Ilias Papatheodorou went up to 4-2 at the end of the double-legged round-robin schedule and ranked second in Group L. In a roster move before Gameday 6, Jamal Jones was released from his contract last week.
Mindaugas Kuzminskas with 15 points and Dimitris Agravanis with 13 points stood out in a seventh loss in a row at the continental level, including a 0-6 run in the Round of 16, for AEK. Justin Tillman, Dimitris Flionis, Alfis Pilavios, Jordan Morgan, and Manos Mataliotakis were unavailable for the team coached by Ilias Zouros.
Postgame press conference
After wrapping up the continental campaign, the Queen stays at home to face Peristeri bwin, hoping to jump to 10-12 in Greece’s Stoiximan Basket League on Saturday. In Round 22 of the Regular Season, the Patras outfit, currently fourth behind a 13-8 W-L tally, visits Panathinaikos Aktor on Monday.
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