By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
After a fairly balanced start, Panathinaikos took over on their way to a 117-79 against PAOK in the Greek League and they did it on 21-33 shooting from behind the arc.
Andy Rautins led the way with 21 points on 7-8 shooting from deep while Konstantinos Mitoglou added 17 and Tyrese Rice 15 points (5-6 for three).
For PAOK, Adam Smith banked game-high 25 points on 6-10 for three in addition to Shannon Shorter’s 15 and JaCorey Williams’ ten points.
Panathinaikos stayed at the top with a 15-2 record followed by AEK (13-4), and Promitheas and Peristeri which both hold an 11-6 record. Ifaistos is fifth with 10-7 in front of Lavrio, Rethymno, and Ionikos with 8-9 records.
ESAKE Day 17 results and scorers
Ifaistos – Lavrio 67-65 (Pelekanos 13 – DeCosey 17)
Kolossos – Promitheas 73-70 (Agbelese 18 – Agravanis 20)
Rethymno – Panionios 73-61 (Frankamp 29 – Duren 17)
Iraklis – Larisa 83-67 (Hanlan 21 – Garrett 14)
Peristeri – AEK 73-77 (Moreira 17 – Zisis 18)
Ionikos – Aris 72-65 (Dimakos 19 – Brown 23)
Panathinaikos – PAOK 117-79 (Rautins 21 – Smith 25)