By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Joining the leading pack in Greece’s Stoiximan GBL Regular Season at 2-0, Olympiacos routed Aris Midea, 102-72, in the Peace and Friendship Stadium on Sunday.
Over 20 minutes, 29-year-old Sasha Vezenkov logged 22 points behind 8/9 field goals. He also pulled down five rebounds.
Overall, the team coached by Giorgos Bartzokas made 59% from the field, 36/61. The hosts confidently drove the advantage into double-digits in the first quarter and did not look back for the remainder of the Round 2 contest.
Connecting a game-high three triples, Evan Fournier finished with 11 points. Moses Wright put in a game-high 23 points, Tyler Dorsey tallied ten points, and Moustapha Fall sank 4/4 en route to nine points.
Keenan Evans (knee), Shaquielle McKissic (illness), Nikola Milutinov (ankle), and Nigel Williams-Goss (hamstring) were sidelined. Also, Filip Petrusev stayed on the bench.
On the wrong end of one-way traffic in SEF, Landers Nolley II scored 21 points and David DeJulius had 17 points.
On Saturday, Panathinaikos Aktor edged out PAOK mateco, 96-93, to climb to 2-0.
GBL Round 2
PAOK mateco – Panathinaikos Aktor 93-96
Marousi – Kolossos H Hotels 70-67
AEK Betsson – Karditsa Iaponiki 96-65
Olympiacos – Aris Midea 102-72
Peristeri Domino’s – Panionios Himi Viva (19:15 CET)
Promitheas – Lavrio DHI (14/10)
STANDINGS: Olympiacos 4 (2-0), AEK Betsson 4 (2-0), Panathinaikos Aktor 4 (2-0), PAOK mateco 3 (1-1), Marousi 3 (1-1), Promitheas 2 (1-0), Panionios Himi Viva 2 (1-0)…
Switching to the first two-game week of the 2024-25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season, the Reds host EA7 Emporio Armani Milan and the Greens travel to Paris on Tuesday.