Aris surrendered to the Ukrainian Prometei without a fight, in the game that gave a ticket to the Eurocup playoffs: 95-67. The match took place in neutral Riga, Latvia.
The difference exceeded 20 points from the first half already (48-27). From the team of Yannis Kastritis, which was excluded from the continuation of the competition, Roni Harrell was the leader with 20 points, while Vassilis Toliopoulos added 13. Aris had 5/25 three-pointers.
Prometheus Patras took a decisive step for its qualification to the quarterfinals of the Basketball Champions League with its victory over the powerful Murtia in Patras: 79-78, with Hunter Hale (14 points) being the last-minute hero. Cowan added 22 points for Elias Papatheodorou’s team, which went 3-1. The Spaniards counted 8 consecutive victories.
Peristeri achieved its first victory in the same competition: 76-73 against the Turkish Karsiyaka, although it was losing at halftime with 33-39. Williams (20), Ragland (19) and Elaitza Mitrou-Long (14) stood out for Vassilis Spanoulis’ team, which is 1-3 in its Group and has faint hopes of qualifying.
Conversely, AEK was eliminated after losing at home to Hapoel Holon: 108-112 after a three-overtime thriller. The Lithuanian Kuzminskas scored 40 points for Ilias Zouro’s team, which has lost 4 matches in the round of 16.
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