Russia U18 wins Group F - Jul 28, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
Russia U18-Greece U18 69:52
Russia U18 wins Group F as they outscored Greece U18 69:52. In the last game of the Qualifying Round at the U18 European Championship in Vilnius Russia advanced to the Quarterfinals from the top place, while Greece also will start from 1/4 Finals on Friday.
Marinin and Dmitry Kulagin (195-G-92) gave Russia 5-0 lead, while Papadionysiou was the first to score for Greece. Russia later enjoyed 12-2 deficit and Bekkiev closed the first period at 23:12 [read more]
Russia U18-Greece U18 69:52
Russia U18 wins Group F as they outscored Greece U18 69:52. In the last game of the Qualifying Round at the U18 European Championship in Vilnius Russia advanced to the Quarterfinals from the top place, while Greece also will start from 1/4 Finals on Friday. Marinin and Dmitry Kulagin (195-G-92) gave Russia 5-0 lead, while Papadionysiou was the first to score for Greece. Russia later enjoyed 12-2 deficit and Bekkiev closed the first period at 23:12. Russia limited the opponents to just 4 points in the second period and stormed past them with 16-4. Marinin sent the squads to the lockers as Russia had 38:16 at the halftime. A 12-2 run helped Greece to remain alive and Sokratis Psaropoulos (191-G-92) reduced to 40:28. Sergey Karasev (200-F-93) increased again to 54:37, while Varnakov closed the third quarter at 59:40. Spyridon Motsenigos (194-G/F-92) nailed three for 62:51 and Antonakis brought the last points for Greece. Sergey Karasev made a jump shot at the very end to seal the victory and the top place in the group with Russia. Vladislav Trushkin (200-F-93) top-scored for the winners with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Dmitry Kulagin nailed 11, whilst Sergey Karasev scored 10. Sokratis Psaropoulos ended up with 18 points in the losing effort and Spyridon Motsenigos notched 16.
Lazaros Papadopoulos (210-C-80) has decided to leave from his team, PAOK Marfin Thessaloniki, after a meeting between the Technical Manager of the team, Nikos Stavropoulos and his agent. The two sides were not able to reach an agreement, as far as the wages and Lazaros Papadopoulos is again an unattached player. The former center of Greece has also made clear that his wish is to play for a team that takes part in the Euroleague [read more]
Lazaros Papadopoulos (210-C-80) has decided to leave from his team, PAOK Marfin Thessaloniki, after a meeting between the Technical Manager of the team, Nikos Stavropoulos and his agent. The two sides were not able to reach an agreement, as far as the wages and Lazaros Papadopoulos is again an unattached player. The former center of Greece has also made clear that his wish is to play for a team that takes part in the Euroleague.
PAOK Marfin Thessaloniki is generally facing financial problems as Panagiotis Kafkis (197-G-80) has already expressed his concerns about his future at the club, because of a debt to him. The Greek guard warned that he is going to wait for a short period and if he does not receive a serious proposal for the settlement of the debt he will also leave.
The club from Thessaloniki is also trying to make an arrangement with Todor Gecevski (209-C-77, agency: Interperformances) who still wants to remain a member of the team but is also anxious about the money which is owed to him.
Hellas - Turkey 79-65 with Linos's fourth double-double - Jul 27, 2010 (by Chris Mammides)
Linos-Spyridon Chrysikopoulos (205-F-92) is definitely the man of the tournament, as in five games until now he has four double-double figures and he is leading his NT from one success to another. Aris Thessaloniki's forward was fantastic in one more game and with 30 points!, 13 rebounds, and 6 block shots was the top performer and the man of the match for another one day [read more]
Linos-Spyridon Chrysikopoulos (205-F-92) is definitely the man of the tournament, as in five games until now he has four double-double figures and he is leading his NT from one success to another. Aris Thessaloniki's forward was fantastic in one more game and with 30 points!, 13 rebounds, and 6 block shots was the top performer and the man of the match for another one day. The game was a real derby in the first three quarters with the Hellenic team always having a small deficit from the Turks between 2-6 points. in the fourth and most crucial quarter though, Linos did it all, he was scoring, passing, rebounding and blocking his opponents with the same ease. The poor Turks even though gave their best shot with Can Korkmaz (187-G-92) trying to help his NT and Baygal following could do a lot at the end so the final result came physically.
Sokratis Psaropoulos (191-G-92) had a great 2nd and 3rd quarter and with his 16 points, and 4 assists help his team when the Turks were quite close in the score. Anastasios Antonakis (204-C/F-92) as always was the silent power as he did his own double - double figures without anyone realizing it, he scores 12 points and dashed down 11 rebounds in another solid game.
The next stop for Coach Georgios Vlassopoulos team will be tomorrow against the very strong team of Russia, possible victory will bring the Hellenic team with many chances to 'grab' the top place in the Group F.
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