By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
AEK Athens survived a tough game against Panathinaikos and prevailed over 100-97 with a late surge. Charis Giannopoulos led the winning side with 19 points, while Nick Calathes added 20 points for Panathinaikos.
The game turned into a scoring feast right from the first half, with AEK leading 63-54 at halftime. Panathinaikos trimmed the deficit to 85-77 and entered the fourth period with the momentum on their side. However, AEK stood its ground in crunch time and sealed the victory.
After 14 rounds of action, Panathinaikos remains on top of the standings with a 12-2 record, followed by Promitheas (10-4), AEK (10-4) and Peristeri (9-5).
ESAKE Day 14 results:
Rethymno – Ifaistos Limnou 75 – 59 (Frankamp 17, Smith 16)
Panionios – Kolossos 76 – 67 (Samuels 17, Jackson 21)
Lavrio – Ionikos 82 – 68 (DeCosey 24, Jones 13)
Iraklis – Peristeri 69 – 76 (Hanlan 15, Gray 22)
Promitheas – Larisa 62 – 76 (Mantzaris 13, Rush 20)
PAOK – Aris 101 – 84 (Smith 26, Dragicevic 19)
AEK Athens – Panathinaikos 100 – 97 (Giannopoulos 19, Calathes 20)