Aris beat Rethymno Aegean for Greek Basket League 17th day. Both teams had their own good periods in a tight game. Rethymno Aegean was leading the score in the first quarter but Aris with good defense on Derek Wright and Justin Hurtt made their team shot 3/14 three pointers. Kenny Gabriel led his team in a counter attack in the third quarter but the game was tight until the end. Eziukwu and Wright missed to score in the end, Aris scored with free throws and won a crucial game before the Cup Final. For Aris Giannis Athinaiou had 16 points, Michalis Pelekanos 10 points and 8 rebounds. For Rethymno Aegean Giannis Kalampokis scored 23 points and Kenny Gabriel 15 points. Callistus Eziukwu made a double double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Quarters' scores: 20-21, 39-26, 49-49, 73-67.
Aris: Bochoridis 10, Hunt, Pelekanos 10, Tsakaleris 4, Asimakopoulos 9, Poulianitis, Charisis 4, Laretzakis, Vezenkov 12, Sarikopoulos, Mourtos 8, Athinaiou 16.
Rethymno Aegean: Hurtt 1, Kallinikidis 6, Koumpouras, Aggelopoulos, Wright 4, Kalampokis 23, Kanonidis, Sinis, Latovic 5, Eziukwu 13, Drca, Gabriel 15.
