Anorthosis, with two wins, reached the qualification, as they received tonight with a rating of 87-75.
After within the away match in opposition to Starlites Malta, Anorthosis had received (81-74), setting the stage for qualification for the primary time in its historical past, in a gaggle of a European competitors, tonight it accomplished this success, as within the replay that happened in ” Kition”, for the qualifying part of the FIBA Europe Cup and thus, ensured the qualification to the stated European competitors.
After this qualification, the Famagusta workforce will compete within the 2nd group of the FIBA Europe Cup, the place they’ll have Zaragoza (Spain), Levice (Slovakia) and Prusaspor (Turkey) as opponents.
An excellent begin for Anorthosis, who imposed a quick tempo and led firstly with 17-3.
The Anorthosis workforce was fairly correct particularly from the perimeter and gave the impression to be in full management of the tempo, to then take a 25-5 lead, giving them the lead on the finish of the first interval with 26-9.
Initially of the 2nd interval, the Starlites discovered options within the govt half, to cut back the worth of the distinction and whereas shortly after 16`, they diminished it to 39-31.
Nevertheless, afterwards Anorthosis raised the distinction above +10, to take the lead at 19`, with 51-36, which was additionally the rating at halftime.
Within the third interval, there was no vital variation, as in a continued quick tempo each groups discovered options within the govt half, however with Anorthosis, sustaining a secure distinction over +12 and naturally, as time went on, all and was getting nearer to qualifying.
Within the 30', the Famagusta workforce led 71-58.
Though firstly of the 4th interval the Starlites dropped the distinction to 9, nevertheless afterwards its worth reached +15 once more, at all times for Anorthosis (82-67 the rating at 36`) and now to the allies of Anorthosis , the timer was added, which because it received nearer to the top, introduced the workforce of Famagusta to its teams
Because it occurred.
Anorthosis received 87-75 and superior to the 2nd group of the FIBA Europe Cup.
Quarters: 26-09, 51-36, 71-58, 87-75.
Anorthosis (Antonis Konstantinidis): Kyriakou, Gordon 15, Antoniou, Eleftheriou 7 (1), Iliadis 1, Garret 14 (1), Smith 13 (1), Ioannidis, Williams 25 (5), Maragos 8, Himonas 4 (1) , Hieronymides.
Starlites (Paul Ferrnate): Curran 9, Aquilina, Tempo 1, Davis 15, Scerri 6 (1), Xuereb, Newsome 26 (1), Rhone 10, Mortensen 8 (2).
