Greek team rallies from 20 points down to capture first win
Aris shocks Cedevita with comeback win
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U18 Aris Midea Thessaloniki secured its first victory of the Adidas NextGen EuroLeague Munich tournament by rallying back from 20 points down to beat U18 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 77-71. The Greek side was down 14-34 and took over the game with a 24-2 start to the fourth quarter, giving Aris a 1-2 record in Group A. Vassilis Pourlidas scored 26 points with 8 rebounds and Vasileios Kazamias added 24 points and 8 assists. Mark Morano scored 20 points to pace Cedevita, which dropped to 1-2.
Cedevita scored 10 straight points and led 2-10 and a 0-13 run had the Balkan side ahead 7-23. The score was 9-23 after 10 minutes. Cedevita kept pushing and increased the lead to 20 points at 14-34. Aris started coming back and was only down 31-40 at the break.
Aris got as close as three points at 42-45 only to see Cedevita extend the cushion out to 13 points at 47-60. And it was 49-60 after 30 minutes. Aris scored the first 12 points of the final frame and then after one Cedevita score, Aris poured in the next 12 points to lead 73-62 with 86 seconds left.
