Two 24 hours after defeat by France, the Youth National Men’s “broke out” at Slovenia. Greece prevailed 82-60 in Heraklion and will play with Israel for 5th place at the Eurobasket U20.
The National Youth will face Israel on Sunday afternoon (20.07.2025, 13:00), which earlier defeated Spain, with the aim of winning the 5th place of this year’s event.
The top for Greece was Alexander Samondurov with 23 points and 5 rebounds, with Neocles Avdala adding 15 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds. A key, especially in the second quarter, where the individual score was 21-5 in favor of our country, was Ryan Soulis, who finished the match with 12 points and 7 rebounds.
The quarters: 18-18, 23-39, 49-63, 60-82
GREECE (Papadopoulos): Kapetakis 8 (0/3 three -pointers, 5 rebounds, 2 assists), Touliatos 4 (2 rebounds, 3 assists), Paraskevopoulos 2 (3 assists), Rosakeas 5 (1/1 three -point, 2 rebounds, 3 assists), Soulis 12 (1/3) 15 (2/5 two -pointers, 3/8 three -pointers, 2/3 shots, 6 rebounds, 9 assists), Spartalis (2 rebounds, 4 errors), Samondurov 23 (4/5 two -pointers, 4/10 three -pointers, 3/4 shots, 5 rebounds, 3 assists)
Greek group statistics: 22/39 two -pointers, 9/30 three -pointers, 11/16 shots, 43 rebounds (31 defenses – 12 offensive), 23 assists, 26 fouls, 10 errors, 8 steals, 2 blocks