The Slovenian side keeps on rolling
Cedevita rallies back to down Aris, 75-82

Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana completed a fourth-quarter comeback to defeat Aris Midea Thessaloniki 75-82 at Palais De Sports on Wednesday night. Aris was leading for the majority of the game, but Cedevita outscored the hosts 14-28 in the last quarter to clinch the victory and improved its record to 4-1. Having recorded its third home loss of the 2024-25 BKT EuroCup season, Aris dropped to 1-4.
Jaka Blazic led all scorers with 19 points and Devin Robinson netted 18, with DJ Stewart and Rok Radovic scoring 15 and 10, respectively. For the hosts, Vassilis Toliopoulos bagged a team-high 17 points, followed by Landers Nolley, who scored 15. D'Moi Hodge recorded 12 points and David DeJulius added 10. Cedevita went 4-32 over the last two seasons and now finds itself 4-1, showing the marked improvement the team has made this year.
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James Banks got Aris going with a mid-range jumper before Nolley nailed a triple for a 5-0 lead. Yet, Cedevita responded, with Robinson registering his first three points of the game to tie it at 7-7. Trey Woodbury and Banks scored in the paint to put Aris back ahead, but the visitors responded with a 0-7 run inspired by Robinson and Blazic, both of whom took their tally to six early points for an 11-16 lead. Then, Vassilis Toliopoulos drilled two straight triples, but DeVante Jones put Cedevita back in front with a layup, 17-19. Yet, a three-point play from Toliopoulos and a buzzer-beating put-back bucket from Emmanouil Chatzidakis gave Aris a 24-23 lead after 10 minutes.
A slow start to the second half saw the two teams struggle to get a field goal for almost three minutes before DeJulius splashed a triple to make it 27-25. Then, Aris went on a 7-0 run as Blazic and Nolley traded baskets before the latter slammed a dunk in transition and Hodge nailed a triple to extend Aris’ lead to 38-29. Five points from Toliopoulos and a DeJulius jumper allowed the hosts to maintain a 45-35 cushion. Hodge drilled a second three-pointer, but Blazic made 2 of 2 from the line to reduce the difference to 48-37 at the break and moved into sixth place all-time in the EuroCup with 284 made free throws.
Woodbury sank a triple to start the third quarter and Banks scored down low for a 53-41 Aris lead. Yet, Cedevita responded, with Blazic netting his team’s first triple of the game to inspire a 2-11 surge that brought them within 55-52. But Aris tightened its defense and responded with a 6-2 run of its own to take a 61-54 lead into the closing quarter.
Smooth ball circulation allowed Hodge to nail his fourth triple, but Rok Radovic responded from beyond the arc, trimming the deficit to 64-57. Five points from Robinson and another six from Blazic put Cedevita ahead, 68-71. No field goal was scored for three minutes before Robinson netted one from inside to extend Cedevita’s lead to 70-76 with 2:23 left on the clock. Aris fought back, with Nathan Laszewski scoring a put-back basket and Toliopoulos nailing one from downtown to cut the difference to 75-78 with one minute remaining. But Cedevita was clinical on the other end, with a Robinson dunk sealing the outcome.